Hon. Richard Hoar

1832 - 1903  (70 years)

• Name	Richard Hoar
  Prefix	Hon.
  Born	28 Mar 1832	St. Anstell, Cornwall, England
  Gender	Male
  Census	E
  Died	12 Feb 1903	Houghton, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA
  Buried	~(Forest Hill Cemetery)
  Person ID	I33020	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Jacob Hore,   b. Abt 1788, Saint Austell, Cornwall, England ,   d. Jan 1867, Saint Austell, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Martyn,   b. Abt 1792, Saint Austell, Cornwall, England ,   d. Aft 1860, Saint Austell, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1815	Saint Austell, Cornwall, England
  Family ID	F5835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(Female) (Unknown),   b. Abt 1833, ,   d. 1855,  (Age ~ 22 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1851	England
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F5803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Bailey,   b. 3 Apr 1836, North Walshan, England ,   d. 13 Nov 1929, Houghton, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1858	Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Gertrude Hoar,   b. 18 Dec 1860, Houghton, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 21 Jun 1893, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 32 years)   2. Clarence Hoar,   b. 11 Apr 1863, Houghton, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 1952, , Houghton Co, Michigan, USA  (Age 89 years)   3. May Hoar,   b. 1 May 1866, Houghton, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 13 Feb 1950  (Age 83 years)   4. Martin Hoar,   b. 23 Sep 1868, , Houghton Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1925, Trimountain, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA  (Age 56 years)   5. Lillian Hoar,   b. 19 Jun 1871, Houghton, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 6 Mar 1959  (Age 87 years)   6. Frederick Hoar,   b. 14 Feb 1874, Houghton, Houghton Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1934, Monrovia, Los Angeles Co, California, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F9915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  One of the daughters married Elton W. Walker, another daughter married John Sheldon Smith. First settled in Toronto, Canada. Mayor of Houghton, Michigan. Senator in Michigan. http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details.aspx?f=1&guid=299307eb-9462-4f69-aded-aeb39688de9c Hoar Family Mausoleum - The Hoar Mausoleum is located within the boundaries of the Forest Hill Cemetery, near Houghton in Portage Township. The Richard M. Hoar family was one of Houghton County's most prominent. Richard and his brother John opened a mercantile business, John Hoar and Brother, in Houghton in 1859, which lasted until 1884 when John died. During the 1860s they had a government contract to build a wagon road between Houghton and Baraga. Richard was involved in several independent enterprises as well. He opened a store at Portage Entry, and carried freight, mail and express mail. He held a contract for building the western end of the Marquette, Houghton, and Ontonagon Railroad, which later became the Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic Railway. He ran a stagecoach for ten years from L'Anse to Houghton during the winters, while in the summer he ran the steamer Ivanhoe. Richard Hoar held several public offices on the village council, the school board and the Michigan Legislature. He also served as the second president of the village of Houghton. Richard Hoar and his wife, Elizabeth Bailey, had six children. In 1895, he had a family mausoleum constructed in Portage Township's Forest Hill Cemetery. Richard died in 1903; Elizabeth died in 1929. Both are interred in the mausoleum, as well as two of their sons, two daughters, a son-in-law, two granddaughters, and a grandson-in-law. Designated: State Register, listed June 15, 1995 & Marker erected June 20, 1995 http://books.google.com/books?id=ayglAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA357&dq=Hoar+died&lr=&ei=zQimR_SDJoTIyATZvcjgCA#PPA356,M1 Book: Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan By Lewis Publishing Company, page 356 http://books.google.com/books/about/Hon_Richard_Martin_Hoar_Hoar_Family_Maus.html?id=f_CJngEACAAJ Hon. Richard Martin Hoar, Hoar Family Mausoleum, Dedication September 28, 1996: Ancestors and Family Descendants, Family Memorabilia and Photographs, Volumes 1-3 By: Frederic Walpole Hoar (Jr.) Richard Martin Hoar was born 28 Mar 1831 in St. Austell, Cornwall, England to Jacob Hore and Gertrude Martin. He married Elizabeth Walpole Bailey 30 Aug 1858 in Toronto, Canada. She was born 3 Apr 1836 in Northern Walsham, England, the daughter of Samuel Jonas Bailey and Lady Mary Ann Walpole. Richard died 12 Feb 1903 in Houghton, Michigan. Elizabeth died 14 Nov 1929 in also in Houghton. Descendants have lived in Michigan, Arizona, California, New York, Texas and elsewhere in the United States. .