Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-08-26
A Tribute to Henry j. Joy.


To the comprehensive sketch OF the life
of Capt. Joy, contained in the AMERICAN
of Aug. 10, the writer would add tribute.
The main facts OF the life have been al
ready told-the birth in Surry, Sept. Q.
1914; the marriage with Miss Sarah Nor
rison on June IS, 1858; the birth of their
children; the life at sea, and finally the
long business experience in Ellsworth.
But the mere record OF events in any
life gives little clue to the real things of
that life-the things that win love, make
for friendships, form character. The
early formative years are passed by lightly,
yet those years are the seed-plots of eG-
perience.
Those early years on the old homestead
may have taught Henry Joy the love for
the outer world which he possessed. The
lure of the sea may have been first exertec
as from his fathers shore he watched the
coming and going of the great tides, and
wandered in fancy beyond the encircling
mountains which bounded his view.
He was but lad when he answered
the oceans call, and began the twenty
years Of voyaging. Rising rapidly to the
rank OF master he took command of the
schooner Altavelia engaged in coasting.
His last command was in the brig Ny
ronus, used entirely in the foreign trade.
The day of the wooden ship had not
passed then, the American flag was not
then stranger upon the sea, and much of
the romance and profit of the deep-sea
trade was still in evidence.
But as middle life came, Capt. Joy tired
of the exacting toll, and taking advantage
of business opening, became a member
of the hardware firm OF Morrison & Joy,
and settled down to another generation of
life in Ellsworth.
All his associations were in and around
this city, and old friendships were re-
newed with joy. AS man of business,
board. His fine integrity was manifest in
all his dealings, and his popularity was
we'll deserved. His rugged honesty was
maintained to the last, revealing itself
unflinchingly in his recent contest for the
county commissionership.
In his family Capt. Joy was at his best.
He was a devoted husband and father,
kind and indulgent always. Three chill
dren came into his home-Annie, whose
happy marriage ended after so few years
in death; Harry, in the telephone service
in the West, but who has been with his
parents in the summer past, and Bessie,
now Mrs. Kearney, resident in the West.
tot a
child, Capt. and Mrs. Joy gave constant
devotion, and the death of their first born,
nearly eight years ago, was an unspeakable
sorrow.
He was good neighbor, having a warm
place in the hearts of those who have
lived adjacent during these later years.
Capt. Joy was graphic raconteur, in
teresting to an unusual degree. His life
at sea, his experience in foreign ports,
had provided rich material, and be used it
to the entertainment of his listeners.
Naturally genial and kindly, charitable
and large hearted, he gathered friends
everywhere. Within few months one of
these whom he had not seen for twenty
five years, sought him out at his ELS
worth home, and it gave great satisfac-
tion to the man thus remembered. For
many years Capt. Joy was member of
the First Congregational parish, and at
tended service there when in health.
His illness was long and wearing; borne
with courage and forti tude. His death
occurred on Wednesday morning, Aug. 10,
and the funeral services took place in the
Congregational church on Thursday;
conducted by the pastor. Besides his
immediate family, he is survived by his
brother-Austin H., and a sister-Mr s..
George R. Campbell.
A man whom we shall remember long
and kindly has gone from us.
r. B. MATTHEWS.