1850 Federal Census: Catawba Co., NC; #509/509; age 2
1880 Federal Census: River Bend Twp., Gaston Co., NC; ED 88 Sht 14; age 33
1900 Federal Census: River Bend Twp., Gaston Co., NC; ED 82 Sht 11; age 49
1910 Federal Census: Caldwell Co., NC - ED 59, sheet 311 - living with
daughter Etta Joy Martin
Burial: Belleview Cemetery, Lenoir, NC - Section D, lot 35
Obituary from "The Gastonia Gazette," Friday, 21 June 1918:
MRS. MARTHA C. JOY
Mrs. Martha C. Joy, who has been in feeble health for about 18
months, died almost suddenly Sunday morning about 9 o'clock at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. P. O. Grist at Lenoir, with whom she had made her
home for the past four years. The funeral services were held from the
home by her pastor, Rev. D. M. Litaker, Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock and
the interment was in Belleview cemetery.
The deceased was the widow of the late James A. Joy, formerly of Mt.
Holly. She had been a life-long member of the Methodist church and her
home was always a stopping place for the Methodist circuit riders, when
they would be in the neighborhood of her home. At the time of her death
she was in her 70th year. She is survived by five daughters and four
sons as follows: Mrs. Emma Williams, McAdenville; Mrs. Virgie Williams,
Bowling Green, S.C.; Jno. F. Joy, Lincolnton; Thomas A. Joy, Mount Holly;
J. Harvey Joy, Kings Mountain; and H. Grady Joy, Carney's Point, N.J. She
is also survived by two step sons, Messrs. William and Sidney Joy, of
Lowell and Mount Holly; five brothers, Joseph A. Fisher of Lowell; R. L.
Fisher and Jacob Fisher, of Arkansas; Thomas Fisher of Dallas, Tex., and
J. K. Fisher, of Hickory.