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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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DANIEL HOY, The earliest ancestor of record in this branch of the Hoy family is John Hoy, the paternal grandfather of Daniel Hoy, who moved from Berks to Dauphin county, where he followed the occupation of farming. He was the father of twelve children, six sons and six daughters: Jacob, Henry, John, Peter, Christian, Daniel, Sallie, Mary, Susan, Leah and two whose names are not known.

Henry Hoy, son of John, and father of Daniel, received his education in the common schools of Dauphin county, where he was born. When twenty-five years of age he married Miss Julia Ann Rumbarger, daughter of Adam Rumbarger, a resident of Dauphin county, near Uniontown, and six children blessed their union: (1) Hannah married John Kiehl, of Carlisle, and had seven children: George married Eliza Quigley; William died in the West; John Wesley died in Altoona; Philip married Anna Smith, and lives in Carlisle; Mary died in childhood; Jane and Edward are unmarried and at home. (2) Adam married Sarah Shank, daughter of David Shank, of Silver Spring township, and they had ten children: John Wesley, living in North Middleton township; Elizabeth, who died when two and a half years old; David, a blacksmith of Sulphur Springs; Tolbert, who was killed at Steelton; Samuel, at home; Margaret, married to John Brown, of North Middleton township; Jesse Addison, who died in infancy; Rebecca, married to Wesley Hester, of Steelton; Rose, married to George Greiner and living in Steelton; and Sarah, who married Henry Stringfellow, of Carlisle. (3) William married Martha Smith, daughter of Isaac Smith, of Middlesex township, and of the eight children born to them six are living, twins having died: Henry lives in Steelton; Albert lives in Harrisburg; Clarence lives at home; John lives at home; Irene married Charles Schlebach, and lives in Harrisburg; Mabel lives at home. (4) Daniel is our subject. (5) John Henry married Amanda Schaeffer, of Dillsburg, and they are the parents of six living children: Mervin married Lubertha Jackson, of Carlisle, and lives in Mechanicsburg; Harvey is a telegraph operator; Mattie married Otis Bender, and they live in York; Grace, Pearl and Eva are at home. (6) Julia A. married Isaac Brubaker, of Lancaster county, and they had three children: May (who died at the age of eighteen years), Walter and Robert.

Daniel Hoy was born in Dauphin county, Pa., Jan. 8, 1848, and received his education in the common schools of Silver Spring township, attending until he was sixteen years of age. He then worked on the farm for his father until he was twenty-four, after which he learned the tanning trade, following same until he was about twenty-eight. In the meanwhile his father died, and Daniel returned to the farm and conducted it for his mother and sister. Thus he continued for three years more, when for a year he engaged in tanning, having sold the homestead, but he then purchased the farm he now owns, and resided upon it for eight years. He then purchased a tannery which he operated for fifteen years, when he returned to his farm, and has here made his home for the past six years. Mr. Hoy cultivates 138 acres of land, all of which is highly improved and yields excellent returns upon the investment.

On Oct. 24, 1875, Mr. Hoy married Margaret Jane Babble, daughter of Henry C. and Isabella (Wertz) Babble, of Middlesex township, and seven children have been born of this union: Bertha Florence married Abraham Greisinger, a farmer of Silver Spring township; Emma Catherine married Christian Myers, of Silver Spring, and has one child, Robert; Blanche Ellen, Robert Henry, Ember and Nevin are all at home.

Mr. Hoy is a consistent member of the United Brethren Church, of which he is trustee. He has been a lifelong Democrat, and held the office of school director for a number of years, and in 1900 was a popular candidate for nomination for the office of sheriff, his success in his various occupations is largely due to the fact that he is a man of thrifty habits, energetic and enterprising, and has worked faithfully and industriously. He is a good provider, taking a pride in his home and family, and can be truly said to be a thoroughly representative citizen of Cumberland county.

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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. 

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