ULYSSES JOYCE
Ulysses Joyce settled upon his present farm in section 8, of Pymosa township, in the spring of 1878, purchasing his land of Moses Kitchen. It was first settled by John R. Kitchen, the father of Moses Kitchen. Mr. Joyce's original purchase in section 8 was eighty acres. He has since bought eighty acres of D.R. and J.J. Love. He came to Cass county in 1870, and his first farm was located in Atlantic township. Ulysses Joyce was born in Bedfordshire, England, in 1847. He came to the United States with his brother, J.S. Joyce, in 1868. They settled in McLean county, Illinois, from whence they came to this county. Their parents, Thomas and Mary Joyce, are still living in Bedfordshire, England, upon the farm where they have lived for fifty years. The subject of this sketch was married to Miss Maggie Barnwell, a sister of Dr. Barnwell, of Atlantic. They have six children: Mary E., Hattie E., William P., Thomas A., Lilly Rose and Frank.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 565.
