Tenth Generation

80. Willett Raynold "Will" HOAG¹ was born on 14 June 1854 in New York.^2,48 (His middle name may have been "Raymond.") The Marriage Registration Record for his marriage to Minnie Whitaker listed his birth place as Berrien County, MI. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Sodus Township, Berrien County, MI.⁷ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He was living with his father and his father's third wife, Naomi. Will appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ He was living with his father and his father's third wife, Naomi. After July 1884 he was an owner of a milk business for the city in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ From an article in a Tomah newspaper: "Will Hoag bought the Tomah milk business from E. Cady, July 1884." He lived at his home in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI in January 1896.³¹ Will died on 19 May 1927 at the age of 72 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,11 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Willett Raynold "Will" HOAG and Mary Boyce SOULE (<) (~) were married on 2 April 1898 in Monroe County, WI.^2,25,50 His occupation was listed as "Teamster." Mary Boyce SOULE (<) (~), daughter of William SOULE and Margaret MORRISON, was born on 8 November 1847 in Danbury, Rutland County, VT.^{9,48,51,52,53,54,55} (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list her birth year as 1848.)

(According to her Marriage Registration Record to Will Hoag, she was born in Darrelle, VT.)

(This is a picture of her home, with her husband's team and wagon.)
She appeared in the census in 1850 in Danby, Rutland County, VT.⁵⁶ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³ Mary appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ She died on 19 April 1908 at the age of 60 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^52,54 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list her date of death as 6 Jun 1908.) Mary was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Willett Raynold "Will" HOAG and Minne Joe "Lettie" BROWN were married on 27 July 1908.⁴⁸ His occupation was listed as "Laborer." Their witnesses were Harvey M. Sowle, her first cousin, and Emily M. Hoag Egggleston, his half sister. Minne Joe "Lettie" BROWN, daughter of Joel E. BROWN and Minerva SOULE, was born about 1860 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^9,48 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