BURIAL: Joseph is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
BURIAL: Katherine is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
As closely as can be determined at the present time, they came from Dauphin County, Pa.
BURIAL: They are buried under heavy sand stone tombstones of the bench type in the church yard of the old Glick church, now the Hoy Memorial Church, in Bloom Twp. ("A History of the Wolfe Family," Page 16, by Herbert M. Turner)
BURIAL: They are buried under heavy sand stone tombstones of the bench type in the church yard of the old Glick church, now the Hoy Memorial Church, in Bloom Twp. ("A History of the Wolfe Family," Page 16, by Herbert M. Turner)
BURIAL: John is buried in the mausoleum in Napolean.
BURIAL: Nan is buried in the mausoleum at Napolean, Ohio
BURIAL: Samuel is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
BURIAL: Samuel is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
BURIAL: Frank is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
BURIAL: Augusta is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
BURIAL: John is buried at Glenwood Cemetary
BURIAL: Clara is buried at Glenwood Cemetery.
CHURCH: Philip Hoy's house was one of the early preaching places of Jacob Albright, the founder of te Evangelical Association. ("A History of the Wolfe Family," Page 18, by Herbert M. Turner.)
Daniel Hoy took out two quarter sections of land in Section 20 and erected thereon a log cabin. About 1816 he erected his brick house with bricks that were burned within a stone's throw of the house. The house is still standing [1976] and is occupied by his descendants.
Daniel Hoy was a large powerful man. At different times he returned to Pennsylvania with his team and hauled things back to his community. On one of these trips another man with his team was hogging the road going over a mountain and refused to allow him to pass. Daniel Hoy soon had enough of that, and getting out of his wagon, he took the other wagon by the boom pole and upset it down over the side of the mountain. On another occasion, at a log rolling, four men were trying to put a big log onto a refuse pile for burning, but were having a hard time doing it. Daniel Hoy brushed the men aside and by himself he put the log onto the pile. The early settlers burned much that would be considered good timber today. It has been said that Daniel Hoy drove the first stage coach between Lancaster and Columbus.
BURIAL: Daniel is buried at the old Glick Church.CHURCH: In 1807 Daniel Hoy, Philip Hoy and Peter Woodring gave eight acres of land for church and cemetery purposes, and a log church of the Lutheran denomination was erected there. It is now occupied by the Evangelical Association and is known as the Hoy Memorial Church.
Molly was a famous doctor in her day. She was espcially known for her kindness of heart. When that region was still sparsely settled she would go many miles through the darkness of the night to visit the sick and relieve the suffering. She usually rode horseback and carried her medicines in a pack saddle. Sometimes people came for her in the dead of night and she would be gone for days at a time, usually until the patient either recovered or passed on. The entire side of one of the rooms in the house was lined with shelves which were filled with bottles of medicine. These bottles were all of the early hand made variety of various shapes and sizes and colors. She gathered herbs in the fields and made her own medicines, the base of much of which was whiskey. She had a Balm of Gilead tree growing in front of the house, and some of her sage bushes are still growing at the side of the house. Much of the old fashioned medicines were strong and probably did almost as much harm as good. But it was a saying in the neighborhood that no one could heal like Granny Hoy.
In her later hears Granny Hoy, as many old ladies used to do, wore a little white cap perched on the back of her head. When she washed them she usually laid them out on the grass to dry. One time when she went out after them they were not to be found. After a prolonged search it turned out that the jay birds had carried them off and built them into their nest. (A History of the Wolfe Family, Page 19 - 20, by Herbert M. Turner)
BURIAL: Magdalena is buried at the old Glick Church
CHURCH: The first sermon of the Evangilical Association in the State of Ohio was preached by Fred Showers, a missionary from Pennsylvania, in the new brick home of Molly and Daniel Hoy, in the spring of 1816. Molly Hoy and her sister Lizzie Hoy (Wife of Phillip Hoy), were converted at that time and became the first members of the Evangelical Association in Ohio. Daniel Hoy's parents were among the chief supporters of Jacob Albright, the founder of the church, back in Pennsylvania. Daniel Hoy's was the first preaching place of the Lancaster Circuit, and the first class was organized there the following year. Both Daniel and Philip Hoy became members at that time. Daniel Hoy's was espcially noted for general and camp-meetings. The first camp-meeting of the circuit was held there in 1822. Some [think] that the brick house was built later than 1816 and that the first sermon was therefore preached in the log house. But members of the family recall that some of the men came to the service with tobacco in their mouths. Having no place to spit, they spit their tobacco juice upon the new white plaster walls, which ran down and looked awful. And that greatly angered Molly Hoy. From this story it does not leave much doubt that the first sermon was preached in the brick house. (A History of the Wolfe Family, Page 19, by Herbert M. Turner)
On their way to Ohio in 1806, Catharine fell from the wagon which passed over her head and nearly killed her.
