Husband Hon. Adam Hoy 1 2
Born: 6 Sep 1827 - Spring Twp, Centre Co, PA 1 3
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Died: 23 Aug 1887 3
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Father: Albert Hoy ( - ) 1 3
Mother: Magdala Weckerly ( - ) 1 3
Marriage: 26 Dec 1865 1 3
• Note: This may be the same person as : Adam Hoy.
Wife Louisa M. Harris 1 2
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Father: James Dunlop Harris (1797-1842) 4 5
Mother: Mary Ann Miller ( -1851) 6 7
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1 F Nancy H. Hoy 8
AKA: Anna H. Hoy 3
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2 F Mary Hoy 8
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3 M Albert Hoy 8
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4 F Louise Hoy 8
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Spouse: Col. W. Fred Reynolds ( - ) 8
5 M James Harris Hoy 8
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6 M Edward L. Hoy 8
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7 M Randolph Hale Hoy 2
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Adam Hoy
When but four years of age, he was sent to school, his first teacher being George Padget, a noted teacher of sixty years' experience in Buffalo and Penn's Valleys, and who then held school in Swartz' school house, on the Eckenrode place, in Spring township. In 1851-52 he attended the Mifflinburg Academy, and from there went to Airy View, near Perryville, to the academy kept by David Wilson. In the fall of 1854 he entered the sophomore class in Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, and was graduated in 1856. He read law with the late Hon. H. N. McAllister, and was admitted to the Bar April 27, 1858. Upon the invitation of the late Judge J. T. Hale, Mr. Hoy occupied a room in his law office, and became more or less associated with the Judge in his extensive business up to the death of the latter. He was appointed president judge of the district in 1883, by Gov. Pattison, which position he held until January, 1885, when he was succeeded by Judge Furst.
During the Civil war Judge Hoy acted with the Republican party, but shortly after its termination he joined the Democratic party, and up to the time of his death he was an active and influential member of that party. In 1873, and again in 1876, he was a candidate for the Senate, but failed to procure the nomination. In 1884 he was the Democratic nominee for president judge, but was defeated in consequence of local dissensions and political complications in the Congressional District. He bore his defeat manfully, and the faithful and earnest manner in which he fulfilled the duties of chairman of the Democratic County Committee, to which he was elected the year following his defeat, proved how devoted he was to the principles he espoused, and how true to the cause he advocated.
"As a lawyer, Judge Hoy had few, if any, superiors at the Bar; as a judge, he was cool, fair, and fearless, and won the respect of all by the conscientious, able and impartial manner in which he discharged the duties of the position; as a citizen, he was large-hearted, liberal and progressive, and as a neighbor, he was kind and obliging to a fault. He was a consistent and active member of the Presbyterian Church, and a trusty, good man; one whose work and actions in life would make a worthy example for others to follow."