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Hoyt :
Edwin S. Hoyt lived in our community for ten years. However, his genial nature left an impression in our community. Records are in existence which refer to the genial Mr. Hoyt.
Edwin S. Hoyt was born in Elburn, Illinois, on January 2, 1859. On March 4, 1886, Edwin married Annie Hoyt of Kaneville, Illinois. We are convinced from the records that Annie's maiden name was Hoyt. They moved to our community in 1890.
Edwin and Annie were the parents of two children. They were Gertrude and Sylvester.
Edwin died in 1926 at Elburn, Illinois. We do not have the date of Annie's death.
HULING :
Charles A. Huling lived in Lincoln township before his marriage in 1881. He was the postmaster of the Sunset post office in 1880.
Charles A. Huling was born on May 5, 1857, at Meriden, Illinois. Ida Bell Clark was born on November 5, 1858, at Cottage Hill, Illinois. Charles and Ida were married on July 19, 1881, at Mendota, Illinois. They moved to Williams, Iowa, in 1881. In 1883, Charles and Ida returned to Mendota, Illinois. From there the family moved to Paw Paw, Illinois. In 1890, they moved to Harvey, Illinois.
Charles and Ida were the parents of five children. They were Ethel, George, John, Forrest, and Lyda.
Charles died on August 19, 1919. He is buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery, Cook county, Illinois. Ida died on December 21, 1899. She is buried at Cottage Hill, Paw Paw, Illinois.
HURST :
Charles Hurst had a great deal of bad luck in our community. He was the victim of misfortune several times.
As nearly as can be determined, Charles Hurst and his father came to our community in 1862. One day soon after their arrival Charles found his father dead. It was presumed that the death had been caused by lightning.
As Nellie Richardson Lewis Warner remembered the story, Charles was about sixteen years of age at the time: Charles was alone with only a wagon and a team of horses. Albert F. Rahfeldt said that Charles loaded the body in the wagon and hauled it to eastern Iowa. It is probable the other members of the family were living there.
In 1881, the railroad chose the Hurst farm as the location for a new town. The plan was later abandoned.
The last misfortune to strike Charles Hurst in our community was the death of his wife, Adelaid Burton Hurst. She died in 1884,