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Valentine Shade Hoy
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Born - July 25, 1848 Hoy's Gap, Marion Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania Married - December 27,1883 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Affiliation - Mason, Lodge #15, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Military - Civil War, Union Army, Company G, 11th Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, Wisconsin Rank - Private Occupation - Miner, Rancher/Cattleman, Livestock Dealer Died - March 1, 1898 Browns Park, Routt County, Colorado Buried - Ridge Cemetery, Dodge County, Fremont, Nebraska
Valentine Hoy was killed in Browns Park, Colorado. He was riding with a posse on March 1, 1898, after a 15 year old boy, named Willie Strang, who was working for him as a ranch hand, was shot and killed on his ranch.
The boy had been tagging along with the outlaws, and after a card game which lasted all night, he was horsing around and thought he would pull a prank. He either pulled a chair out from under outlaw Patrick Louis Johnson as he was sitting down, or threw a pan of cold water in his face (accounts varied). Johnson started shooting at the boy's feet to scare him and make him "dance," but he accidentally shot and killed the boy (he may have actually shot him on purpose, since he had a bad temper and had killed men before).
While riding with the Sheriffs posse who were on Johnson's trail, Valentine was shot and killed by Harry Tracy, a notorious outlaw of the day. Valentine was buried in Fremont, Nebraska where he had been married . They had two infant children, who died , and are also buried in Fremont.
HOY MOUNTAIN (Daggett County) is in northeastern Utah, with Allen Draw on the north, the Colorado line on the east, and Pot Creek on the south. J. S. and Valentine Hoy and their brothers moved into and settled this region in the early 1870s. After Valentine Hoy was killed by the outlaw
Harry Tracy in the spring of 1898.
Wife - Julia Elinoise (Blair) Hoy
Photograph's Courtesy of Valentine & Janice Hoy IV Which were received from Ruth (Richardson) Coopersmith, Daughter of Neva (Hoy) Richardson.
Born - September 29, 1862 Caroline, Tompkins County, New York Occupation - Teacher, Beaver Creek School, Browns Park, Routt County, Colorado Died - December 12, 1934 San Dimas, Los Angeles County, California Buried - Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California Julia's Father - William Henry Blair Julia's Mother - A. Matilda (Evans) Blair Julia was the niece of Austin Blair,
Governor of Michigan during the Civil War.
Son - Baby Boy Hoy Born - October 28,1884 Died / Buried - October 30, 1884 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska
Daughter - Baby Girl Hoy Born/Died/Buried - January 13, 1886 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska
Daughter - Neva Louise (Hoy) Richardson Born -March 9, 1887 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Married - 1911 Los Angeles, California Died - July 22, 1969 Los Angeles, California Husband - Bernice George Richardson To This Union a Daughter was Born Daughter - Ruth (Richardson) Coopersmith
Son - Valentine "Val" Shade Hoy 2nd Born - February 6, 1889 Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska Married - 1914 Salt Lake City, Utah Died - August 6, 1952 Los Angeles County, California Wife - Dorothy (Partridge) Hoy Born - March 28, 1888 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Died - January 29, 1978 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California To This Union 2 Children Were Born Son - Valentine Shade Hoy July 15, 1915 Salt Lake City, Utah Daughter - Helen Hoy Born - June 13, 1917 Salt Lake City, Utah
Father - Henry Hoy ,Jr. Mother - Mary Ann (Smith) Hoy
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