The death of Charles Philip Joy, a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, occurred at his home in Au Sable Forks on Wednesday, May 21st, 1919, the funeral being held at the home on Friday morning at ten o'clock and conducted by Rev. Milo Barnard, pastor of the Clintonville Methodist church, of which Mr. Joy had been a member for twenty-two years and had given freely of his time to the affairs of the church.

Had Mr. Joy lived until July 18th he would have reached his seventy-third birthday, having been born July 18, 1846. While his discharge papers from the Union Army show that he was born in Plattsburgh, other sources cite his birth place as Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He removed to the North Jay, New York area with his parents when he was an infant.

Mr. Joy had been married three times, his first wife being Miss Mary Wilkins, three children being the result of this union; his second wife was Miss Lydia Sheldrake, four children being the result of this union; his third wife, who survived him, was Miss Armina Stackpole. In addition to the widow, the deceased was survived by three children: Mrs. Hamilton Straight of Upper Jay, Philip Joy, who lived near his father in the Green Street section, and a daughter residing on the Pacific coast; five brothers, Willard of Kansas City; Frank, Henry, Grant and William of Au Sable Forks, and four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Bashaw, Mrs. William Smith and Mrs. Hattie Davis of Au Sable Forks, and Mrs. Jennie Bromley of Glens Falls also survived.

The deceased had the entire respect of the people of the community and was always to be found at home, the hospitality of him and Mrs. Joy being well known to many residents of the locality.

He obtained his discharge from the army at the end of a three-year enlistment, he having volunteered in 1862. His discharge reads as follows:

"To All Whom It May Concern. Know ye that Charles P. Joy of Company K, 11th Regiment of the New York Cavalry, who was enrolled on the first day of February, 1862, to serve three years or during the war, is hereby discharged from the service of the United States this 19th day of March, 1865, at Memphis, Tennessee, by reason of expiration of term of service.

"Said Charles P. Joy was born in Plattsburg in the state of New York, is eighteen years of age, five feet seven and three-fourths inches high, dark complexion, blue eyes, brown hair and by occupation when enrolled a farmer.

"Given at Memphis, Tennessee, this 20th day of March, 1865."

This discharge was signed by the captain of the 8th Iowa Infantry, commanding the regiment in which Mr. Joy was serving. Another endorsement shows that Mr. Joy was paid in full at Cairo the 22d day of March, 1865 by E. V. Carter, paymaster United States Army. This payment included an additional bounty of one hundred dollars which was given volunteers in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Actual burial here