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Homer Collins Hoyt

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Homer Collins Hoyt

Birth
Boonville, Oneida County, New York, USA
Death
11 Nov 1899 (aged 79)
Hastings, Mills County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Hastings, Mills County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 97
Memorial ID
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31 Jul 1820 Booneville, Oneida,New York
Died 11 Nov 1899 Hastings, Mills, Iowa

Homer and Julia Ann Hoyt
Homer Collins Hoyt was born July 31, 1820 in Boonville, New York, where he grew to manhood and receiving his education in common schools. The son of James Hoyt, whose family goes back five generations to John Hoyt, who was born in England in 1610.
In 1840 Homer moved to Knox County, Illinois, and was married May 23, 1841 to Sarah E. Fuller. In 1842 he went to Nauvoo, at which place his wife died. In 1844 while in a preaching tour in the State of New York, he was ordained to the office of the Seventy, in the Latter Day Saints. Homer met Julia Ann Burr, who was born February 27, 1821, at Leyden in Lewis County, New York. She was the daughter of Nathan Burr and Chloe Clark Burr, whose family goes back six generations to Benjamin Burr and Anne Hannah, who came from England.

Homer and Julia were married June 2, 1845 and the morning after their wedding, they set out by canal boat and stagecoach for the then "Far West", Illinois. They settled near Greenbrush, Warren County, Illinois.

Homer and Julia resided in many parts of Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa. To this union was born six children, Homer Emery, born March 28, 1846 and was single. James Nathan and Chloe Beulah, both died as infants. Cynthia Marilla, born February 27, 1854, married James Thomas Dunbar; Rachel Roxanna, born August 27, 1856, married Walter Stroud; George Hiram, born 1860, married Myra Green.

In 1876, Homer's brother Hiram Hoyt went to the Philadelphia Centennial, and stopped off in Marion County, Iowa to visit Homer and persuaded them to move to Mills County, Iowa.

In 1878, Homer and family came to Mills County, Iowa to live with Hiram, after his wife's death.

Cynthia Marilla came earlier to Mills County to teach, which she did at the North Grove School in Indian Creek township. She married James Thomas Dunbar and lived on a farm, just west of the Hoyt farm.

Homer Collins Hoyt died in 1899 and Julia Ann (Burr) Hoyt died in 1908 and they are buried at the North Grove Cemetery in Indian Creek Township.
31 Jul 1820 Booneville, Oneida,New York
Died 11 Nov 1899 Hastings, Mills, Iowa

Homer and Julia Ann Hoyt
Homer Collins Hoyt was born July 31, 1820 in Boonville, New York, where he grew to manhood and receiving his education in common schools. The son of James Hoyt, whose family goes back five generations to John Hoyt, who was born in England in 1610.
In 1840 Homer moved to Knox County, Illinois, and was married May 23, 1841 to Sarah E. Fuller. In 1842 he went to Nauvoo, at which place his wife died. In 1844 while in a preaching tour in the State of New York, he was ordained to the office of the Seventy, in the Latter Day Saints. Homer met Julia Ann Burr, who was born February 27, 1821, at Leyden in Lewis County, New York. She was the daughter of Nathan Burr and Chloe Clark Burr, whose family goes back six generations to Benjamin Burr and Anne Hannah, who came from England.

Homer and Julia were married June 2, 1845 and the morning after their wedding, they set out by canal boat and stagecoach for the then "Far West", Illinois. They settled near Greenbrush, Warren County, Illinois.

Homer and Julia resided in many parts of Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa. To this union was born six children, Homer Emery, born March 28, 1846 and was single. James Nathan and Chloe Beulah, both died as infants. Cynthia Marilla, born February 27, 1854, married James Thomas Dunbar; Rachel Roxanna, born August 27, 1856, married Walter Stroud; George Hiram, born 1860, married Myra Green.

In 1876, Homer's brother Hiram Hoyt went to the Philadelphia Centennial, and stopped off in Marion County, Iowa to visit Homer and persuaded them to move to Mills County, Iowa.

In 1878, Homer and family came to Mills County, Iowa to live with Hiram, after his wife's death.

Cynthia Marilla came earlier to Mills County to teach, which she did at the North Grove School in Indian Creek township. She married James Thomas Dunbar and lived on a farm, just west of the Hoyt farm.

Homer Collins Hoyt died in 1899 and Julia Ann (Burr) Hoyt died in 1908 and they are buried at the North Grove Cemetery in Indian Creek Township.


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