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Born 1832, Oneida county
From The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa .. (1901)
WILLIAM F. HOYT.
William Frederick Hoyt, deceased, was for many years one of the leading and representative citizens of Clinton, and was successfully engaged in the insurance business, A native of Xew York, he was born in Oneida county, March 1, 1832, and was one of a family of seven children. Those still living are Ephraim, a resident of Des Moines, and Mrs. Lydia Fulford, Mrs. Elma Capp and Miss Thecla Hoyt, who make I heir home in Chicago.
During his childhood our subject removed with his parents to Marshall county, Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He received a good practical education in the public schools of that county, and also graduated from the Bryant & Stratton Business College of Chicago. He was a great reader and was well posted on current topics and the leading questions and issues of the day. He was always a very observing man, and took quite an active interest in political affairs. As a young man he represented the American Insurance Company, and when he came to Iowa in 1865, organized a home company, becoming its president. Later for twenty-one years up to the time cf his death, he was a traveling representative of the Plawkeye Insurance Company of Des Moines, and was one of the best posted men on insurance in the state. In addition to this he was also engaged in the real estate business, and met with excellent success in both enterprises. Mr. Hoyt was well known throughout the county as an up-
As printed in The Biographical record of Clinton County, Iowa .. (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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