Joy Claudius MICKELWAIT ¹

  General Notes:

1910 IA CENSUS, Mills Co, Glenwood Twp, Glenwood city: Joy C. "Michelwait", male, 21, 1st marriage, married 0 yrs, b. NE, retail merchant, grocery store, rent house; wife Anna, 21, 1st marriage, married 0 yrs, b. NE, parents b. Denmark.

WW1 DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Joy "Claudious" Mickelwait of Glenwood, Mills Co, IA; 28; b. Oct 24, 1888 at Brainerd, NE; self-employed farmer at Glenwood; prior military experience: Private, infantry, 3 yrs, Nat'l Guard of Iowa; tall, medium build, light brown eyes, dark brown hair.

1920 IA CENSUS, Mills Co, Glenwood Twp: Joy C. "Micklewaite", 31, b. NE, father b. OH, mother b. IA, farmer; wife Anna M., 31, b. NE, parents b. Denmark; dau. Joy E., 6, b. IA, parents b. NE.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Mills Co, Glenwood; Joy C. "Micklewait", 36, 9th grade education, b. NE, father: Will "Micklewait" who was b. IA, mother: Emma "Shamland" who was b. IA and married IA, served in Army from IA, engaged in agriculture; wife Anna, 36, 12th grade education, b. IA, father ____ Anderson who was b. Denmark, mother Mary _____ who was b. Denmark and married NE, Adventist; dau. Joy Anna, 11, b. IA, father: J. C. Micklewait, mother: Anna Anderson.

1930 IA CENSUS, Mills Co, Glenwood Twp: Joy C. "Micklewait", owned home $5000, 41, married age 21, b. NE, parents b. NE, manager of warehouse; wife Anna M., 40, married age 20, b. NE, parents b. Denmark; dau. Joy A., 16, b. IA, parents b. NE

HISTORY OF MILLS CO, IA, 1925: He preferred to be known as Joy C. or J. C. Mickelwait. He lived his entire life in Glenwood, IA. As a young man he belonged to the National Guard. He enlisted in the Army during WW I and was in Officer's Training School in AK at the time of the armistice. At the time of his death he was a member of the Home Guard that was formed during WW II. He helped organize the first 4-H Clubs in Mills County. Hunting and fishing were his hobbies and he told colorful stories of hunting experiences along the bottom lands of the Missouri River."

WORLD WAR 1 VETERANS: J. C. Mickelwait of Glenwood - Amry

MILLS CO, IA CEMETERIES: Mickelwait, Joy C. Oct 24, 1888 - Jul 2, 1943 Iowa Pvt. Inf (World War I)

Joy married Anna Marie ANDERSON on 10 Nov 1909 in Glenwood, Mills Co, IA.¹ (Anna Marie ANDERSON was born on 20 Jan 1889 in Wolbach, Greeley Co, NE ¹ and died in Nov 1986 in St. Charles, St. Charles Co, MO ⁴.)