Biographical Sketch of Hillory Joy, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** Hillory Joy, farmer; born in Frederick county, Maryland, August 25, 1817. He moved from Maryland to Maysville, Kentucky, in 1839 where he continued his profession. He married Miss Evaline Norman the same year he came to Maysville. He then moved to Buchanan county, Missouri, and remained till 1846, then came to Lafayette county, and located at his present home. By the above marriage he has nine children: William O., George S., Lucy A., Mary, Benjamin, Eugene, Emma, Robert and Luther, all of whom are married save one. Mr. Joy has a nice farm of 180 acres, well improved through- out. On this farm he has a bank of coal of the best quality and the vein about eighteen inches thick and can be worked by stripping or mining, and also has several stone quarries upon his farm. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================