Bio of HOYT, Alexander Merriam, Hennepin Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Pruden Submitted: June 2003 ========================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ======================================================== submitted by Laura Pruden, email Raisndustbunys@aol.com ======================================================== EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical ALEXANDER M. HOYT - Vol II, pg 417 Alexander Merriam Hoyt, a native son of Minneapolis, resides at 2612 Emerson avenue, South, and is a member of the law firm of Hoyt & Dretchko, consisting of himself and Alvin L. Dretchko, with offices at Suite 834 Andrus building. Mr. Hoyt devotes his entire time and attention to the commercial business of the firm, which has a large mercantile adjustment and collection business, and maintains bonded legal representatives throughout the Northwest. Mr. Hoyt received his education in the grammar schools of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Central high school and the Univer­sity of Minnesota. He was married in 1914 to Alice Louise Miller of Northfield, Minnesota, and has three children, Betty, John and Mary. He is a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 44 of Minneapolis, is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Minneapolis Lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M.; the Minneapolis Consistory of the Scottish Rite, and of Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Automobile Club, the Traffic Club of Minneapolis and the Golden Valley Golf Club, and is affiliated with the Lynnhurst Congregational church.