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 HHRRINOSIIAWS LIHRARV OF AMRRH'AN BIOGRAPHY. Joy, EflSe M. B., voi-alist, waH born in Winona county. Minn. Slit* Mtudiinl niunic in Kuiope anil F^iris. SIu' sun}; with grt-at sueCC8S in concj'rti* and oratorioi* in the Royal Aibi-rt

hall;

(|U.-en'8

iiall

at

St.

and at

.lanios

St.

at

liall;

tilt;

cliaptd

(>t't>rg«>'M

in

l.>ondon.

Joy,

James Frederick, was born Di'c.

pn-sidt'iit, iiani,

N.H.

In 1S4(J

lie

railroad

lawyt-r,

2. 1810. in Uurenterod the railway

as attornt-y servict! a n d general eoun.sel of the Michigan central railroad. He was Kiibse<|Uently foiinectetl

with

central

the

Illinois

railrtiad;

or-

ganized the t'hicago, Rurlington and Quiiicy railroad, and was ft)r many years at it.s head.

In

IK(i7

he

was

presitlent of the Mich-

igan central railroad; was ft)r seventh years president of the Vabasil, St. Louis and Pacific railway, and until his tleath was president and treasurer of the iXetroit union railway depot tion company at Detnut, Mich. Sept. 24. 1800. in Detroit, Mich.

Joy, John

Bachelder,

farmer,

and sta-

He

died

legislator,

was born dan. 12, 1848, in Morgan county. He received his etlucation at the high III. o

schttol ville,

111.,

f

.Jackson-

and

is

now

farmer successful a a n d stock-raiser of Conc«»rd. He served as a member of the forassemtieth general Illinois of the bly state legislature; was prominent in religious ciicles; and president Sunof the Illinois day school association. He died September. 1!I01. in Chapiii. 111. Joy, James Richard, journalist, aiithor, was born Oct. lU, 18r».'{. in (Jr<»ton, Mass. l!>ll4-0<» he was assistant e<litor of The Ill Christian Advocate. lb* is the author of The (Jreek (Irammar; (Jrecian History; and

Twenty Centuries line

History

Making

<»f

t»f Knglish History; OutKngland; Home and the Modern Europe; and Twenty

of

Centuries of Knglish History. Joy, Thomas, colonist, was btirn in ItHO He came to in Norfolk county, Knglantl. American in ItWl.l and st-ttled in Rosttm, wiiert" he owned much land on which hist(»ric eilitices have been built; and in 1058 was a member ot the Ancient and honorable

artilh-rv 1078.

company.

Joy, William

L.,

He

died

Oct.

21,

lawyer, railroad presi-

was iMirn Aug. 17. 1830. in TownHe practiced law at Sioux City, Iowa; and was a memlHT «)f the Iowa leg-

tlent.

shend, Vt.

He was one

islature. the

Sioti.v

yj-ars

died duly

I,

I8!I1),

of the organizers of and for nuiny

bank;

national

was president

of that institution. in

He

California.

lawyer,

con-

Joyce, Charles H., gressman, was born dan. 30, 18.30, in England. He was educated at the Waittield academy and Newbury senunary. He was admittetl tti the practice of law; ami for two years was state librarian of Vermont. soldier,

He st rved as tlistrict attt»rney for Washington county, 't. In the civil war he was apptdnted major and lieutenant-colonel of thu si'«t)Md regiment 'ermt)nt volunteers. In 18('»!(-71 he was a member of the Vermont lei;islature; and in 1870-71 was speaker of the ht»use. In l87.')-8.'} he was a representative from Vermont to the forty-fourth, forty-Hfth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican. After the exjiiratioM of his term in congress he resumed the practice of law. Joyce, Isaac W., clergyman, bishop, waB borii

Or-t.

11.

I8:i6.

in

Hamilton

county,

Ohio. In 1888 he became the niethodist episcopal bishop at Minneapolis, .Minn. He died •Inly 28, l!»0.>, in Minneapolis, Minn. Joyce, John Alexander, .st»ldier, lawyer, author, was Ixjrn duly 4, 1842, in Ireland. In 1801-04 he served in the union army in the twenty-ftiurth regiment. Kentucky Since 180.) he has practiced law; and now practices law in Washington, D.C. He is the author «»f A Checkered Life; Peculiar rt>ems; Zig-Zag; Jewels of Memory; and

Hrickbats and Bouquets. Joyce, James, educator, lawyer, legislator, was born July 2. 1870, in Cumbt>rland. Ohio. In I8SII he graduated from the Cincinnati law school; and in 181)2 lie was admitted to the practice of his profession. He taught school; and in 1803-95 was superiiitentlent of the schools of Columbus, Ohio. In 180.') he was a member of the tHiio Imuse of representatives. In 1004 he was eh-ctetl a delegate to the republican national convention at Chicagt*, III. In lOOtt11 he was a representative from Ohio to the sixty-lirst congress as a republican. Joyce, Robert Dwyer, journalist, author, poet, was born in 1830 in Ireland. He was the author of Halhids, Romances andStmgs; lJerrtln>, a Ptiem Ballads of Irish Chivalry; Irish Fireside Tales; Legends on the Wars in Ireland; Blanid; and The .Squire of Castleton, an histt)rioal novel. He died in 1883 in Boston, Mass, Joynes, Levin Smith, physician, was bom May 13, 1810, in Accomac county, Va. He was profes.sor of the institutes of medicine and medical jurisprudence in the medical college of Virginia at Richmond. Va., and dc;in of the faculty in 18,")7. He died Jan. 18. bssl. in Hichinond. Va. Joynes, William Thomas, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1817 in Acctunac county, Va. He was a noted lawyer, and for many yeanj judge of the supreme court of Virginia. He cttngressmaii.



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