MARIA COX LOYST
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SURNAMES: COX , BAGGS, BREEDING, HIGHT, DOAN,
In all sections of the world the
pioneer is highly honored, but especially is this the case in
California, where the present generally realized that the
development of the twentieth century is due to the indefatigable
determination of those who faced the hardships of an overland journey
and the even greater hardships connected with the transforming of an
unknown, sparsely settled region into one of the greatest commonwealths
in the United States. Much is due to the faithfulness of the
capable and kindly pioneer women of that day, of whom we hear so
little, and yet their contribution to the upbuilding of these great
commonwealth was invaluable. Amongst these good women was Mrs.
Maria (Cox) Loyst, now deceased, who was born near San Jose, January
14, 185(next number unclear), and was reared and educated and spent her
whole life in this county. She was the daughter of William and Dicey (Baggs)
Cox natives of Ohio, who came to
California at the early date of 1852, in an ox-team train, and settled
in Santa Clara County, their interesting life history appearing
elsewhere in this volume. Maria Cox was the third oldest in a
family of nine children, and after completing the Moreland district
school course she attended a girls boarding school in Santa Clara,
which afterwards became the University of the Pacific.
The marriage of Maria Cox, in 1878,
united her with Andrew Loyst,[bio
below] a rancher living hear Saratoga, a native of
Canada. they became the parents of five children; two children
died in infancy; Mabel M. became the wife of J. W. Breeding;(see marriage license resource below)
they reside on part of the old Cox homestead and are the parents of
four children- Lester, John, Wilgus, and Etho; William W. is a
traveling salesman of San Jose, and was married to Miss Etho Hight{see marriage notation below gives brides
last name as WITTEN) and they became the parents of two
children- William W., Jr., and Kenneth; George G. married Tilly Doan
and they have one child, Eleanor D., and they also reside on the old
home place. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Loyst engaged in
orcharding on Pierce road, where they had a 60-acre ranch. Mrs.
Loyst also became the possessor of fifty acres of her father's old
farm, which was partly set to orchard. She passed away October
30, 1892 at the age of thirty-nine years. leaving her place to her
three children, who have improved the balance to orchard and installed
an electric pumping plant for irrigating the place, and it has become a
very valuable property. Mrs. Loyst was a woman of splendid
attainments and greatly loved by all who knew her. She was a
devout Christian, being a m ember of the Methodist Church in Saratoga.
page 611
ANDREW I LOYST
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SURNAMES:McKIM, BREEDING, KARST, BAUER
Coming to California about fifty-four years ago, Andrew I Loyst has had
a variety of experiences, and is one of the highly respected and worthy
citizens of San Jose. The greater part of his career has bee
devoted to agricultural pursuits, but he has also found an outlet for
his energies in many other enterprises linked with the life of the
Western coast. He was born at Kingston, Ont., Can., on March 29,
1848, his father, Isiah Loyst, also a native of Canada. Grandfather
Loyst was born in Holland and settled in Canada in an early day
and served through the seven years of the Revolutionary War. The
father, Isaiah Loyst, was both a farmer and a logging, lumbering ad
road contractor, and built many government roads. He married Miss
Comfort McKim, born near Napanee, Ontario. Grandfather McKim was
of Scoth descent, while Grandmother McKim was born in the Green
Mountains of Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Loyst were the parents of
three boys, of whom our subject is the youngest. The parents
passed away in Canada.
Andres I Loyst received his education in the public schools of Ontario
and at the age of seventeen struck out for himslef, going to the oil
fields at Franklin , Pa., where he was engaged as a driller and
engineer for three years, when he returned to Canada on a visit and
while there became greatly interested in the reports from
California. On January 6, 1868, he arrived in San Francisco and
immediately went to San Jose where he found employment as a farm hand;
later he and his brother J. W. Loyst purchased a threashing outfit and
engaged in threshing throughout the Santa Clara valley, and they they
bought a ranch on Pierce Road, containing 164 acres of choice
land. This ranch they set to grapes, but the vines died, so they
set out an orchard. Mr. Loyst still owns fifty-four acres of this
tract, and is now devoted to raising prunes and hay. Mr. Loyst
improved, cultivated and operated this ranch until 1918, when he rented
it and bought his present place, an orchard home located on Mountain
View road, which he has improved with a comfortable residence and a
fine prune orchard.
Mr. Loyst has been married twice. His first marriage occurred in the
Saratoga district and united him wih Miss Maria Cox, [bio above ] born in the old Cox
home, a daughter of William Cox, an old
pioneer of that district. Mrs. Loyst passed away in 1892, leaving
three children, Mrs. Mabel Breeding, W. W. and G. G.., all of this
county. His second marriage in San Jose in 1906 united him with
Miss Clara Karst, a native daugher of California, born at Michigan
Flat, a daughter of John Karst, a native of Germany, who came to
California in early days and ws engaged in mining, where he spent his
last days. He had married Miss Emma Bauer, also born in German,
who came when a child to Philadelphia, then to California. Botgh
parents passed away when Mrs. Loyst was a small child, and she is one
of a family of seven. She attended school in Eldorado County
until she was fifteen years old, tghen removed to San Francisco and
later to San Jose. Mr Loyst is a stockholder in the Home Union at San
Jose, one of the organizers and member of the California Prune 7
Apricot Growers' Association, a charter member of the Grange in
Saratoga, and a member of the Santa Clara County Pioneer Society.
In politics he is a Republican and he has been a liberal contributor in
the erecton of church buildings and school houses. Mr. and Mrs.
Loyst's interest are thoroughtly indentified with those of the West,
and at all time they are ready to cooperate in any movement calculated
to benfit this section of the country.
page 998
The following is on file at the San Jose History Museum
http://www.historysanjose.org/research/index.html
NOTE_ information in bio gives brides last name as HIGHT
Subject: LOYST, WILLIAM WELLINGTON
Title: Marriage License File
Location: San Jose Historical Museum
Source: Source Date: 8/4/1907
Note: Bride: WHITTEN, ETHO
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Subject: LOYST, MABEL M.
Title: Marriage License File
:
Location: San Jose Historical Museum
Source: Source Date: 3/27/1901
Note: Groom: BREEDING, JOHN W.
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Subject: LOYST, MARIA
Title: Probate Papers
Author:
Location: San Jose Historical Museum
Call #:
Source: Santa Clara County Connections Source Date: Fall
1998
Volume: Page: 58
Note: d. 10/30/1892 ch: Mabel, Wilham, George