Another patriarch gone
We have this morning to announce the death of Caleb Hoyt, of the town of Salina, at the advanced age of 92 years. Mr. Hoyt was born in Connecticut in 1774; was cradled in the revolution which brought forth this government; was an active participant in the war of 1812 and ever a warm supporter of the national cause. An ardent Democrat, he acted with that party up to 1856, but believing that Democracy meant the rights and welfare of all men, and believing that such was not the result of the modern Democratic party, he that year took position with Fremont, and has since acted with the Republican Union party. All through the late rebellion his prayer was to live long enough to see it conquered, and the Union preserved on the basis of the Declaration, that ALL men are created free, and of right ought to be free. He lived to see this result, and was joyous the rest. Mr. Hoyt visited this county as early as 1816, and several times after; and removed into it in 1840, since residing on his farm in Salina. On the 20th and 21st of June last he attended the gathering of the "Hoyt Clan", at Stamford, Ct., at which there were many representatives of that name from all over the county, of whom he was the eldest of them all. At that time his health was so good that it was hoped he would be spared yet some years; but time has done its work -- the aged frame has finally yielded, and the spirit of this good patriarch has gone to final rest. He was the father of eleven children, five sons only surviving him, Ex-Alderman Jason S. Hoyt, and Dr. Wm. Henry Hoyt, of this city, are of the number.
Syracuse Daily Standard, Oct 31, 1866
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Supervised the construction of the first cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney and superintended the manufacture of arms at Whitney's armory about 1800. He was a co-worker of Robert Fulton in constructing machinery to put into the Tide Mill and Dam at Stamford Ct.
Cause of death: old age
We have this morning to announce the death of Caleb Hoyt, of the town of Salina, at the advanced age of 92 years. Mr. Hoyt was born in Connecticut in 1774; was cradled in the revolution which brought forth this government; was an active participant in the war of 1812 and ever a warm supporter of the national cause. An ardent Democrat, he acted with that party up to 1856, but believing that Democracy meant the rights and welfare of all men, and believing that such was not the result of the modern Democratic party, he that year took position with Fremont, and has since acted with the Republican Union party. All through the late rebellion his prayer was to live long enough to see it conquered, and the Union preserved on the basis of the Declaration, that ALL men are created free, and of right ought to be free. He lived to see this result, and was joyous the rest. Mr. Hoyt visited this county as early as 1816, and several times after; and removed into it in 1840, since residing on his farm in Salina. On the 20th and 21st of June last he attended the gathering of the "Hoyt Clan", at Stamford, Ct., at which there were many representatives of that name from all over the county, of whom he was the eldest of them all. At that time his health was so good that it was hoped he would be spared yet some years; but time has done its work -- the aged frame has finally yielded, and the spirit of this good patriarch has gone to final rest. He was the father of eleven children, five sons only surviving him, Ex-Alderman Jason S. Hoyt, and Dr. Wm. Henry Hoyt, of this city, are of the number.
Syracuse Daily Standard, Oct 31, 1866
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Supervised the construction of the first cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney and superintended the manufacture of arms at Whitney's armory about 1800. He was a co-worker of Robert Fulton in constructing machinery to put into the Tide Mill and Dam at Stamford Ct.
Cause of death: old age
Another patriarch gone
We have this morning to announce the death of Caleb Hoyt, of the town of Salina, at the advanced age of 92 years. Mr. Hoyt was born in Connecticut in 1774; was cradled in the revolution which brought forth this government; was an active participant in the war of 1812 and ever a warm supporter of the national cause. An ardent Democrat, he acted with that party up to 1856, but believing that Democracy meant the rights and welfare of all men, and believing that such was not the result of the modern Democratic party, he that year took position with Fremont, and has since acted with the Republican Union party. All through the late rebellion his prayer was to live long enough to see it conquered, and the Union preserved on the basis of the Declaration, that ALL men are created free, and of right ought to be free. He lived to see this result, and was joyous the rest. Mr. Hoyt visited this county as early as 1816, and several times after; and removed into it in 1840, since residing on his farm in Salina. On the 20th and 21st of June last he attended the gathering of the "Hoyt Clan", at Stamford, Ct., at which there were many representatives of that name from all over the county, of whom he was the eldest of them all. At that time his health was so good that it was hoped he would be spared yet some years; but time has done its work -- the aged frame has finally yielded, and the spirit of this good patriarch has gone to final rest. He was the father of eleven children, five sons only surviving him, Ex-Alderman Jason S. Hoyt, and Dr. Wm. Henry Hoyt, of this city, are of the number.
Syracuse Daily Standard, Oct 31, 1866
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Supervised the construction of the first cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney and superintended the manufacture of arms at Whitney's armory about 1800. He was a co-worker of Robert Fulton in constructing machinery to put into the Tide Mill and Dam at Stamford Ct.
Cause of death: old age
We have this morning to announce the death of Caleb Hoyt, of the town of Salina, at the advanced age of 92 years. Mr. Hoyt was born in Connecticut in 1774; was cradled in the revolution which brought forth this government; was an active participant in the war of 1812 and ever a warm supporter of the national cause. An ardent Democrat, he acted with that party up to 1856, but believing that Democracy meant the rights and welfare of all men, and believing that such was not the result of the modern Democratic party, he that year took position with Fremont, and has since acted with the Republican Union party. All through the late rebellion his prayer was to live long enough to see it conquered, and the Union preserved on the basis of the Declaration, that ALL men are created free, and of right ought to be free. He lived to see this result, and was joyous the rest. Mr. Hoyt visited this county as early as 1816, and several times after; and removed into it in 1840, since residing on his farm in Salina. On the 20th and 21st of June last he attended the gathering of the "Hoyt Clan", at Stamford, Ct., at which there were many representatives of that name from all over the county, of whom he was the eldest of them all. At that time his health was so good that it was hoped he would be spared yet some years; but time has done its work -- the aged frame has finally yielded, and the spirit of this good patriarch has gone to final rest. He was the father of eleven children, five sons only surviving him, Ex-Alderman Jason S. Hoyt, and Dr. Wm. Henry Hoyt, of this city, are of the number.
Syracuse Daily Standard, Oct 31, 1866
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Supervised the construction of the first cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney and superintended the manufacture of arms at Whitney's armory about 1800. He was a co-worker of Robert Fulton in constructing machinery to put into the Tide Mill and Dam at Stamford Ct.
Cause of death: old age
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