WILLIAM HOYT
William H. Hoyt came in the fall of 1864, and settled on section 29, where he still resides. When he first settled, there were some five hundred Indians encamped about a mile north of his residence in the grove.
William Hoyt is the only one left of the pioneers of Union township. He came here from Mason county, Illinois, in October, 1864, and settled upon a farm which had been partially improved by Frank H. Whitney, now of the city of Atlantic, and by him sold to Harvey Hoyt of whom William Hoyt purchased it. It consists of one hundred and twenty acres, one forty of which lies on section 32 and the remainder on 29. Mr. Hoyt was born in Sciota county, Ohio, February 27, 1828. His father, Alanson Hoyt, left Ohio in 1842, and settled in Mason county, Illinois, where he died in 1877. His wife, Sarah (Stoddard) Hoyt, died during the war. William was reared upon a farm. In 1845 he was married to Jane Devault, who was born in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt have seven children living--Hiram, James, Alanson, Eliza, Sarah, Reson and Lydice May.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 735.
