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Thomas Hoy
Born - February 5, 1833
North Manheim, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Married - September 3, 1854
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
Died - August 13,1899
Buried - St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery,
Mifflin Street
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania
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Photographs' Courtesy of Calvin N. Hoy
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Wife - Sarah (Faust) Hoy
Born - March 15, 1835
Died - November 12, 1916
Buried - St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery,
Mifflin Street
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania
Sarah's Parents -Daniel and Elizabeth (Fegley) Faust
To This Union 16 Children were born
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Thomas Hoy, son of Henry was born February 5, 1833, in North
Manheim township. He received his education at Orwigsburg, attending
He owned the Fair View Farm at Orwigsburg, which consisted of about 117 acres, and was one of the finest improved 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 He became general superintendent and treasurer,
and it had a prosperous career under his able management.
Mr. Hoy acquired large property holdings. He had valuable timber and mineral lands in Lycoming county, Pa.,
and considerable property in Florida, five hundred
being now (1914) in her Eightieth year. She resides at Orwigsburg with her daughter Mrs. Deibert.
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Vol. #1, J. H. Beers & Co., 1916, Chicago
Information Supplied by Donna Lorena (Wertz) Gardiner
Daughter - Rosa Ann (Hoy) Reed
Born - September 1854
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Married - 1878
Husband - Frank W. Reed
Son - Pancoast Thomas Hoy
Born - July 27, 1855
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Wife - Cora L. (Huntzinger) Hoy
Son - George Washington Hoy
Born - February 22, 1857
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County,
Pennsylvania
Died - April 1921 - Waterloo, Iowa
Daughter - Annie M. Louise (Hoy) Brayer
Born - June 2, 1858
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Died - December 1930
Husband - William A. Brayer of Cleveland, Ohio
Daughter - Sarah Sallie Elizabeth (Hoy) Walborn
Born - January 7, 1860
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Husband - Jonathan H. Walborn
Son - Thomas Franklin Hoy
Born - November 4, 1861
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Wife - Carrie Eloise (Burt) Hoy
Son - Theodore Francis (Dory) Hoy
Born - February 16, 1863
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Wife - Emma E. Hoy
Daughter - Elizabeth F. (Lizzie Hoy) Deibert
Born - July 1, 1864
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Husband - Samuel D. Deibert
Daughter - Cecelia Ann (Hoy) Marberger - Berger
Born - October 16, 1865
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
First Husband - William Marberger
Born - 1865 - Died - May 4, 1899
Son - Clayton Marberger
Born - February 1885 - Pennsylvania
Note - Per the 1900 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Census,
Clayton is living with Jonathan & Sarah Sallie Elizabeth (Hoy) Walborn.
Second Husband
- Harry Berger
Daughter - Mary Alice (Hoy) Miller
Born - June 17, 1867
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Marriage License Issued - December 31, 1887
Died - January 25, 1945
Husband - Dr. Charles R. Miller
Born - February 7, 1858
Walke Township, Sohs County,
Pennsylvania
Living at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1914
Son - Albert Henry Hoy
Born - May 8, 1869
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Died - May 24, 1869
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Daughter - Catherine Alice (Katie Hoy) Shartle
Born - July 28, 1870
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Husband
- Lewis R. Shartle
Son - Morris F. Hoy
Born - January 26, 1872
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Note - SOURCE: Vera Hoy Schmidt - Went to Iowa in 1891 and worked for George
W. Hoy.
Made a return visit to PA in 1894 & returned to IA. Moved from IA to PA in 1924.
Living at Goff, Idaho in 1914
Daughter - Carrie Hannah (Hoy) Maxworthy
Born - June 6, 1874
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Died - July 1955
Husband - William Maxworthy
Born - February 23, 1875
Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Died - March 4, 1945
To This Union 1 Child Was Born
Daughter - Edith Kay Maxworthy
Born - September 9, 1897
Died - October 27, 1898
Daughter - Ida Hoy
Died in Infancy
Daughter - Edith May Hoy
Born - September 9, 1877
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Died - October 27, 1878
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Father
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Henry Hoy
Mother - Elizabeth Margaretha (Wiltrout) Hoy
Grandfather - Phillip (Heu) Hoy
Grandmother - Anna Maria (Gilbert) Hoy
Great Grandfather -Johann Albrecht Albert Hoy
Great Grandmother - Susanna Snevely Hoy
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