Posted on: PaloAlto County Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoBios/9 Surname: Joynt, McLaughlin, Luken ------------------------- >From Doctors of Marcus, Cherokee Co. Iowa Dr. Michael F. JOYNT Dr. M. F. Joynt was born November 10, 1882 at Emmetsburg, IA. He taught school at Emmetsburg for four years before entering medical school at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, from which he graduated in 1910. He came directly to Marcus, and practiced here until he retired. On November 15, 1948, he married Lucille LUKEN in Washington, DC. The Marcus community honored Dr. Joynt on August 14, 1960, on the 50th anniversary of his practice here. Friends, relatives, and doctors (a number of them his classmates formed a big crowd that gathered to pay him honor. Dr. Joynt was in every way the honored and revered country doctor. He made many calls with help of a horse and buggy, and lived to take a number of trips by jet plane. Dr. Joynt's only extended absence from Marcus was during WWI. On his return, he helped organize the Marcus Post of the American Legion, and was its first commander. He ushered 3,300 babies into the world during his long practice. Also to be counted are an untold number of people who found him always ready to respond to calls for help in the traditional manner of the country doctor. ------------------------------------------------------ Descendants of Michael Francis Joynt 1 [1] Michael Francis Joynt b: 11/10/1883 src: Palo Alto Co. Birth Records-Book 1 d: 06/1965/ . +Mary McLaughlin m: 11/28/1911 in Chicago, Illinois *2nd Wife of [1] Michael Francis Joynt: / . +Lucille Luken m: 11/15/1948 in Washington, D.C. ---------------------------------------- On 9-7-1945 Michael was living in Marcus,Cherokee Co., Iowa. He filed an amendment of birth certificate stating his birth date was 11-10-1883 and his middle name was spelled Francis, not Frances. Source: Palo Alto Co. Birth Records-Book 1. Link: Palo Alto County, Iowa USGenWeb Project URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm>