George Rawson Joy was married 4 TIMES!!! The first 3 times he married 3 different sisters. 1st Parmelia Cottrell, 2nd Lucy H.Cottrell, 3rd Jane K.Cottrel,and 4th Addie Arnold. HE WAS THE GREAT GRANDSON OF AARON WILDER AND PRISCILLA CLARK.
BIO NOTES:NOTE: George Rawson Joy was married four times. His first three wifes were sisters, the daughters of Gorham & Althea (Whitmarsh) Cottrell of Worthington Massachusetts, and Gorham,Ohio. He first married Parmelia and she died as a young women most probably in Hillsdale or Lenawee County, Michigan. His second marriage was to Lucy, widow of James Rogers, one of the early settlers in Pioneer, Ohio. She was the mother of his children. After her death, in 1892 he married another sister, Jane K., widow of Philetus W. Norris. Norris was an explorer and Norris Basin in Yellowstone Park is named in his honor.
DEATH: Copy of death certificate; Ohio Historical Society; Certificate #72551; certificate gives date of birth, 8 Jun 1819, place Connecticut; Divorced; Retired; Names of parents are not known; Crosby G. Sweet is informant; Cause of death, accidental injury to hip and senility; Place of burial is Floral Grove Cemetery.
While in Boston, he engaged for a three years voyage, but never shipped, thus preserving his life--the vessel being lost during the passage.
He left Oswego, NY in 1842, stopping at Chicago through the winter and working at his trade. In the spring of 1843, he went to Lenawee County, Mich. where he labored for a time on a farm.
In politics he is actively identified with the Democratic Party. He has held the offices of school director and county commissioner, having been elected to the latter position by the largest majority ever given a candidate in the county. In religious matters his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Joy holds membership in Joy Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Joy Lodge, No. 461, Independent Order of Odd Fellows."
BIO NOTES:NOTE: George Rawson Joy was married four times. His first three wifes were sisters, the daughters of Gorham & Althea (Whitmarsh) Cottrell of Worthington Massachusetts, and Gorham,Ohio. He first married Parmelia and she died as a young women most probably in Hillsdale or Lenawee County, Michigan. His second marriage was to Lucy, widow of James Rogers, one of the early settlers in Pioneer, Ohio. She was the mother of his children. After her death, in 1892 he married another sister, Jane K., widow of Philetus W. Norris. Norris was an explorer and Norris Basin in Yellowstone Park is named in his honor.
DEATH: Copy of death certificate; Ohio Historical Society; Certificate #72551; certificate gives date of birth, 8 Jun 1819, place Connecticut; Divorced; Retired; Names of parents are not known; Crosby G. Sweet is informant; Cause of death, accidental injury to hip and senility; Place of burial is Floral Grove Cemetery.
While in Boston, he engaged for a three years voyage, but never shipped, thus preserving his life--the vessel being lost during the passage.
He left Oswego, NY in 1842, stopping at Chicago through the winter and working at his trade. In the spring of 1843, he went to Lenawee County, Mich. where he labored for a time on a farm.
In politics he is actively identified with the Democratic Party. He has held the offices of school director and county commissioner, having been elected to the latter position by the largest majority ever given a candidate in the county. In religious matters his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Joy holds membership in Joy Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Joy Lodge, No. 461, Independent Order of Odd Fellows."
George Rawson Joy was married 4 TIMES!!! The first 3 times he married 3 different sisters. 1st Parmelia Cottrell, 2nd Lucy H.Cottrell, 3rd Jane K.Cottrel,and 4th Addie Arnold. HE WAS THE GREAT GRANDSON OF AARON WILDER AND PRISCILLA CLARK.
BIO NOTES:NOTE: George Rawson Joy was married four times. His first three wifes were sisters, the daughters of Gorham & Althea (Whitmarsh) Cottrell of Worthington Massachusetts, and Gorham,Ohio. He first married Parmelia and she died as a young women most probably in Hillsdale or Lenawee County, Michigan. His second marriage was to Lucy, widow of James Rogers, one of the early settlers in Pioneer, Ohio. She was the mother of his children. After her death, in 1892 he married another sister, Jane K., widow of Philetus W. Norris. Norris was an explorer and Norris Basin in Yellowstone Park is named in his honor.
DEATH: Copy of death certificate; Ohio Historical Society; Certificate #72551; certificate gives date of birth, 8 Jun 1819, place Connecticut; Divorced; Retired; Names of parents are not known; Crosby G. Sweet is informant; Cause of death, accidental injury to hip and senility; Place of burial is Floral Grove Cemetery.
While in Boston, he engaged for a three years voyage, but never shipped, thus preserving his life--the vessel being lost during the passage.
He left Oswego, NY in 1842, stopping at Chicago through the winter and working at his trade. In the spring of 1843, he went to Lenawee County, Mich. where he labored for a time on a farm.
In politics he is actively identified with the Democratic Party. He has held the offices of school director and county commissioner, having been elected to the latter position by the largest majority ever given a candidate in the county. In religious matters his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Joy holds membership in Joy Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Joy Lodge, No. 461, Independent Order of Odd Fellows."
BIO NOTES:NOTE: George Rawson Joy was married four times. His first three wifes were sisters, the daughters of Gorham & Althea (Whitmarsh) Cottrell of Worthington Massachusetts, and Gorham,Ohio. He first married Parmelia and she died as a young women most probably in Hillsdale or Lenawee County, Michigan. His second marriage was to Lucy, widow of James Rogers, one of the early settlers in Pioneer, Ohio. She was the mother of his children. After her death, in 1892 he married another sister, Jane K., widow of Philetus W. Norris. Norris was an explorer and Norris Basin in Yellowstone Park is named in his honor.
DEATH: Copy of death certificate; Ohio Historical Society; Certificate #72551; certificate gives date of birth, 8 Jun 1819, place Connecticut; Divorced; Retired; Names of parents are not known; Crosby G. Sweet is informant; Cause of death, accidental injury to hip and senility; Place of burial is Floral Grove Cemetery.
While in Boston, he engaged for a three years voyage, but never shipped, thus preserving his life--the vessel being lost during the passage.
He left Oswego, NY in 1842, stopping at Chicago through the winter and working at his trade. In the spring of 1843, he went to Lenawee County, Mich. where he labored for a time on a farm.
In politics he is actively identified with the Democratic Party. He has held the offices of school director and county commissioner, having been elected to the latter position by the largest majority ever given a candidate in the county. In religious matters his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Joy holds membership in Joy Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Joy Lodge, No. 461, Independent Order of Odd Fellows."
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