Roy, J. E. (Joseph Edwin), 1827-1908
Person
Biographical Statement
Joseph Edwin Roy was born in Martinsburg, Ohio, in 1827. He graduated in 1848 from Knox College, and took a position with the American Missionary Association (AMA) in the 1850s with a church in Brimfield, Illinois. In 1855, he was called to lead Plymouth Church in Chicago.
Roy became a district secretary for the Western District of the AMA in 1868, and by 1878 was a field superintendent based in Atlanta. In 1885, he became Western District Secretary for the AMA, and he served in this capacity until his retirement in 1903. He served as chairman of the World's Congress on Africa at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Joseph E. Roy died in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1908.
Citation:
Author: Andrew SalinasCitation:
Barton, William Eleazar. Joseph Edwin Roy, 1827-1908: A Faithful Servant of God and of His Own Generation, a Brief Biography. Oak Park, IL: Puritan Press, 1908.Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Joseph E. Roy scrapbook
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2262
Scope and Contents
This 153-page scrapbook is devoted primarily to the career and professional interests of Joseph Edwin Roy. Joseph Roy served as chairman of the World's Congress on Africa at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and also as Western District Secretary for the American Missionary Association, and the scrapbook documents his career in these two capacities. Materials reflecting Joseph Roy's role as chairman of the 1893 World's Congress on Africa consist entirely of newspaper...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1891-1896; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center