When Joseph Tolle Sr was born on 11 October 1789, in Harrison, Virginia, United States, his father, Jonathan Tolle, was 54 and his mother, Catharine Hampton, was 42. He married Charlotte Bean on 15 December 1810, in Mason, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1840 and Winchester, Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 25 May 1857, in Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Locust Grove Cemetery, Adams, Ohio, United States.