1st Marriage: April 28, 1853
Rimersburg, Clarion Co., Pa
1st Wife: Catherine Jane B. Harnish
Born: May 12, 1816, Pa
Died: Oct. 28, 1865, Oil City, Venango Co., Pa
Parents: Abraham & Elizabeth (Huber) Harnish

Added Note: Death may have been due to complications from the birth of her last child, Catherine Jane.

To this union 7 children were born:

Charlotte Ursula Hoy: March 24, 1854 - May 25, 1856
Elizabeth Cecelia (Hoy) Allen: 1855/1927
Louisa Emma (Hoy) Fireman: 1857/1913
John Vernon Hoy: Aug. 16, 1859 - Feb. 2, 1860
Edwin Fletcher Hoy: 1860/1928
Laura Cara (Hoy) Matson: 1863/1939
Catherine Jane Hoy: Sept. 29, 1865 - Oct. 2, 1865

2nd Marriage: July 3, 1866
New Bethlehem, Clarion Co., Pa
2nd Wife: Grezilla Smulten

To this union 1 daughter was born:

Zillah Katherine (Hoy) Jones: 1867/1943

3rd Marriage: August 25, 1868
Brockwayville, Pa
3rd Wife: Matilda Jane "Tillie" Linsenbigler
Parents: Jacob Sidney & Caroline Amanda (Totten) Linsenbigler

To this union 10 known children were born:

Osmer Burton Hoy: May 16, 1869 - Aug. 12, 1869
James William "Jay" Hoy: 1870/1933
Charles Merclin Hoy: Dec. 5, 1871 - April 5, 1872
Homer Lee Hoy: June 5, 1873 - Aug. 29, 1873
Nora Maude (Hoy) Matsen: 1874/1965
Ralph Totten Hoy: 1876/1933
Albert Corwin Hoy: June 9, 1877 - Aug. 8, 1877
Bertha Omeda "Byrde O." (Hoy) Mohney: 1879/1909
Myrtle Clara Hoy: 1880/1937, Never married
Harry Whitman Hoy: 1882/1942

4th Marriage: February 28, 1889
DuBois, Clearfield Co., Pa
4th Wife: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brocius
Parents: John Peter & Susan Sophia (Hetrick) Brocius

To this union 1 son was born: Emmett Paul Hoy
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ALBERT L. HOY, a leading business man of DuBois, ranks among the pioneers of that place by whose public-spirited efforts the one-time village of Rumbarger has developed into a prosperous city. Settling there in 1877, Mr. Hoy engaged in a furniture and undertaking business, purchasing a lot on Booth Street (now Long Avenue), and building a three-story frame house for a store and dwelling. This containued a large stock when the conflagration of 1888 destroyed the town, but in spite of his losses Mr. Hoy continued his business and in 1893 built a two-story brick building, 20 x 60, to accommodate his trade. He now makes a specialty of undertaking, keeping two hearses, and is prepared to do embalming by the most scientific methods.

Mr. Hoy's grandparents on both sides of the house were early settlers of Centre county, Penn., and his parents, Adam and Elizabeth (Weckerly) Hoy, were both natives of that county. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died there leaving the following children: Rebecca (Mrs. Abraham Schlotterback), of New Bethlehem; Albert L., our subject; John, who enlisted from Clearfield county in the Fifth P.V.I., and met a soldiers death at the Battle of Charles City Crossroads; William, who died in New Bethlehem, Clarion county, Penn., and Daniel, who lives at Leatherwood, Clarion county. The mother was remarried in Clarion county, this time to Samuel Lerch, and moved to Ringgold township, Jefferson Co., Penn., where Mr. Lerch died, leaving two daughters: Sarah (now Mrs. Falk) of the same township; and Lizzie (now Mrs. Reamer), of Jefferson county. The mother was married (again) to Mr. Hinderleter, and both died some years ago.

Mr. Hoy, the subject of these lines was born in 1831, in Brush Valley, Centre county, but was reared and educated in Clarion County. He learned the cabinet maker's trade at New Bethlehem and then went to Oil City, Penn., where he engaged for a time in building tanks and in undertaking, later becoming a contractor and builder at Oil City. In 1867, he went to Brookville, Jefferson Co., Penn., and the following year became interested in a planing-mill and furniture establishment at Brockwayville, Jefferson county, where he remained until 1877. His continued residence at DuBois since that date makes him the oldest dealer in his line at that place.

In 1853, Mr. Hoy was married in Rimersburg, Clarion county, to Miss Catheriine Jane Harmish, a native of Centre county, who died in 1865 at Oil City. In 1866, he formed a second matrimonial union, this time with Miss Grezilla Smulten, daughter of Thomas Smulten, an early settler in Clarion county. Again his house was bereaved, the second wife dying at Brookville in 1867, and in 1868 he was married in Brockwayville to Miss Tillie Linsenbigler, a native of Armstrong county. She died in 1884 at Du Bois, and in 1889 Mr. Hoy married his present wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Brocius, a native of Jefferson county. He has a numerous family. By the first marriage there were seven children, of whom four are living: Cecelia, now Mrs. Joseph Allen, of Brockwayville; Louise Emma (now Mrs. Fireman), of Du Bois; Laura (Mrs. Loren Matson) of Brockwayville; and Edwin Fletcher, who is married and resides at Salamanca, N. Y. where he is a cashier in the First National Bank. One daughter, Zella Kate, was born of the second marriage, and by the third there were eleven children, six of who are living: James W., who is married and lives in Du Bois, Nora; Ralph T.; Bertha Omeda; Clara Myrtle; and Harry W. By the fourth union there is one son, Emmett Paul.

Mr. Hoy votes the Prohibition ticket, and he has always taken a deep interest in public affairs - national and local. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a member of the Garfield Lodge No. 559, F. & A. M., and was one of the organizers of the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows in DuBois.
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AGED RESIDENT DEAD AT FALLS CREEK

A. L. Hoy, Formerly of This Place, Passed Away Tuesday Morning

A. L. Hoy, a former well known resident of Brockwayville, died at his home in Falls Creek Tuesday at 4:05 o'clock after an extended illness. The deceased was 81 years of age, and death was the result of the natural breakdown of advanced years complicated with intestinal trouble.

Hoy was a prominent citizen of this place where he lived until 1878 when he moved to DuBois and conducted an undertaking establishment until about ten years ago. He then disposed of his business at that city and went to Falls Creek where he had lived ever since. Despite his advanced years Mr. Hoy conducted his business at the latter point until about four years ago, when old age enfeebled him so that he retired from the active duties of his career.

The deceased is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Loren Matson, of Brockwayville; Mrs. J. B. Allen, of Challenge; J. W. Hoy, of DuBois; E. F. Hoy, of Salamanca, N. Y.; Mrs. Ed Matsen, of Toronto, Canada; Ralph T. Hoy, of Cumberland; Mrs. Seleo Mohney, Miss Myrtle Hoy, Mrs. Edward Jones and Harry Hoy, of Pittsburgh, and Emmett, at home.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at four o'clock from the late home and the remains taken to New Bethlehem this morning where interment was made.

Source: Brockway Pennsylvania Record
Friday, June 7, 1912