David Hoy

An honored citizen and old settler in the person of father

David Hoy departed this life at his home in Harrison Twp.,

Henry County, O., Nov 12, 1897.

 He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio March 7, 1808

and had reached the ripe old age of 89 years, 8 months, and 5 days;

was married to Hannah Ritter April 5th, 1829 (she died Feb, 20, 1873),

 To them ten children were born, five of whom are living,

John, Rev Samuel and Joseph living in Dakota,

Levi of Wauseon, Martha Sturdavant living on the old homestead.

There are 44 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren.

Father David was a son of Daniel and Mary Hoy.

His father Daniel was a man of remarkable strength, both physical

and spiritual, and lived to be above 91 years of age.

David Hoy moved to Henry County in October 1857,

having lived at his present home in Harrison Twp, for forty years.

He was converted when a lad of ten years,

and united with the Evangelical association,

doubtless being the oldest member of the church,

as he has been a member for eighty years.

He was a faithful reader of the Bible as well

as of other matter, having read it through

many times, and as late as 1895,

he read the Old Testament through three times

and the New Testament through nine times in that year.

These sacred habits of life were not without

blessed fruits and his life and character

are a worthy example for us all.

His memory and reason were good unto the end.

All through his afflictions in which he was

remarkably patient, he showed his appreciation

of the kindness shown him by he family and friends.

Much credit is due his daughter Martha,

and her husband Lewis Sturdavant for their faithful

care of him, which was so kindly and cheerfully rendered.

Father Hoy had four sons who went out to fight

for our country's honor in 1861 and one son,

Samuel has been for many years a faithful

minister in the Evangelical association, now of Dakota.

Father Hoy will be missed in the community,

and especially by the ministers of the church,

as his was always a preacher's home.

To associate with him was an assured blessing.

 He was kind to all, faithful to his God, true to the church,

and was gathered as a well ripened shock

 into the garden of the Lord.

All of his brothers and sisters have preceded him to the beyond.

The funeral was held Sunday afternoon,

Nov 14th at Calvary Church, conducted by

the writer and assisted by the pastor,

Rev. G.F. Spreng of Napoleon.
 

Henry County Signal

 November 18, 1897

Obituary from the research of Cheryl Rogers.