Background
Joy, James Frederick was born on December 2, 1810 in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. Son of James and Sarah (Pickering) Joy.
Joy, James Frederick was born on December 2, 1810 in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. Son of James and Sarah (Pickering) Joy.
Graduate Dartmouth, 1833, Harvard Law School, 1836.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1836. Counsel general Michigan Central Railroad, 1852, Illinois Central Railroad, 1853. President Chg. & Aurora Branch Railroad, 1853, Central Military Tract Railroad, 1856 (merged with Chicago & Aurora Branch Railroad, forming Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad).
Purchased Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, extended to Council Bluffs on the Missouri River, by 1869.
Acquired Hannibal & Saint Joseph Railroad (gaining control of Southern Iowa, Northern Missouri). Member Michigan Legislature, 1861-1862, floor leader House of Representatives.
President Michigan Central Railroad, 1867. Combined lines for Kansas City, Saint Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, president, 1870-1874.
President Detroit Post and Tribune, 1881-1884, Wabash, Saint Louis & Pacific Railroad, 1884-1887.
Member Michigan Legislature, 1861-1862, floor leader House of Representatives.
Married Martha Reed, August 12, 1841. Married second, Mary Bourne, December 12, 1860.