Father: Richard HOEY*
b: 15 SEP 1791 in Brannockstown Cross, Trim, Co.Meath, Ireland Mother: Ann KEEGAN
b: 1799 in Slane, Co.Meath, Ireland

"Richard HOEY Jr. was 7 when the Hoeys sailed for Boston in 1846. On 27 February 1861, at the age of 22, he enlisted in the Union Army and was assigned to Battery B, 2nd U.S. Artillery. His enlistment papers describe him as 5'8" in height, with blue eyes and sandy hair. A photograph taken of him at about this time shows the narrow face and serene expression characteristic of the Hoeys. On February 27, 1864 he received an honorable discharge at Brandy Station, Virginia."

"In March 1865 Richard HOEY Jr. again enlisted in the Union Army, this time as a one-year substitute, and was assigned to Co. D, 15th Maine Infantry. In December 1865 he contracted rheumatism and chronic diarrhea at Cheraw, South Carolina and suffered from these conditions the rest of his life. In 1866 Richard returned home and settled in Webster, MA where mother Ann HOEY joined him following the death of Richard HOEY, Sr.
In 1870 he and Irish-born widow Catherine (Stafford) GRADY were married by the Reverend James W. HOEY."

"United States 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War"
Affiliate Publication Number: M123
Affiliate Film Number: 12

Massachusetts Vital Records Index:
Last Name First Name Town Years Volume Page Type
Hoey Richard Natick 1899 495 594 Death

Marriage: Catherine STAFFORD Grady
b: 1839 in Ireland
(dau. of Frank and Catharine STAFFORD)
d: 24 NOV 1927 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 01 MAR 1870 in Webster, Worcester, MA

Children:
Catherine Bernice HOEY
b: 06 MAY 1873 in Webster, Worcester, MA
d: 27 APR 1961 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: George Francis McKINNEY
b: 19 JUL 1873 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
(son of George McKINNEY and Ann BRADY)
d: 16 JAN 1964 in Natick, Middlesex, MA
Married: 07 OCT 1895 in Natick, Middlesex, MA

Mary Frances HOEY
b: 1874 in Webster, Worcester, MA
d: bef 1940 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Bartlett R. KING
b: AUG 1872 in Norwich, CT
(son of Frank P. KING and Catherine QUINN)
d: aft 1940 in Somerville, Middlesex, MA
Married: 29 JUN 1903 in Natick, Middlesex, MA