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Obituary of John Sherman Hoyt - New York Times - 03/31/1954 [PDF]
History of the Alfred W. Dater Council, Stamford, CT
Correspondence from the BSA National Office [1.2 MB PDF]
From Who's Who in America, Volume III 1951-1960, Marquis, Chicago, 1960
HOYT, John Sherman, manufacturer, scout executive; born New York City, July 29, 1869; son of Alfred M. and Rose E. (Reese) Hoyt; graduated St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, 1888; graduated Columbia School of Mines, 1890; LLD, 1930; married Ethel Phelps Stokes, 1905; Director and member of the executive board of the American Car and Foundry Company; one of the original founders, trustee, vice president of the Boy Scouts of America; Conglist; clubs: Down Town Association, Union League (NYC); home: Darien, CT; office: rare, Boy Scouts of America. 2 Park Avenue, NYC; died March 30, 1954. Source
§ 21. Corporation created.
Colin H. Livingstone and Ernest P. Bicknell, of Washington, District of Columbia; Benjamin L. Dulaney, of Bristol, Tennessee; Milton A. McRae, of Detroit, Michigan; David Starr Jordan, of Berkeley, California; F. L. Seely, of Asheville, North Carolina; A. Stamford White, of Chicago, Illinois; Daniel Carter Beard, of Flushing, New York; George D. Pratt, of Brooklyn, New York; Franklin C. Hoyt, Jeremiah W. Jenks, Charles P. Neill, Frank Presbrey, Edgar M. Robinson, Mortimer L. Schiff, and James E. West, of New York, New York; G. Barrett Rich, junior, of Buffalo, New York; Robert Garrett, of Baltimore, Maryland; John Sherman Hoyt, of Norwalk, Connecticut; Charles C. Jackson, of Boston, Massachusetts; John H. Nicholson, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William D. Murray, of Plainfield, New Jersey; and George D. Porter, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, their associates and successors, are created a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia, where its domicile shall be.
Descendants of Henry (Sr.) SHERMAN (Source: Art Cohan)
Generation No. 1
1. HENRY (SR.)1 SHERMAN was born 1510-1520 in Dedham, co Essex, ENG, and died Bef. July 25, 1590 in Dedham, co Essex, ENG. He married AGNES BUTTER 1541 in Dedham, co Essex, ENG, daughter of THOMAS BUTTER and MARION ?
Generation No. 12
12. JOHN SHERMAN HOYT (ROSINA ELIZABETH11 REESE, MARY ELIZABETH10 SHERMAN, CHARLES ROBERT (HON.)9, TAYLOR8, DANIEL (JUDGE)7, JOHN6, JOHN (DEACON)5, SAMUEL (HON.)4, EDMUND3, EDMUND2, HENRY (SR.)1) was born July 29, 1869 in New York City, NY. He married ETHEL PHELPS STOKES October 31, 1895 in Lenox, MA.
More About JOHN SHERMAN HOYT:
Fact 1: 1890
Fact 2: 1880
Fact 3: 1890, B.A. from Columbia
Fact 4: 1900, NOT found in census
Fact 5: 1910, HOF in Manhattan, New York, NY - lumber manufacturer
Since 1926, the Boy Scouts of America has awarded the Silver Buffalo Award for distinguished service to youth. Each year, this award for noteworthy service of a national or worldwide character is made to men and women associated with Scouting and to others not directly associated with Scouting. Source. Awards in 1926:
Sir Robert S.S. Baden-Powell - Gilwell Park, England - Chief Scout of the World Obit
Daniel Carter Beard - Suffern, NY - National Scout Commissioner Obit
William D. Boyce - Chicago, Illinois - Publisher; Incorporator of Boy Scouts of America Obit
Howard S. Braucher - New York, NY - Chairman, Committee on Organization, BSA
George J. Fisher - New York, NY - Physician; Deputy Chief Scout Executive
John Sherman Hoyt - Darien, CT - Manufacturer; Chairman, Finance Committee, BSA
Jeremiah W. Jenks - New York, NY - Educator; Formulator of Scout Oath and Law
Joseph Lee - Boston, MA - Advocate of Playground and Outdoor Recreation
Colin H. Livingstone - Washington, DC - Financier
Milton A. McRae - Detroit, MI - Publisher; President, Boy Scouts of America
William D. Murray - Plainfield, NJ - Lawyer; Chairman, Editorial Board, BSA
George D. Pratt - New York, NY - Treasurer, Boy Scouts of America
Frank Presbrey - New York, NY - Advertising Man; Developer of Boys' Life
G. Barrett Rich - New York, NY - Chairman, BSA Committee of Badges, Awards, and Scout Rqmts
Edgar M. Robinson - Washington, D.C. - Co-organizer, Boy Scouts of America
Mortimer L. Schiff - New York, NY - Philanthropist; President, BSA
The Unknown Scout - Boy Scout
Ernest Thompson Seton - New York, NY - Chief Scout Obit & Obit
James J. Storrow (Posthumous Award) - Boston, MA - Banker; President, BSA
James E. West - New York, NY - Lawyer; Chief Scout Executive Obit
George W. Wingate - New York, NY - Advocate of Organized Outdoor Recreation
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