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John HOFF

John HOFF

Male 1825 - 1903  (77 years)

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  • Name John HOFF 
    Born 9 Oct 1825  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Aug 1903  [2] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • John and Elizabeth Ann Gaston Hoff settled at Bone Creek, Ritchie Co, shortly after their marriage and remained there their entire lives. As well as a farmer, John Hoff was a talented and industrious craftsman. The furniture about the home, even to the loom and spinning wheel, were his own handwork. He was also a mill-wright, blacksmith and stockman. He was also a Captain in the Union Army. The inscription on his headstone reads simply "Honesty is the best policy." [4]
    Person ID I1831  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 May 2007 

    Father Samuel HOFF,   b. 3 Oct 1802, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1887, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Catherine FARIS,   b. 20 Aug 1806, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1872, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F32752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ann GASTON,   b. 16 May 1830, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1905  (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Bond 12 Jun 1849  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Married 21 Jun 1849  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Eri Benson HOFF,   b. 23 Mar 1850, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1938, Clinton, DeWitt Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Hiram James HOFF,   b. 18 Apr 1852, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1855, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     3. Irwin Samuel HOFF,   b. 28 Jan 1854, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1935, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +4. George Skilful HOFF,   b. 27 Dec 1855, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1904, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    +5. Charlotte Columbia HOFF,   b. 10 Nov 1857, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1941, Sutton, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +6. Rebecca Jane HOFF,   b. 9 Jul 1859, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1932, Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     7. Weldon Abraham Lincoln HOFF,   b. 2 Sep 1861,   d. 5 Dec 1952, Vinita, Craig Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +8. Mary Caroline HOFF,   b. 6 Mar 1863, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1944  (Age 81 years)
     9. Silas Marion HOFF,   b. 14 Mar 1865,   d. 26 Dec 1944, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     10. Rosa Byrd HOFF,   b. 13 Apr 1867,   d. 19 Nov 1908  (Age 41 years)
     11. Martha Nora HOFF,   b. 20 Mar 1869, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1870, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     12. Lewis Ross HOFF,   b. 14 Apr 1871,   d. 1958  (Age 86 years)
    +13. Lloyd Lownds HOFF,   b. 10 Feb 1873,   d. 1956  (Age 82 years)
     14. Emma HOFF
    Family ID F629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    1831_JohnHuff_ElizabethAGaston_HarrisonCoMarriageBond_12Jun1849.jpg    		1831_JohnHuff_ElizabethAGaston_HarrisonCoMarriageBond_12Jun1849.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 317.
      Birthdate Oct 6 1825 appears elsewhere.

    2. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 317.

    3. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), pp. 316-317.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 7, p. 278.

    6. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 317.
      Marriage appears elsewhere as 1846.