Daniel J. Hoy

At the time of his daughter Sarah's Wedding to Samuel Rigal, January 1, 1828,

Daniel Hoy took out two quarter sections of land in Section 20 and erected thereon a log

cabin. About 1816 he erected his brick house with bricks that were burned within a stone's

throw of the house. The house is still standing [1976] and is occupied by his descendants.

Daniel Hoy was a large powerful man. At different times he returned to Pennsylvania with his team and hauled things back to his community. On one of these trips another man with his team was hogging the road going over a mountain and refused to allow him to pass. Daniel Hoy soon had enough of that, and getting out of his wagon, he took the other wagon by the boom pole and upset it down over the side of the mountain.

On another occasion, at a log rolling, four men were trying to put a big log onto a refuse pile for burning, but were having a hard time doing it. Daniel Hoy brushed the men aside and by himself he put the log onto the pile. The early settlers burned much that would be considered good timber today. It has been said that Daniel Hoy drove the first stage coach between Lancaster and Columbus.

In 1807 Daniel Hoy, Philip Hoy and Peter Woodring gave eight acres of land for church and cemetery purposes, and a log church of the Lutheran denomination was erected there. It is now occupied by the Evangelical Association and is known as the Hoy Memorial Church.

Daniel Hoy

Father Daniel Hoy died January 24, 1871, near Lithopolis, Ohio at the advanced age of 91 years, 6 months and 18 days. In 1779 he was born in Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, and in 1806 emigrated to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he was among the first settlers and the last survivor of them. His wife preceded him in death some seven years.

He leaves four of nine children; also 52 grandchildren and 108 great-grandchildren. He was a Brother-in-law of Reverend John Dreisbach, and Father-in-law of Bishop Long, and Grandfather of Reverend S. Hoy, of the Ohio Conference. He was affiliated with our church over 55 years and was also one of the first in the state of Ohio. His home was opened to our first preachers, when homes were yet rare and friends but few. Most all of our preachers since that time have enjoyed an exceptional lodging place at their home. His last years were spent in the family of his son Isaac on the old homestead where he was cared for in great tenderness and love.

He was a strong Christian, diligent, peaceable, contented; a loyal citizen, and peace loving neighbor, a generous giver to the cause of Christ, a devoted husband and father. In short, he was a pious man, honored by all who knew him. This was made evident by the large and respectful funeral procession, in spite of the almost impassable roads and the severe cold.

His religious influence is revealed in the fact that all his grown up children belonged to our church, and those yet living are still members. Also, various grandchildren belong.

The writer held the funeral in the Lutheran church near his home and his remains were laid to rest at that place. Sometime I expect to see him in Heaven.

-Reverend Wm. Whittington

Obituary from the

Der Evangelishche Botschafter

1871, p.51.

Translated for Orville Hoy by Rev. Roy S. Leedy

Courtesy of Mrs. Louise (Upp) Baden

Her husband, 6 children, 49 grandchildren and 64 great grandchildren remain.

Molly was a famous doctor in her day. She was especially known for her kindness of heart. When that region was still sparsely settled she would go many miles through the darkness of the night to visit the sick and relieve the suffering. She usually rode horseback and carried her medicines in a pack saddle. Sometimes people came for her in the dead of night and she would be gone for days at a time, usually until the patient either recovered or passed on. The entire side of one of the rooms in the house was lined with shelves which were filled with bottles of medicine. These bottles were all of the early hand made variety of various shapes and sizes and colors. She gathered herbs in the fields and made her own medicines, the base of much of which was whiskey. She had a Balm of Gilead tree growing in front of the house, and some of her sage bushes are still growing at the side of the house. Much of the old fashioned medicines were strong and probably did almost as much harm as good. But it was a saying in the neighborhood that no one could heal like Granny Hoy.

In her later hears Granny Hoy, as many old ladies used to do, wore a little white cap perched on the back of her head. When she washed them she usually laid them out on the grass to dry. One time when she went out after them they were not to be found. After a prolonged search it turned out that the jay birds had carried them off and built them into their nest.

The first sermon of the Evangelical Association in the State of Ohio was preached by Fred Showers, a missionary from Pennsylvania, in the new brick home of Molly and Daniel Hoy, in the spring of 1816. Molly Hoy and her sister Lizzie Hoy (Wife of Phillip Hoy), were converted at that time and became the first members of the Evangelical Association in Ohio. Daniel Hoy's parents were among the chief supporters of Jacob Albright, the founder of the church, back in Pennsylvania. Daniel Hoy's was the first preaching place of the Lancaster Circuit, and the first class was organized there the following year. Both Daniel and Philip Hoy became members at that time. Daniel Hoy's was especially noted for general and camp-meetings. The first camp-meeting of the circuit was held there in 1822. Some [think] that the brick house was built later than 1816 and that the first sermon was therefore preached in the log house. But members of the family recall that some of the men came to the service with tobacco in their mouths. Having no place to spit, they spit their tobacco juice upon the new white plaster walls, which ran down and looked awful. And that greatly angered Molly Hoy. From this story it does not leave much doubt that the first sermon was preached in the brick house.

and a niece to the wife of father [father of the church, not blood relative] John DREISBACH."

Note: Between Charles and John Click (his father) is an illegible stone, who is probably Mary.

Note From Louis Baden: Death Records in Probate office Franklin County, Ohio

"This Bible originally belonged to JOHN GLICK, after whose death it was given to his son,

They lived in Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio.. They had 9 children including the youngest child,