Jonathan G. Hoyt, (4322 pg. 452, HHH Book of 1871, b. May12, 1822, of Timothy & Dolly (Olmstead, in Cayuga Co, NY.Timothy's last son, Jonathan G. (His middle name escapes all efforts to know what the G stood for, as the Gerould name was not yet in the family maternal names, as usually the middle name of olderst child gets the Mothers last name). *(Latest attempts in late 2006, leads me to believe the 'G', stood for "George" or "Gerald (pronounced Ja-raud)", as his first son, George Greenwood, went by the nickname of "Gerald". Or another theory, is the 'Gilbert' family name; as name married into Timothy's family membes on 2 occassions, at Ridgefield, CT, before Jonathan was born and before Timothy's family left on an ox sled in winter of 1819 headed for Cayuga, Co., NY. He moved to Michigan, as early as late 1850's, but could be 2 of his sons, moved first. In the "HHH" Book , of Timothy's son, Benjamin & Rosina (Van Wie) Hoyt, living in Muir, MI in 1843 , and his youngest brother, Jonathan G, married Sabra Isadora (Van Wie), living in 1844 in Muir, MI. (See "Hoyt Family Tree Chart" . And a Deeded record showing, Timothy Hoyt, as purchasing some land in Muir, Ionia Co., Michigan, on November 15, 1861, (TIMDEED.jpg ). Timothy died in Muir, MI, and was buried in Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga Co., NY, in 1862. Also, in the "Ionia County Biographical Sketches ", of 1881. On page 258, shows on, Feb. 23,1862, (IONIACO2.jpg ), shows Timothy, Jonathan, Benjamin, George G, and there wives as recieving the letters into the new Muir, Presbyterian Church. Also, in "The History and Directory of Ionia County", of 1875 , On page 152, the Directory of 1875, lists Hoyt, Benjamin, W., f, 13, Ionia, Muir (This means that f = farmer, he lived on Section 13, Ionia Township, in Village of Muir, MI. And, Hoyt, George G., f, 8, Lyons, muir. George G. lived doing business as a farmer, just South across Stone Rd. in North Muir, in Section 8, Lyons Township, Village of Muir, MI. AND, with, Hoyt, Jonathan G , miller, 5, Lyons, Muir (Jonathan probably worked as a miller in the local (Anchor Grist Mill ), and we know that John G. worked in the Ira, Cayuga Co., NY Grist Mill.and lived on Section 5, in Lyons township, Village of Muir, MI..And 2 Deeds in the Ionia County Courthouse, Ionia, MI, show that Jonathan G Hoyt had bought 2 parcels North of Village of Muir, MI in 1861 and 1862 (for farming). The present house of Jonathan G Hoyt's Land North Side of Stone Rd. is newer, built in 1896, as the older 1860's home burnt down in 1890's, as the current resident told me. From the Lyons-Muir Township Plat Map of 1861, (MUIR1861.jpg ), shows Timothy , as having land on SSE 1/2Quarter-section of Section 15, Lyons Township, on corner of Hayden Rd & M-21. Benjamin's land is West of Village of Muir, MI, in 1/2 NNW Section 13, Ionia Township. By the Plat Map of 1875, shows J. G. Hoyt, as owning same above land with an additional land East on Section 8, with 80 A. on North side of Stone Road, and 30 A, directly across road, totaling 110 Acres (MUIR1875.jpg ). George G is listed in the 1875 Directory of Ionia Co, (IONIA_Old_Directory_Hoyts.jpg ), as living in Section 5, where he has 2 properties along Stone Rd, across from his father, Jonathan G.,, but I believe he probably lived on the 30 A, in the SW corner of intersection of Hayes Rd & Stone Road, just South, across street, & West a couple of 100 yards, of his father, Jonathan G., or George G., had property right across Stone Rd. also which might have housed George G and Elizabeth A.Hoyt, as they were married by 1875 , 5 years, and had George Marcus (Mark), Hugh Percival, & Elizabeth (Bessie) Isadore Hoyt, by 1874, & George G & Elizabeth A., next came Carrie Melvina Hoyt b. 1877, in Saline, Washtenaw Co, MI . Benjamin W.Hoyt was still a Trustee and elder in 1881, in the Muir Presbyterian Church (History of Ionia County pg. 258 ). In late 1860's, Along with Jonathan G Hoyt, having some land to do farming in North Muir, MI, (Jonathan G, along with his wife, Isadore Sabria (VanWie), & sons, George G. Hoyt & William Spencer Hoyt & his wife, Jennie H. (Hickma(o)tt), was in Muir, MI . as William Spencer Hoyt married in 1878, to his wife in Angola, IN. but living and working in Saline, York Twp, MI, wife must have went to Muir, MI for first child birth, Anna Mable Hoyt was born in 1882, in Muir, MI. William Spencer Hoyt had moved to Spokane by 1883, as their second child, Mary Fredrica, was born in April 22, 1884. In a Plat Map, (MUIR1875.jpg ), 4 parcels of land belonging to Jonathan G and George G are at SE and Middle North side of Stone & Hayes road, North of M-21, just North of the Village of Muir, MI. In 1870, George G Hoyt & wife, Elizabeth Adiline/Adell/a (Gerould), shows George G. Hoyt's, Occupation, as a Farmer, on their Marriage License (GGH-AGW2.jpg ). By 1877, the birth of their daughter, Carrie Melvina Hoyt, on April 14, 1877, that they were in Saline, Washtenaw Co. John G. Hoyt, while in Saline, the York Mill burnt, and John G. Hoyt had it rebuilt, there are Ann Arbor Directory 1886, which lists John G. Hoyt as a miller. We do not know what year, when John G. Hoyt left for Spokane, WA, to help his son, William Spencer Hoyt, with the Grist Roller Mill, but assume later 1880's, as he died in Spokane in 1891, and Sabra I. (Van Wie) Hoyt followed him in 1913, living a widow for 23 years, in Spokane, WA. William S. Hoyt invented a patent for whitening flouring called the Silk 50 Process, and he befriended many of the local Indian tribes, by giving them the brown flour, as the whites all wanted the whitening flour processing. William then started the Hoyt Bros. Florists at N. 11 Post St., downtown Spokane, Wa., and purchased the land, and built greenhouses for his floral business & had a HOYT smokesatck to burn the dried leftovers, that still stands today. Please see below and go to the Hoyt's in Business Page to read more about the Hoyt Businesses in Spokane, WA. William Spencer and Jennie Hickmott had 5 children, of which, only one, lived past 1 year, Emily Mable Hoyt, born 1882 in Muir-Lyons, MI. She married William Schultz, and they had 3 children named Miriam b. 1907, Jack b. 1908 & d. 2000, & Virginia, b. 1909.All three children are in the old truck in front of the 1912 Hoyt Greenhouse & Smokestack photo below. William S. Hoyt's wife, Jennie (Hickmatt/Hickmott) Hoyt, died 1893 in Spokane, WA; and is buried in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, Spokane, WA. William S. m. (2nd), Matilda Clainda Hammond, 12 Dec1897, and then adopted one child, Evangeline Hoyt, b. Nov. 1896. William S. m. (3rd), 4 Jan 1922, Florence Evelyn Tate, Seattle, King Co., WA, and they had 2 children, Patricia Isadore Hoyt, and Richard S Hoyt, and both are living (2006), and have grandchildren. William Spencer Hoyt died, 22 Feb 1939, age 84. Florence E. (Tate) Hoyt b. 8 Feb 1883, County of Amagh, Ireland, died 29 Mar 1942, and buried in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, Spokane, Spokane Co., WA. -jeh