When Joseph Ronald Hoyt was born on 22 January 1908, in South Dakota, United States, his father, George Hiram Hoyt, was 47 and his mother, Myra Elvira Green, was 46. He married Ellen Rose Robertson on 6 March 1933, in Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Bedford Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Bedford, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1994. He died on 29 April 1994, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.