STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903, page 1, column 5

WILLIAM SHERARD JOYCE JR., 08 Feb 1830 - 07 Oct 1903

   Wm. Sherard Joyce, Jr., was born in Lewesburg, Union county, Pa., Feb. 
8, 1830.  Died at his home in Orland, Ind., Oct. 7, 1903, aged 73 years, 7 
months and 29 days.
   The deceased was the son of William and Isabelle Joyce, whose maiden 
name was Isabelle Sherard.  The parents and children then living, three 
daughters and one son, Isabelle, Mary, Eliza and William, moved to 
Franklin township, DeKalb county, Ind., in the fall of 1841, but moved 
from there to Orland in the spring of 1847, where they lived until called 
away one by one from time into eternity.  Isabelle was the first to be 
called away in 1850, when but a girl.  The father was taken in 1851, when 
William was only 20 years of age, leaving the responsibility of the home 
to the mother and her only son.  Three years later in 1854 the mother 
succumbed to the grim messenger, which left the three children alone.  
About this time William met with an accident which resulted in leaving him 
blind.  Mary, the elder sister, married and lived on the old homestead and 
William and his maiden sister moved to Orland.  Mrs. McKinley was taken 
away in the year 1897, after years of severe suffering.  Eliza, the maiden 
sister, died at the home of the brother and in Orland in 1902, leaving 
William, shut out from the light of day, to mourn his loss, until the 
death angel called him away to rest.
   As a citizen, Orland loses one of its greatest benefactors and 
philanthropists, as a living testimony he left a public library of over 
2,000 volumes, with suitable library room and means for its maintenance.  
He was valued for his good judgement and sought out for council and 
advice.  As a neighbor, he was ever ready to relieve the worthy when in 
distress.  As a friend, one in time of need, truthful, abhoring injustice 
wherever seen.  The deceased leaves a number of cousins and mumberless 
friends to mourn their loss.
   The funeral was held in the Congregational church at Orland, Ind., 
Saturday, Oct. 10, 1903, conducted by Rev. C. W. Long, assisted by Rev. E. 
H. Peters.  Interment in the Green Lawn cemetery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   William Sherard Joyce Jr., 08 Feb 1830 - 07 Oct 1903, was the son of 
Dr. William Joyce, 05 Aug 1787 - 15 Apr 1851, and Isabella (Sherard) 
Joyce, 04 Feb 1793 - 20 Jun 1854.  William Jr. is buried at Greenlawn 
Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana.  According to the Cemetery 
Book, page 1005, Dr. William and wife Isabelle with daughter Isabella were 
all buried at Memorial Grove Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana, but all 
have stones at the newer cemetery, Greenlawn, where William Jr. and the 
two other siblings are buried.
 
SISTERS:  
   Isabella Joyce, 14 Jan 1823 - 26 Jul 1850, buried at Memorial Grove and 
Greenlawn Cemeteries.
   Mary A. (Joyce) McKinlay/McKinley, 22 Oct 18 - 31 Jan 1897, on 06 Apr 
1865, married James McKinlay/McKinley, 17 Nov 1822 - 16 Jan 1873.  They 
are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.
   Ann Elizabeth Joyce, 22 Mar 1827 - 24 Feb 1902, buried at Greenlawn 
Cemetery. 

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol 
1, page 1005; Vol. 2, page 1226.  Noted on page 1005 by Audree Seibel 
Lewis, " Note:  This is the Joyce family who established the library at 
Orland, Ind.  The library was dedicated Tues., Mar. 6, 1903, eight months 
prior to the death of William Sherard Joyce.  Books were selected by Smith 
VanEtta & Mary Wilder Kimball."
Steuben Republican, 25 Aug 1897, "Old Settlers," Mary A. 
McKinlay/McKinley.
Steuben Republican, 24 Aug 1904, "The Pioneers," William Sherard Joyce Jr.
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
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