Adam G. Hoyer was born inn Bavaria, germany, in 1825. He was first educated in the public schools of Bavaria. He afterwards took a high-school course at Bayreuta, Bavaria. He was married May 19th, 1845, and in 1853 he settled, with his wife and parents, on his present homestead. He served seven terms as trustee of Lughery Township. In 1872 he was elected, by the Democratic party, as Representative of Laughery Township. His homestead was in Laughery Township, near Steamboat Landing.

 Resources: 

 History and Directory of Ripley County by Ed. C. Jerman (reprint 1983) 

Ripley County History, Book 1 by the Ripley County Historical Society Committee