JOHN D. HOYT, farmer, P.O. Kingston, was born August 13, 1819, and is a son of Ziba and Nancy (Herbert) Hoyt, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter of Luzerne county, both being of New England origin. Mr. Hoyt was educated in the common schools and La Fayette College, and has devoted his entire attention to farming in Kingston. He has been twice married, and for his first wife he wedded Martha A., daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Myers) Goodwin, by which union there were three children, viz.: Ann Elizabeth, married to George Shoemaker, of Forty Fort; Abraham G., a lawyer in Wilkes-Barre; and Martha, now Mrs. Dr. Frederic Corss. For his second wife Mr. Hoyt married Elizabeth Goodwin, sister to his first wife, and by her has had three children: Augusta; Edward E., a lawyer in Wilkes-Barre; and Henry M., a lawyer in Spokane, Wash. Mr. Hoyt and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
JOHN D. HOYT, farmer, P.O. Kingston, was born August 13, 1819, and is a son of Ziba and Nancy (Herbert) Hoyt, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter of Luzerne county, both being of New England origin. Mr. Hoyt was educated in the common schools and La Fayette College, and has devoted his entire attention to farming in Kingston. He has been twice married, and for his first wife he wedded Martha A., daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Myers) Goodwin, by which union there were three children, viz.: Ann Elizabeth, married to George Shoemaker, of Forty Fort; Abraham G., a lawyer in Wilkes-Barre; and Martha, now Mrs. Dr. Frederic Corss. For his second wife Mr. Hoyt married Elizabeth Goodwin, sister to his first wife, and by her has had three children: Augusta; Edward E., a lawyer in Wilkes-Barre; and Henry M., a lawyer in Spokane, Wash. Mr. Hoyt and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
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