Ralph Wilson Hoyt

Ralph Wilson Hoyt In 1917

Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt (October 8, 1849 - November 3, 1920) was commander of the Department of the Lakes.[1]

Biography

He was born on October 8, 1849 in Milo, New York to Benjamin Levi Hoyt and Celestia Ursula Mariner. He was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1868, and he graduated in 1872.[1]

He married Mary C. Cravens Hoyt (1860-1910), and she died in 1910.

On August 15, 1911 he replaced William Harding Carter in command of the maneuver brigade in Texas.[2]

On October 10, 1911 he married Cora McKeever Harbold (1879-1946), a nurse, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]

He died on November 3, 1920 in Penn Yan, New York.[4] He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yan, New York.

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References

  1. 1 2 Edward Hagaman Hall (1889). "Ralph Wilson Hoyt". Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. p. 196.
  2. ↑ "Hoyt Will Succeed Carter". Columbus Journal. August 2, 1911. Retrieved 2015-04-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Brig. Gen. Hoyt Weds Nurse. Commander of Department of Lakes, 62, Married to Miss Harbold, 32". New York Times. October 11, 1911. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt". Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times. 1920. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
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