James Thomas 'Tom' Joyce
1837 - 1917 (80 years)
Generation: 1
1. James Thomas 'Tom' Joyce was born on 5 Jan 1837 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA (son of Alexander Joyce and Delilah Coly Kirk); died on 21 Jul 1917 in Washington County, Arkansas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _MILT: Abt 1862; Confederate Army - War Between the States (Tom and his father fought for the Confederacy, while his brother, Bill, fought for the Union - They argued for the rest of their lives about the war)
James married Eliza Cloer on 9 Aug 1855. Eliza (daughter of George Washington Cloer and Sarah Elizabeth Woolsey) was born on 13 May 1836 in Alabama, USA; died on 13 Jul 1915 in Washington County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Joyce Cemetery, Spring Valley, Washington County, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Alexander Joyce was born on 31 Jan 1812 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA; died on 24 Apr 1884 in Brush Creek Township, Washington, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Joyce Cemetery, Spring Valley, Washington County, Arkansas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _MILT: 11 Mar 1862, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA; Confederate Army - War Between the States: After the war, Alexander was ambushed by bushwhackers. His son Bill, found him tied to a tree and shot at close range. He lived, but was blinded by the attack.
- Census: 1870, Washington County, Arkansas, USA; Married to Syrena; Post Office: Mcguires/(Brush Creek)
- Census: 1880, Goshen, Washington, Arkansas, USA; Relation to Head: Self
Alexander married Delilah Coly Kirk on 26 Sep 1831 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA. Delilah was born in 1814 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Delilah Coly Kirk was born in 1814 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1840. Children:
- 1. James Thomas 'Tom' Joyce was born on 5 Jan 1837 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Jul 1917 in Washington County, Arkansas, USA.
- Martha Joyce was born on 15 Jul 1835 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Apr 1909; was buried in Joyce Cemetery, Spring Valley, Washington County, Arkansas, USA.
- Louisa Jane Joyce was born on 22 Apr 1833 in Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Apr 1894 in Goshen Township, Washington, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Sons Chapel Cemetery, Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, USA.
- Coly Elizabeth Joyce was born in 1839 in Grainger County, Tennessee, USA; died about 1867 in Washington County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Joyce Cemetery, Spring Valley, Washington County, Arkansas, USA.
- William Robert 'Bill' Joyce was born on 27 Aug 1834 in Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Oct 1899 in Washington County, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Habberton Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas, USA.