When Joseph Henry Wolgamott I was born on 20 January 1828, in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, David Wolgamot, was 23 and his mother, Sophia Sheely, was 23. He married Rebecca Jane Teeters on 8 September 1857, in Sonoma, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cottonwood, Yolo, California, United States in 1880 and Hardy Township, Holmes, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 20 June 1908, in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.