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Black Hawk County >> 1886 Index Historical and Biographical Record of Black Hawk County,
Iowa J Elrey L. Janes, the eldest of six children of Dr. G. and Laura (Richardson) Janes, was born in Du Page County, Illinois, May 12, 1836. His father was born in Chattaraugus County, New York, in 1813, and there he grew to manhood, living there a year or two after his marriage when he went to Chicago for a few months. He then went to Du Page County where he bought a farm, which he subsequently sold and removed to Will County, Illinois, residing there on a farm till 1854, and in the fall of that year he came with his family to Black Hawk County, Iowa, making the journey by team. The father died in this township in 1870 aged fifty-seven, his widow surviving till 1878, when she died at the age of sixty-four years. Elrey L., our subject, came with his parents to this county in 1854 where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is now the owner of 190 acres of land in this township, located on sections 21 and 28. July 3, 1856, he was married to Lucy A. Bovee, daughter of Philip and Ruth (Shepherd) Bovee. To this union have been born five children of whom four are living – Alice M., born February 11, 1861, married Frank Knapp, a resident of Union Township, October 12, 1882; Ida E., born June 5, 1863, married John Benham, of Union Township, August 1, 1881; Addie E., born May 26, 1866, living at home, and Eva M., born May 16, 1870, attending school at Iowa State Normal. The eldest child, Alfred E., died in 1860 aged two years. Politically Mr. Janes is a Republican. He has held the office of township trustee for many years. Mrs. Janes’ father came to this county with out subject’s father in the spring of 1854, Mr. Janes returning for his family in the fall of that year, and while he was gone Mr. Bovee died at Cedar Falls, in 1854. His widow with her family of four children finally settled in Union Township, this county, where she died in 1856, aged fifty-seven years. Submittor Note: The bio above makes a couple of references to "this township." In reviewing the book, it is not obvious what township that refers to. Abel H. Joyner, one of the active farmers of East Waterloo Township, was born in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, March 11, 1821, the youngest son of Seymour and Lois (Abott) Joyner, both of whom died in Massachusetts. Abel H. was reared on a farm, his father being a farmer by occupation. In his youth he attended the district schools, completing his education at an academy, after which he taught school for two terms, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He learned the carpenter and joiner’s trade at which he worked several years. In the spring of 1869 he came to Black Hawk County, Iowa, and settled on the farm which is now occupied by C. L. Dean, where he resided till 1885. He then removed to his present farm which contains sixty acres of choice land, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Joyner has been three times married, his first two wives dying in Massachusetts. He was married in 1869 to his present wife, whose maiden name was Emily Patterson, she being a native of Massachusetts. They have seven children – Bert S., Charles H., Nelson, Fanny A., Fred, Bertha and Minnie. Mr. Joyner has filled the office of secretary of the Board of Township School Trustees about fifteen years. He was elected assessor of East Waterloo Township in 1874, and served as such for five years, and in the fall of 1885 he was again elected to the same office. He has also served as road supervisor, and for two years was school director. He is a member of the Baptist church of Waterloo. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.
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