BIO: T. C. HOYT, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 639 & 640.
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  T. C. HOYT, proprietor of Hillside Farm, which contains seventy-eight acres 
and is situated in Huston township, Clearfield county, Pa., at Hickory Kingdom, 
five miles west of Penfield, is one of the leading men and prosperous farmers of 
this section.  He was born on his father's farm at Hickory, Huston township, 
December 19, 1844, and is a son of William H. and Lydia Ann (O'Neill) Hoyt.
  William H. Hoyt was born at Cheshire, Mass., November 7, 1819, a son of Dr. 
William and Roby (Mason) Hoyt, and a grandson of Seth Hoyt, who was a soldier in 
the Revolutionary war.  William H. Hoyt was six months old when his parents 
brought him to Clearfield, which was then a settlement of three houses.  He 
became a farmer, first in Elk county and later moved back to Clearfield county 
and bought a farm from the English company in Huston township, where he passed 
the remainder of his life, his death occurring at Hickory, January 2, 1902.  He 
married Lydia Ann O'Neil, who was born in Upper Canada, June 4, 1825, and 
accompanied her parents to the United States when fifteen years of age.  She 
survived until July 3, 1902, both of her two children surviving her, namely: 
Theodore C. and Lydia Maria, the latter being the wife of D. Newell, of DuBois, 
Pa.
  T. C. Hoyt grew to manhood according to the manner of country boys, attending 
school and giving his father help on the farm.  In 1870 he bought his farm from 
his father and has since carried on general agriculture.  The larger part of the 
land he cleared himself and he erected all of the substantial farm buildings.  
The location of the land is excellent and gives the place its pleasant-sounding 
name.  Mr. Hoyt grows excellent crops and raises stock for his own use and has 
bountiful orchards.
  Mr. Hoyt was married first, June 20, 1867, to Miss Margaret Beer, who died 
July 4, 1896.  Five children survived her, namely:  Edson D., married Agnes 
Henderson, and they have four children - Emmett G., Margaret I., Theodore C. and 
Mary Olive; Amanda, married M. S. Dunlap, and they have one child, Gladys M.; 
George W., married Vida Davis, and they have four children - Ruth, Josephine, 
John P. and Catherine; Mary, married Charles Berkey, and they have six children 
- Charles E., George R., Margaret D., Agnes M., Harry D. and Dorsey W.; Raymond 
E., who is postmaster at Tyler, Pa., married Anna Dodd, and they have one child, 
Dorsey.
  Mr. Hoyt was married secondly, April 13, 1898, to Mrs. Salinda (Beer) Burns, 
daughter of William Beer and widow of James Burns.  Mrs. Burns had two children:  
Mary C., who is the wife of Lewis Sherwood and has three children - James B., 
Frances Louise and Edna May; and Edith, who married William R. Henderson and has 
three children - James L., Mabel C. and Albert.
  In politics Mr. Hoyt is a Republican and he has frequently been selected by 
his party for important township offices.  For seventeen years he served on the 
school board, for three years was overseer of the poor and for nine years was 
assessor.  He has always been much interested in the Grange, of which he is a 
member.  For forty-six years he has been a class leader in the Methodist 
Episcopal church and for twenty-seven years was superintendent of the Sunday 
school.