Mrs. Roy died March 20, 1838, and Mr. Roy married Miss Martha J. Foster, September 26, 1839. Their children were: John F., born August 18, 1840; Charles A., born February 8, 1842, and Katie, born November 2, 1848. John F. died October 4, 1841. Aaron D. died August 18, 1857, at Lawrence, Kansas, and Peter P., August 3, 1877: at Denver, Colorado. Joseph Edwin married Miss Emily Hatch, June 21, 1853, he is a minister of the Congregational church, though now District Superintendent of the Home Missionary Society of the United States, with his field Northwest, and resides in Chicago. Ann E. married Thomas Fearnside, January 2, 1849, and resides at Rockford, Illinois. Peter P. married Miss Sarah Keim, in September, 1855. Martha E. married Joseph Ware, July 22, 1858 resides in Morrison. Charles A. married Miss Francis Lathe, November, 186 , resides at LeRoy, Minnesota. Katie lives with her parents, at Morrison.

Mr. Roy opened the first store in Lyndon, keeping an assorted stock, and and trade of all the surrounding country. He also kept the second hotel opened at Lyndon, and as it was the stage stand, a good business was done. The house was small, but everything was in the best shape, Mrs. Roy doing her part well and faithfully. The hotel was kept on strictly temperance principles. From 1841 to 1848 Mr. Roy was Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court, and received the highest commendation for the able and faithful manner in which he discharged the duties of his office. After he retired from the mercantile business at Lyndon, he became a farmer, and was very successful. In March, 1869, he moved his family to Morrison, where he has since resided. He has always been a devoted christian, and for many years a deacon of the Congregational church, a position he now holds in that church at Morrison. He is over seventy-nine years of age.

Bent & Wilson History 1877