CHURCH: Abraham Eyer was a Mennonite preacher who lived in Lancaster County., Pa. Being in somewhat strained circumstances, with an increasing family dependent upon him for support he resolved to bring the matter before the Lord in prayer, and ask His will and guidance in taking such course that would bring both him and his family temporal and spiritual blessings. The answer of the Lord was, "Go to Shamokin." The region about the confluence of the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River was then called Shamokin. As oft as he repeated his petition the answer cam with unmnistakable clearness--to his mind--"Go to Shamokin."
CHURCH: In 1773, following the leading of Providence, he started with his family for the Shamokin country. Turning up the valley, he halted at a big white oak tree at a point about two miles east of New Berlin. His earthly possessions consisted of his team, and such articles as he was able to bring with him, and three dollars in money. Here he found a considerable tract of land still vacant which he took up. For many years the oak tree was permitted to stand as a memorial to the event, and it was a conspicuous object as viewed from the road leading to New Berlin.
CHURCH: After making extensive improvements here, he acquired in May of 1797 another farm on the river, where the town of Winfield now stands [1979] Leaving the old farm in the hands of other members of the family, he removed to his river farm about the year 1800. eyer was one of the first men in this region to open his door too Jacob Albright, the founder of the Evangelical Association, then known as Albrights, and his house on the "River Farm" became one of the first regular preaching places west of the Susquehanna in 1804.
CHURCH: Henceforth this large and excellent family, with the exception of one son, threw the weight of its influence on the side of Albright and his associates. The father became a power in the infant society; many general meetings were held at his place, at which times he would feed hundreds of people. The son already referred to, predicted that the Albrights would eat him out of house and home, and he would be obliged to get for a living. But his brother Isaac told him that he that dug a pit for others was apt to fall into it himself. This prediction was literally fulfilled, as the recreant son died in want on top of Nippenose Mountain, while the liberal father always had enough and to spare.
CHURCH: Although Abraham Eyer was small of stature, he possessed extraordinary strenghth and agility, and frequently surprised the big rowdies who disturbed the meetings by the summary manner in which he ejected them from the house. He always maintained that God gave him special strength for such occasions. The early meetings of the Evangelical Association were frequently disrupted by rowdies who sought to break them up.
CHURCH: A remarkable instance of the importance of a word in season deserves to be recorded here. It was Father Eyer's custom to gather his family every Sabbath afternoon around a large table, when he would read and explain the Scriptures to them. About this time there was living with them the young school teacher of the place, who was preparing himself for the ministry of the Reformed Church. At one of these Bible readings this young man began to criticise the old gentleman's comments and exhortations by saying that this was unnecessary, and that superflous, etc. Whereupon Father Eyer arose to his feet and began to exhort the young man in an earnest manner, telling him that he was a stranger to vital godliness and knew nothing of experimental religion. The effect on the young man's mind was immediate and powerful. He was deeply convinced of his sinful condition, and soon thereafter converted to God, and in 1809 entered the itenerancy. This man was Henry Neibel, whose name stands inseperably with the early history of the church.
CHURCH: The old home of the river of Abraham Eyer was an important point in the early history of the church. In June, 1816, the ninth annual conference was held there. It was at this annual conference that the church decided to send missionaries to Ohio, with the result that the first sermon was preached at the house of Daniel Hoy, his son-in-law. Two of his sons-in-law were now the leaders of the church. John Dreisbach was president and Henry Niebel secretary of the conference, and both of them presiding elders. The whole church at this time consisted of twelve fields of labor, divided into two districts. No layman in the early history of the church wielded a greater influence than Father Eyer. It is no presumption to say that his fatherly counsels had great weight in shaping the affairs of the church. The number of preachers and preachers wives who represented his family in the itinerant ranks number upward of thirty. (A History of the Wolfe Family, Pages 21 - 22, by Herbert M. Turner)
BURIAL: Abraham is buried in the cemetery a few hundred yards from the old home. The tombstone is mossy with age. The inscripton is German, and translated reads, "In memory of Abraham Eyer. Was born 16th of May, 1748 and died 3d October, 1823." (A History of the Wolfe Family, Page 23, by Herbert M. Turner)
BURIAL: Catharine is buried in the cemetery a few hundred yards from the old home. The inscription is German. Translated, it reads "Catherine Eyer was born 15th October, 1752, and was married to Abraham Eyer in the month of May, 1770. Died the 22d September, 1805, aged fifth-three years, less twenty-four days."
CHURCH: Jacob became a minister
CHURCH: Next to Albright himself, John Dreisbach is the most important figure in the history of the church [Evangelical Association]