Hi all, Looking for some help on my line that begins and ends with the above listed gentleman. I have looked in every source I could get my hands on including the Hoyt Book and my Byron Abner Hoyt does not exist. Here's what I have: Byron Abner Hoyt b - ? d - ? Wife: Ida Mariah Cook b - ? d - ? Newark, AR. Married: 07 May 1871, Riverton Township, MI. (Mason Co.) (Byron claims to be 22 and Ida 14 y/o.) Children: 1. Frank C. Hoyt b - 1872 Ludington, MI (Mason Co.), d - approx 1919 Newark, AR (Independence Co.) 2. Walter William Hoyt b - 04 Aug 1876 Ludington, MI (Mason Co.), d - 13 Oct 1950 St. Louis, MO. (lived in Wheaton, MO.) (My great grandfather) Byron Abner's first appearance comes with the Marriage Certificate in 1871. I can find no listing of him prior to 1871. I could not find him in the 1870 Census for surrounding areas either, much less any parental/birth information. (there is an Abner Z. Hoyt 2 houses down (1870 census) from Cooks (Ida's Family) and Ida and Byron appear as witnesses in late 1871 for Abner Z.'s second marriage but have been unable to make any concrete connect to either of them. (Abner Z. is 14 yrs Byron's senior) Around 1879/1880, Ida (Cook) Hoyt moved to Big Bottom Twsp, Independence Cty, AR with her two sons and appears in the 1880 (AR) Census as "widowed" (Hoyt family lore claims otherwise - long story). Once again, I can find no record of death around 1878 - 1880 in Michigan; Byron just seemed to disappear. I'm not sure what drew Ida Hoyt to move to Arkansas around 1880 but she did. Ida later married a Henry Galloway sometime after 1880. Any info on either Byron A. Hoyt (especially), Frank C. Hoyt, or Ida Cook would be helpful. Thanks gahoyt@aol.com