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Name

Hoffmann, William F.

Born

8/18/1857

Deceased

1901

Spouse

Stella (Lee) Hoffmann, (d. 1884)

Father

John A. Hoffmann

Mother

Elizabeth (Kerschner) Hoffmann

Children

John Hoffman
Emerson Hoffman
Joseph O. Hoffman

Occupation

Mr. Hoffman from 1882 to 1885 was Principal of Washington High School in Washington, Indiana. In 1885 he was elected Superintendent of the Washington public schools. In 1894 he resigned and began the study of the law. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar and opened a law office in Washington. He was a Democrat and member of the Presbyterian Church. At the time of his death (1901 or 1902) he was a member of the Washington Common Council.

Education

William F. Hoffmann graduated in 1882 from Northern Indiana Normal.

Notes

The information for this entry was taken from Mr. Hoffmann's newspaper obituary, Stella Bogner Scrapbook C, p. 193; Daviess County Museum, Rm 203A, 2019.FIC.0200.0003.

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William F. Hoffmann

Birthplace

Owen County, Indiana

Deceased where

Washington, Indiana

Relationships

Mr. Hoffmann's father, John A. Hoffmann, was born in Speyer, Germany in 1834 and emigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen. William's father first settled in Brownsville, Union County, Indiana. There William's father met William's mother, Elizabeth Kerschner. William's father died in 1868 and his father then married Susan Hahn.