Israel Hoyt's parents James & Beulah Sabin Hoyt and their family were converted to the Latter-Day Saint gospel while Israel was yet a young boy and they migrated west with other saints. As a young man Israel worked on the Nauvoo Temple.

According to his own account: "In 1840, I came to Knox County, Illinois. In the spring of 1842 I came to Nauvoo and was ordained and put into the 22nd Quorum of Seventies, April 9, 1845, left Nauvoo, in spring of 1846 with the pioneers and came out to Garden Grove. Arrived in Salt Lake,
October 4, 1847. Married [Clarissa] A. Miller November 25, 1848. Was called on to the Muddy Mission at Conference in 1868. In 1870, the Muddy Settlement was all broken up. March 1871 I moved to Long Valley and was appointed to preside at Mount Carmel." (Source: Membership Card Index, Margetts, Minnie.

RESIDENCES: Salt Lake City, Utah: 1850, Nephi, Juab, Utah: 1860, and St. Joseph, Washington, Utah, 1870

In 1850, Israel had a household of 4, a real wealth of $250, and no personal wealth. In 1860, Israel had a household of 8, a real wealth of $250, and a personal wealth of $650. In 1870, Israel had a household of 7, a real wealth of $150 and a personal wealth of $440.

He married Hannah Elizabeth Cook on 25 Nov 1855 in Nephi, Juab, Utah. He married Bertha Sumner Fackrell on 25 Apr 1880 in St. George, Washington, Utah.

When his daughter, Amy (child of Israel's blind wife, Bertha Sumner Fackrell) was 13 months old, she contracted measles. Israel was at the gristmill a few miles up the valley when she became critically ill.

A messenger went for him. As he was riding home, his horse fell and he was injured. The baby had died before he reached home and he had received his death blow. He died four days after the accident.

Two days before he died, he visited all his children. At the time all but two were married and had families of their own. The night before his death, he called his family together to tell them good-bye. One of the last things he said to them was, "I have laid the foundation. I hope you will build on it."