Sunday, September 2, 2012

Nicholas Hoffman


NICHOLAS HOFFMAN, engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 33, Madison Township, is a native of Prussia, Germany, born on a branch of the river Rhine, December 8, 1840, a son of Matthias Hoffmann. Our subject came to the United States in 1853, and after living five years in Steuben County, New York, he came to Iowa, locating in Dubuque.  During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company E., Twenty-first Iowa Infantry under Colonel Samuel Merrill, who afterward became Governor of the State of Iowa. He participated with his regiment in the battles of Hartville, Missouri, Port Gibson, Mississippi, Raymond, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, and others of minor importance, and through the Mobile campaign, returning to his home without receiving even a scratch.  July 25, 1865, Mr. Hoffmann was married in New York State to Katie Kirsch, a daughter of Michael Kirsch, deceased. Of the six children born to them five are living – Matthew, Hannah, Katie, Annie and John. Mr. Hoffmann came to Clarke County in the fall of 1865, and has since devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, his home farm containing 120 acres of choice land. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In his religious views he is a Roman Catholic.

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Record of Clarke County, Iowa, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1886 p. 253

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