Newspaper: Birthday, Hoey, J.L. 81st Birthday January 1933, Westmoreland County, PA ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com ___________________________________________________ Probably Murrysville Newspaper January 1933 MURRYSVILLE RESIDENT CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY J.L. Hoey, a member of one of the first families to settle permanently in Franklin township near Murrysville, celebrated his 81st birthday Saturday, January 7. [1933] The original members of the family settled on a farm three miles southeast of Murrysville, October 21, 1788 and the descendants have resided in Murrysville or vicinity ever since. The farm originally purchased by Samuel Hoey, the great grandfather of J.L. Hoey, was taken up by John Burns [Byrn] in 1774. The farm was sold at Sheriff's sale in 1788 to Charles Foreman, who two weeks later, sold the farm to Samuel Hoey. The farm contained 362 acres with allowances for roads. A round log cabin had been erected on the farm. A small section of the farm had been cleared about the cabin, the remaining acreage being covered with the original growth of oak, chestnut, pine and other kinds of timber. Samuel Hoey, the great grandfather of J.L. Hoey was born in Dublin, Ireland, and married a Scotch girl by the name of Mary McNeile [McNeill]. The Hoeys are of Scotch origin and the supposition is that one of the Hoeys went with William of Orange to fight the battle of the Boyne in 1690, or may have been among the Scotch and English that settled in Ireland after the Catholics were driven out of the section of Ireland as the result of the Battle of the Boyne. At any rate, J.L. Hoey's great grandfather was born in Dublin, but came to America shortly after his marriage and settled in Mifflin County, but came to Westmoreland county in 1785 and settled along the Loyahanna about three miles north of New Alexandrio and engaged in the tannery business and farming. The family moved to the farm near Murrysville in 1788. The family consisted of the parents, six girls and four boys. One son, Samuel, Jr. was with Mad Anthony Wayne in his fight with the Indians in 1794. James Hoey, the grandfather of J.L. Hoey, was three years of age when the family of Samuel Hoey moved to the Murrsyville district. James Hoey was married November 12, 1812 to Eleanor Huey of Poke Run District. Six children were born to this union: Samuel, the oldest son and father of the present J.L. Hoey, was born June 29, 1814 and was married to Susan DeWalt, January 8, 1839. Ten children were born to this union, eight sons and two daughters. J.L. Hoey, the only living member of the family born to Samuel and Susan DeWalt Hoey, was born on the old homestead farm near Murrsyville, January 7, 1852. He was married to Margaret Elizabeth Hall, August 21, 1884. One daughter, Olive Lorna Hoey, was married to William A. Kemerer, August 21, 1907, on the twenty-third anniversary of the marriage of her parents and resides on a farm near the Bushy Run battle field. Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Hoey observed the 48th anniversary of their marriage and their son-in-law and daughter their 25th wedding anniversary the 21st of last August. J.L. Hoey's father, Samuel Hoey, attended school in the old log school house about two miles east of Murrsyville, which was located on the north side of the present William Penn highway. He had but two school books, a United States spelling book and reader combined and an arithmetic, the Western Calculator. Quills were used for pens and pokeberry juice for ink. Seventeen days after Samuel Hoey had advanced to the study of arithmetic, his father died and he had to leave school at the age of 15. The ten children, eight sons and two daughters born to Samuel Hoey, born in 1814, were Margaret Jane, born in 1840 and was married to David Allsworth of New Alexandria. James Hoey, born in 1842, enlisted in Company 1, 101st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and saw service in a number of important engagements in the Civil War. After serving two and one-half years, he reenlisted and a short time later was taken a prisoner and died in the Andersonville prison, and is buried in the National Cemetery, near Atlanta Georgia. His grave is number 7,000. William H. Hoey was born in 1844 and was married the first time to Miss Hannah Patton, of near Murrysville, He also served for 14 months in the army near the close of the Civil War. After the death of his first wife, William married her sister, Mary Patton Dible. John T. and Ellen Hoey, twins, were born in 1846. John married Miss Thalia Harvey, of Murrysville in 1869. Three children were born to this union. The oldest daughter is Mrs. George Mull of Jeannette. John was married the second time to Miss Ella McGinnis. S.K. Hoey was born in 1849 and was married in January, 1870 to Miss Anna M. Keister, daughter of Mr. and mrs. David Keister, of the Manor Valley. Mr. and Mrs. S.K. Hoey lived in Jeannette for many years. Mr. Hoey died here, March 12, 1912. His wife died in Wilkinsburg about three months ago. Sever children were born to this union, four of whom are living. James L. Hoey, the only surviving member of the family of Samuel Hoey, was born January 7, 1852. He united with the Murrysville Presbyterian church in 1870, a church in which his grandmother [Eleanor Huey Hoey] was a charter member when it was organized in 1830, and has been active in church and Sunday school work all his life. He was ordained an elder in 1898 and is still serving in that capacity. He has been a Sunday school teacher and has held almost every office in the church at one tie or another, and attended the meetings of a number of church bodies, including the meeting of the General Assembly in Atlantic City in 1911. Mr. Hoey was engaged in the tinware, hardware and implement business in Murrsyville from April 1882 to 1921. In recent years, Mr. and Mrs. Hoey have lived retired. Their daughter, Olive Lorna, was married August 21, 1907 to William A. Kemerer. They have two children, Floyd and Lorna, at home. E.D. Hoey was born Jun 5, 1854 and was married to Miss Emma Porter Feb 19, 1880 and lived in McKeesport. Albert M. Hoey was born in March 1857 and married Miss Anna Shuster. George Hoey was born in May 1862, and was married to Cecelia Porter. The farm on which the Hoey family located, was on the old Indian trail, leading from Murrysville to Ligonier. During the French and Indian War in 1758, Col Bouqet with a division of Forbes' army, passed along the trail with supplies for the army at Duquesne. Later the same year, George Washington, who had been made colonel and placed in charge of Forbes army, cut the first wagon road to Pittsburgh, through the forest, crossing Turtle Creek at Murrysville. The Indian forces passed over this trail and met Col Bouquet and the battle of Bushy Run was fought.