  henry martyn hoyt, sr. (june 8, 1830 â december 1, 1892) was the 18th governor of pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883, as well as a general in the union army during the american civil war. ==early life and career== hoyt was born in kingston, pennsylvania and attended wyoming seminary. he initially attended lafayette college before moving on to williams college where he graduated in 1849, with phi beta kappa honors, as a member of the kappa alpha society. from 1851 to 1853 he taught mathematics at wyoming seminary and then studied law. hoyt first held elected office as a district attorney. he was married to mary loveland and had three children, one of them the minor poet helen hoyt, and henry martyn hoyt, jr. (december 1856 in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania â 1910) and maud buckingham hoyt (july 12, 1859 in wilkes-barre, pa. â ?). he was also the grandfather of the poet elinor wylie. a member of the whig party, hoyt participated in john fremont's 1856 presidential campaign. henry m.hoyt was the son of ziba and nancy (herbert) hoyt. ziba hoyt was born in connecticut on september 1788 died in december 1853 luzerne county, pennsylvania. henry m. hoyt was grandson of daniel and ann (gunn) hoyt, nephew of levi hoyt. the hoyts settled in luzerne county, pennsylvania. henry m. hoyt married mary elizabeth loveland daughter of elijah and mary (buckingham) loveland. henry and mary elizabeth (loveland) hoyt were married on september 25, 1855. mary elizabeth (loveland) hoyt was born april 1833 and died october 1890 luzerne county,pennsylvania. ==military career== as a soldier in the civil war, hoyt was initially commissioned as lieutenant colonel, then as colonel of the 52nd pennsylvania infantry, leading it during the peninsula campaign and subsequent actions of the army of the potomac until january 1863, the regiment was ordered to charleston, south carolina. he participated in the siege of morris island under brig. gen. quincy a. gillmore. hoyt led troops in a rare night attack on fort johnson, steathily arriving in the darkness via boats. he initially ca
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