HOYT, Oceola C. (1856-1944)

HOYT

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/1/2021 at 00:50:51

Oceola C. Hoyt
(December 6, 1856 – February 14, 1944)

O. C. Hoyt, a farmer living three and a half miles northwest of Battle Creek, in Maple Township, Ida County, Iowa, was born in Jackson County, this State, December 6, 1856, a son of N. C. and Maria (Sleeper) Hoyt, also a native of that State. The parents of our subject were married in New York, but afterward came to Clinton County, Iowa, and later to Jackson County. The mother died when our subject was six years of age, leaving six children, and the father now resides with his son, O. A. Hoyt, in Maple Township. O. C. Hoyt was reared and educated in his native county. In the spring of 1878 he removed to Woodbury County, Iowa, but in the spring of 1892 purchased eighty acres of land in Ida County, which he has improved. He also has a good farm residence, 16 x 20 feet, with an L of the same dimensions, and a fine grove and orchard of two acres. In October, 1881, in Battle Creek, Mr. Hoyt was united in marriage with Miss Orlanda McCooley, a native of Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa, and a daughter of John and Theressa (Bowers) McCooley, pioneer settlers of that county. The mother, a native of Baden, Germany, now resides with Mrs. Hoyt. Our subject and his wife have one child, Minnie Agnes. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the former also affiliates with the Republican Party. He is a very prominent man, and takes an active interest in everything for the good of his county.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.626