USMA Class of 1875. Cullum No. 2567.
GENERAL ELI D. HOYLE DIES IN WASHINGTON
Was One of First Georgians to Enter West Point After Civil War
ATLANTA, July 28, 1921 – A telegram received in Atlanta yesterday by Mrs. James Morrow announced the death of her brother, Brigadier General Eli D. Hoyle, of the United States Army at Washington.
General Hoyle was 69 years of age and had been in bad health for the past three years. Since his retirement from the Army his home had been in Washington City, and much of the past two years has been spent by him under treatment at the Walter Reed United States Hospital there.
General Hoyle graduated from West Point with the class of '78 (**note that this newspaper sketch lists 1878, but BG Eli DuBose Hoyl graduated with the class of 1875**); he and his brother, the late George S. Hoyle, who graduated from West Point two years previous, being the first two Georgia boys to go through the West Point Military Academy after the Civil War.
They received their appointments while living at Canton, Georgia, where their father, George H. Hoyle, was a prominent citizen.
In addition to Mrs. Morrow, the only surviving sister, there are two brothers, Frank J. Hoyle of New York, and William E. Hoyle of Montgomery, Alabama, for many years a prominent business man of Atlanta.
General Hoyle after retiring from the Army four years ago was called back to active service at the outbreak of the World War, and placed in command of the most important of all American Army departments – that of the east with Headquarters at Governors Island, New York. He was in command there for the first two years of the war and rendered valiant service. His health broke down under the pressure that he went again into retirement.
He leaves four daughters, all of whom married West Pointers, and one son, DeRussy Hoyle, also a West Pointer, and now military instructor at Harvard. Two of his daughters have been with their husbands, Colonel Higby and Colonel Herr, of the United States Army, at Coblenz, Germany. In response to a telegram received a day or two ago announcing their father's serious illness, they are now on the ocean en route home.
General Hoyle married Miss DeRussy, daughter of General DeRussy of the United States Army. She survives him.
Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery, across the Potomac from Washington.
Children of Eli DuBose Hoyle and Fanny DeRussy Hoyle:
Helen Maxwell Hoyle Herr
Margaret Amanda Hoyle
Rene Edward DeRussy Hoyle
Imogene Hoyle
Frances DeRussy Hoyle
GENERAL ELI D. HOYLE DIES IN WASHINGTON
Was One of First Georgians to Enter West Point After Civil War
ATLANTA, July 28, 1921 – A telegram received in Atlanta yesterday by Mrs. James Morrow announced the death of her brother, Brigadier General Eli D. Hoyle, of the United States Army at Washington.
General Hoyle was 69 years of age and had been in bad health for the past three years. Since his retirement from the Army his home had been in Washington City, and much of the past two years has been spent by him under treatment at the Walter Reed United States Hospital there.
General Hoyle graduated from West Point with the class of '78 (**note that this newspaper sketch lists 1878, but BG Eli DuBose Hoyl graduated with the class of 1875**); he and his brother, the late George S. Hoyle, who graduated from West Point two years previous, being the first two Georgia boys to go through the West Point Military Academy after the Civil War.
They received their appointments while living at Canton, Georgia, where their father, George H. Hoyle, was a prominent citizen.
In addition to Mrs. Morrow, the only surviving sister, there are two brothers, Frank J. Hoyle of New York, and William E. Hoyle of Montgomery, Alabama, for many years a prominent business man of Atlanta.
General Hoyle after retiring from the Army four years ago was called back to active service at the outbreak of the World War, and placed in command of the most important of all American Army departments – that of the east with Headquarters at Governors Island, New York. He was in command there for the first two years of the war and rendered valiant service. His health broke down under the pressure that he went again into retirement.
He leaves four daughters, all of whom married West Pointers, and one son, DeRussy Hoyle, also a West Pointer, and now military instructor at Harvard. Two of his daughters have been with their husbands, Colonel Higby and Colonel Herr, of the United States Army, at Coblenz, Germany. In response to a telegram received a day or two ago announcing their father's serious illness, they are now on the ocean en route home.
General Hoyle married Miss DeRussy, daughter of General DeRussy of the United States Army. She survives him.
Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery, across the Potomac from Washington.
Children of Eli DuBose Hoyle and Fanny DeRussy Hoyle:
Helen Maxwell Hoyle Herr
Margaret Amanda Hoyle
Rene Edward DeRussy Hoyle
Imogene Hoyle
Frances DeRussy Hoyle
USMA Class of 1875. Cullum No. 2567.
