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presidfut of '.lie board ol trust»'08 of liiildwin univorsity .uid was nil instructor of tJie (jm'k !iew Hotik.

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Hoyt, Francis Deming, law viT :tnd mit'tor of 6U Wall St., Nt'W York City, wan Iwrn Nov. 2!». 1S4;1, in .St. Albans, V*t. lit' rt'ti'ivfd the dogrei'H of A.B. and A.M. from the University of Vermont. He s»TV«'d in the civil

war

in the twelfth ermont regiment. In 1S74 he was one of the fir^t American pilHe i» the author of The Coming Ntorm; Catherine Sidney and otiier


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works. Hoyt, Mrs. Helen Brown, educator, author, was lM)rn March 4, 1H.>S. in Woburn, Mass. For fifteen years »]ie tuuglit in a lioAton yeliool. In IHII4 she married Dr. Kdward M. Ilovt of (Georgetown. Mji-^h. She is the autlior «»f .V Cliihl's Story of the Life of Christ. Hoyt, Henrj' Martyn, lawyer, governor, author, was born .Iiiih- S. lS3s in Kingston, Fa. He was a Pennsylvania lawyer; and >vax the eij.'liteeiith {.'overnor of rennsylvania in lS7'.)-83. He was the author of Controversy bi'tween Connecticut and Pennsylvania; and Protection versus Free Trade.

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of the nati Jiial (.ommittee to promote the est.iblislMH'iit of ihe university of tlic

United States, with headquarters at Washington, D.C. He IS the author of Resources Progrcfrb ol Wisconsin; Resources and

and

Progress of Wyoming; and Appointments and Removals from Ollice. Hoyt, Joseph Gibson, educator, author, «as born Jan. 19, 1815. in Dunbartou, N.H. lie was instructor of mathematics and nat ural philosophy in Phillips Kxeter

academy

1840-58; and chancellor and professor of ill Oreek of Wafhington university in St.Ix>ui8 in 18.")9-62. He was the author of a n'vised edition of Cotton's Greek Reader; and Miscellaneous Writings, Addresses, I."etu!es and Reviews. He died Nov. 26, 18G2, in St.Louis. Mo. Hoyt, Mark, merchant, was born May 5, 1835, in Stamford. Conn. In 1868 he engagi d 111 the brokerage business under the

name

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Mark

H<»yt

and company, but tinquiblied

this

rein

1870 to returr to the firm of Hoyt brothers, of which he is now the head. He was the i:ading spirit in the cgani^ation of the States l/uited

ilkesbarre, Pa.

Hoyt, Henry Martin, lawyer, banker, was IH-'ilJ. Dec. in Wilkesbarre, Pa. In iKSl he wa.s admitted to the practice of law; and iioened an oflice in Pittsburg, Pa. Since lf>!Ml rie h«>* iM'en president of an investment company of Philadelphia, Pa. In IS!i7-llM>3 he was attorney -general of the l iiite.

leather

ci'iiipany,

which

is a consolidation of the chief tanning interests of the country for a continuation of the business. It is believed that in actual value of its properties, tiiis company is superior to rny other in the United States. He iKcaiue iis hrst vice president upon incorporation in 181»3.

Hoyt,

Oliver,

merchant,

philanthropist,

was born Aug. 15, 1823, in Stamford, Conn. He was a founder of The Methodist; and in

was speaki-r tin- latter term. In IS76 In? was appointed secretary of Arizona terri tory; and in 1S77 '>e«'ame governor of that

1S81 represented his church in the International assembly of methodists in Loudon.

territory. H»iippointed an associate justice of the ^nprem-' court ol Wasliington territory, and was reappointed in ISSo. .t

He was chosen a presidential elector in 1872. He was a pall-bearer at Gen. Grant's funeral. By his will he bequeathed nearly ont

the fir."'t ele<-titin in 18.S!i under the state constitution iie wa-^ idected judgt of tiio supi. in.- court, itiwl served until lSy7. Hoyt, John Wesley, educator, journalist, gtivernor. author, was born Oct. 13. 1831, near Worthington, Ohio. For ten years he edite«l and published the Wisconsin F.irmer and the Northwi-Ftern

hundred thousand dollars to various charitand religious institutions. Hn d'u:d 5, 1887, in Stamford, Conn. Hoyt, Ralph, clergyman, pcet, authoi, was born April 18. 1800, in New York City. He was long rector of the church of the pood shepherd in New Yoik City. He was the .luthor of The Chant of Life, and Other PiH'ms; Echoes of Memory and Fniotion; and Sketches of Life and Landscape. He

C'ultivator at Ma»rd of railro.nd commissioners of the state of 'A'iscofisin;

a:id

in

1878 he was nppoirfed governor of the territory of Wyoming for the term of four years.

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died Oct. 11. 1878. in

New York

City.

Hoyt, Thomas Rowell, civil engineer, iniinwas born Oct. 21. 1811. in Goffstown, N.H. He was a noted civil engineer: and a manufacturer of niat'ieniatical instruments in his native city. He is the autlior of Hoyfs Harp, a volume of poems, lie died in Gnirstown N.H. Hovt, Wilbur Franklin, educator, college president, w.is born March 13, 1864, in ufaeturer. poet,