Great Grandfather: Johann Albrecht Albert Hoy
Great Grandmother: Susanna (Snevely) Hoy

Grandfather: Phillip (Heu) Hoy
Grandmother: Anna Maria (Gilbert) Hoy

Father: Henry Hoy
Mother: Elizabeth Margaretha (Wiltrout) Hoy

Married: September 3, 1854
Wife: Sarah (Faust) Hoy

Civil War Veteran: Union Army
Enlisted as a Corporal: September 17th, 1862
Company F, 17th Infantry Regiment,
Pennsylvania Voluntary Militia
Mustered Out on September 28, 1862
At Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Thomas & Sarah Hoy had 16 Children:

Rosa Ann, Pancoast Thomas, George Washington, Annie M. Louise, Sarah Sallie Elizabeth, Thomas Franklin, Theodore Francis, Elizabeth F., Cecelia Ann, Mary Alice, Albert Henry, Catherine Alice, Morris F., Carrie Hannah, Ida, and Edith May Hoy.

Albert Henry Hoy: May 8, 1869/May 24, 1869
Ida Hoy: Died in Infancy
Edith May Hoy: Sept. 9, 1877/Oct. 27, 1878
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OBITUARY: THOMAS HOY

Thomas Hoy, son of Henry was born February 5, 1833, in North Manheim township. He received his education at Orwigsburg, attending the common schools, and later for three months the Arcadian school, and was brought up to farming, in which industry he had interest all his life. A man of energetic disposition and executive ability, he was not afraid to undertake any ordinary business enterprise, and his capability was prominent in the success of everything he handled.

He owned the Fair View Farm at Orwigsburg, which consisted of about 117 acres, and was one of the finest improed farm properties in this part of Schuylkill county, and in addition to general farming he carried on stock raising, dairying and butchering, there for a time.

He had the distinction of starting the first industrial enterprise at Orwigsburg, he and his partner establishing the first shoe factory there in 1873, conducted under the name of Orwigsburg Shoe Manufacturing Company.

Mr. Hoy and his associate traveled over the East and visited a number of shoe factories in order to gain some knowledge of the business before starting up their own plant.

The first move they made was to lease the old courthouse building at Orwigsburg for ninety-nine years, at one dollar a year. The concern was organized as a stock company, although this was against Mr. Hoy's wishes. He became general superintendent and treasurer,and it had a prosperous career under his able management.

Eventually he sold his stock in this concern, and he was subsequently engaged in the butchering business and the manufacture of phosphate for some time. He was also one of the moving spirits in securing the waterworks for the borough, although the idea met with great opposition at first. However, as the project was seen to be feasible, it met with more favor, and he was commended for his activity.

Mr. Hoy acquired large property holdings. He had valuable timber and mineral lands in Lycoming county, Pa., and considerable property in Florida, five hundred acres, which included a valuable farm and lots in various towns of the State; with Martin Shaefer and David Brown he was the joint owner of real estate in Virginia containing granite quarries, and his real estate at Orwigsburg included the "Central Hotel" property. He organized the south Schuylkill Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and was its president for a number of yerars. Mr. Hoy's versatile ability gained him such confidence among his fell citizens that he was chosen to the highest office in their gift, that of chief burgess, which he held for two temrs. During his incumbency of this position he secured a new charter for the borough, under which a number of desirable ordinances were passed and made effective, and much good was accomplished in the repairing of streets and sidewalks and the placing of street crossings.

He had also served as president of the town council, and as member of the school board for a number of years. Politically he was associated with the Republican party, and was one of its most enthusiastic workers in his section. He was an Odd Fellow in social connection, belonged to Grace Lodge, No. 137, I.O.O.F. Mr. Hoy was indeed one of the most influential citizens of his day of Orwigsburg, and his death, which occurred in 1899, was considered a loss to the entire community. He is buried in the Saint Pauls Lutheran cemetery at Orwigsburg.

On Sept. 3, 1854, Mr. Hoy married Sarah Faust, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Fegley) Faust, of West Brunswick township, Schuylkill county, and she survives him, being now (1914) in her Eightieth year. She resides at Orwigsburg with her daughter, Mrs. Deibert.