GENERAL ELI D. HOYLE DIES IN WASHINGTON
Was One of First Georgians to Enter West Point After Civil War
ATLANTA, July 28, 1921 – A telegram received in Atlanta yesterday by Mrs. James Morrow announced the death of her brother, Brigadier General Eli D. Hoyle, of the United States Army at Washington.
General Hoyle was 69 years of age and had been in bad health for the past three years. Since his retirement from the Army his home had been in Washington City, and much of the past two years has been spent by him under treatment at the Walter Reed United States Hospital there.
General Hoyle graduated from West Point with the class of '78 (**note that this newspaper sketch lists 1878, but BG Eli DuBose Hoyl graduated with the class of 1875**); he and his brother, the late George S. Hoyle, who graduated from West Point two years previous, being the first two Georgia boys to go through the West Point Military Academy after the Civil War.
They received their appointments while living at Canton, Georgia, where their father, George H. Hoyle, was a prominent citizen.
In addition to Mrs. Morrow, the only surviving sister, there are two brothers, Frank J. Hoyle of New York, and William E. Hoyle of Montgomery, Alabama, for many years a prominent business man of Atlanta.
General Hoyle after retiring from the Army four years ago was called back to active service at the outbreak of the World War, and placed in command of the most important of all American Army departments – that of the east with Headquarters at Governors Island, New York. He was in command there for the first two years of the war and rendered valiant service. His health broke down under the pressure that he went again into retirement.
He leaves four daughters, all of whom married West Pointers, and one son, DeRussy Hoyle, also a West Pointer, and now military instructor at Harvard. Two of his daughters have been with their husbands, Colonel Higby and Colonel Herr, of the United States Army, at Coblenz, Germany. In response to a telegram received a day or two ago announcing their father's serious illness, they are now on the ocean en route home.
General Hoyle married Miss DeRussy, daughter of General DeRussy of the United States Army. She survives him.
Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery, across the Potomac from Washington.
Children of Eli DuBose Hoyle and Fanny DeRussy Hoyle:
Helen Maxwell Hoyle Herr
Margaret Amanda Hoyle
Rene Edward DeRussy Hoyle
Imogene Hoyle
Frances DeRussy Hoyle
GENERAL ELI D. HOYLE DIES IN WASHINGTON
Was One of First Georgians to Enter West Point After Civil War
ATLANTA, July 28, 1921 – A telegram received in Atlanta yesterday by Mrs. James Morrow announced the death of her brother, Brigadier General Eli D. Hoyle, of the United States Army at Washington.
General Hoyle was 69 years of age and had been in bad health for the past three years. Since his retirement from the Army his home had been in Washington City, and much of the past two years has been spent by him under treatment at the Walter Reed United States Hospital there.
General Hoyle graduated from West Point with the class of '78 (**note that this newspaper sketch lists 1878, but BG Eli DuBose Hoyl graduated with the class of 1875**); he and his brother, the late George S. Hoyle, who graduated from West Point two years previous, being the first two Georgia boys to go through the West Point Military Academy after the Civil War.
They received their appointments while living at Canton, Georgia, where their father, George H. Hoyle, was a prominent citizen.
In addition to Mrs. Morrow, the only surviving sister, there are two brothers, Frank J. Hoyle of New York, and William E. Hoyle of Montgomery, Alabama, for many years a prominent business man of Atlanta.
General Hoyle after retiring from the Army four years ago was called back to active service at the outbreak of the World War, and placed in command of the most important of all American Army departments – that of the east with Headquarters at Governors Island, New York. He was in command there for the first two years of the war and rendered valiant service. His health broke down under the pressure that he went again into retirement.
He leaves four daughters, all of whom married West Pointers, and one son, DeRussy Hoyle, also a West Pointer, and now military instructor at Harvard. Two of his daughters have been with their husbands, Colonel Higby and Colonel Herr, of the United States Army, at Coblenz, Germany. In response to a telegram received a day or two ago announcing their father's serious illness, they are now on the ocean en route home.
General Hoyle married Miss DeRussy, daughter of General DeRussy of the United States Army. She survives him.
Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery, across the Potomac from Washington.
Children of Eli DuBose Hoyle and Fanny DeRussy Hoyle:
Helen Maxwell Hoyle Herr
Margaret Amanda Hoyle
Rene Edward DeRussy Hoyle
Imogene Hoyle
Frances DeRussy Hoyle
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