Thanks for your added info and support Marilyn. I have his dates as precisely as the old records can be counted on - which I've found to be EXTREMELY inaccurate. So given that:
my Joseph LeVeque was born in either 1859 or 1860 but most likely the former. His death date we took off his tombstone and that was 16 Mar, 1914. Died of stomach cancer according to his death certificate.

Thanks again. Becky