A history of the New York Swamp . is a director of the United States LeatherCompany. Walter S. Hoyt and George S. Hoytare connected with the company. Edward C. Hoytis also a director in the National Park Bank ofNew York. MARK HOYT, President of the United States Leather Company,died at his residence in New York December 30th,1896. He was the youngest of the great tanningfamily. He came to New York from Stamford,Conn., was first a hide broker and joined hisbrothers in the leather business. When the CivilWar broke out he raised the Seventeenth (Iron-sides) Regiment from among men in the leathera
A history of the New York Swamp . is a director of the United States LeatherCompany. Walter S. Hoyt and George S. Hoytare connected with the company. Edward C. Hoytis also a director in the National Park Bank ofNew York. MARK HOYT, President of the United States Leather Company,died at his residence in New York December 30th,1896. He was the youngest of the great tanningfamily. He came to New York from Stamford,Conn., was first a hide broker and joined hisbrothers in the leather business. When the CivilWar broke out he raised the Seventeenth (Iron-sides) Regiment from among men in the leatherand hide trades. He was commissioned as regiment drilled in the lofts of Hoyt in Spruce street. They went in camp at Ja-maica, L. I., but their leader was smitten with feverand could not go to the front with them. He joinedhis regiment later and served through the he bought a sugar plantation and worked ituntil 1868. He returned to New York and wentinto the hide brokerage business for a time. In. HON. OLIVER HOYT. MARK HOYT. . loi March, 1870, he joined the firm of Hoyt , Ohver and Mark Hoyt made a verystrong combination. They stood always in the frontrank of the trade and owned many hemlock tan-neries. Mark Hoyt was one of the originators ofthe United States Leather Company. He was itsfirst vice-president and v>hen Thomas E. Proctordied, December 7th, 1894, he succeeded him aspresident and held the office at the time of hisdeath. His only son, Mark Hoyt, Jr., was in thecompanys office, but passed away before his father,on the 24th of October, 1895. DANIEL B. FAYERWEATHER, One of the best known men in the New Yorkleather trade, died in that city November, was a shoemaker in Connecticut in early life,,but came to New York in 1854 and engaged as aclerk with Hoyt Brothers. He became a partnerthe following year. He was always noted for hisclose attention to business. He used to say thatwhen he could not get to the store at
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