The James Pinkney Joyce Family

 

My great-grandparents, James Pinkney Joyce and Martha Minerva Womack, were married in Hardin County, Illinois 149 years ago in 1873.  James Pinkney, a Civil War veteran,  was 38 years old and his bride, Martha, was 31. Together they had two sons, John Abner, and Lycurgus Mino, also called L. Mino or Mino. L. Mino was my grandfather. James Pinkney had other children from the marriage to his first wife, Martha Ann Williams. These children were William, Sarah, Andrew Jackson, JoAnna, George Washington, Columbus Franklin, Thomas Henry and Eliza.  The only children who did not live to adulthood were Sarah, Columbus and Eliza. James P. was a farmer in Monroe Precinct.

The marriage of this couple was short with Martha M. passing away from consumption in January 1880. She was only 37.  James P. died in December 1881 at the age of 46 so, in less than two years the children lost both parents.   JoAnna, who was born of the first marriage,  was only 16 years old when her father died, but she stepped in and cared for younger half brothers, John Abner and L. Mino. 

Published 31 July 2022, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/