CHARLES PHILIP JOY -- 11th CAVALRYFINAL TAPS FOR AGED VETERAN --Adirondack Record -- May 30, 1919"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, thefuneral being held at the home on Friday morning at ten o\'clock andconducted by Rev. Milo Barnard, pastor of the Clintonville Methodistchurch, of which Mr. Joy had been a member for twenty-two years and hadgiven freely of his time to the affairs of the church. Had Mr. Joy liveduntil July 18th he would have reached his seventy-third birthday, havingbeen born July 18, 1846. While his discharge papers from the Union Armyshow that he was born in Plattsburgh, other sources cite his birthplaceas Ashburnham, MA. He removed to the North Jay, NY, area with hisparents when he was an infant. Mr. Joy was married three times; hisfirst wife being Mary Wilkins, three children being the result of thisunion; his second wife was Lydia Sheldrake, four children being theresult of this union; his third wife, who survived him, was ArminaStackpole. In addition to the widow, the deceased was survived by threechildren: Mrs. Hamilton Straight of Upper Jay, Philip Joy, who livednear his father in the Green Street section, and a daughter residing onthe Pacific coast; five brothers, Willard of Kansas City; Frank, Henry,Grant and William of Au Sable Forks, and four sisters, Mrs. SarahBashaw, Mrs. William Smith and Mrs. Hattie Davis of Au Sable Forks, andMrs. Jennie Bromley of Glens Falls also survived. He obtained hisdischarge from the army at the end of a three-year enlistment; he havingvolunteered in 1862. His discharge reads as follows: \"To All Whom ItMay Concern. Know ye that Charles P. Joy of Company K, 11th Regiment ofthe NY Cavalry, who was enrolled on the first day of February, 1862, toserve three years or during the war, is hereby discharged from theservice of the United States this 19th day of March, 1865, at Memphis,TN, by reason of expiration of term of service. \"Said Charles P. Joywas born in Plattsburgh in the state of New York, is eighteen years ofage, five feet seven and three-fourths inches high, dark complexion,blue eyes, brown hair and by occupation when enrolled a farmer. \"Givenat Memphis, Tennessee, this 20th day of March 1865.\" This discharge wassigned by the captain of the 8th Iowa Infantry, commanding the regimentin which Mr. Joy was serving. Another endorsement shows that Mr. Joy waspaid in full at Cairo the 22nd day of March 1865 by E. V. Carter,paymaster United States Army. This payment included an additional bountyof one hundred dollars which was given volunteers in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.It is noted that the discharge papers show Mr. Joy to have been eighteenyears of age at the time of discharge. This is probably an error, as hewas eighteen years of age at the time he enlisted, which would make himtwenty-one years old at the time of his discharge."Charles is buried in the Clintonville Cemetery in Clintonville, NewYork, and he also has a memorial in the North Jay Cemetery at North Jay,NY, where his first two wives are buried.#ClintonCountyNY #CivilWarSoldiers #ILoveNY
