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George Skilful HOFF

George Skilful HOFF

Male 1855 - 1904  (48 years)

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  • Name George Skilful HOFF 
    Born 27 Dec 1855  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 15 Feb 1904  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    • "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 317, reports death date as Dec 15 1904, but "Ritchie County Cemeteries," p. 490, shows it as Feb 15 1904.
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I9328  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2022 

    Father John HOFF,   b. 9 Oct 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1903  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother 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) 
    Family ID F629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Huldah Alazan AMOS,   b. 22 Apr 1863, Smithville, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1950, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1887  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated in June 1900:
      George Hoff, 44, b. Dec 1855, farmer, married 12 yrs; wife Hulda A, 37, b. Apr 1863, mother of 5 children (4 still living); dau Lela P, 11, b. Dec 1888; son Amos, 8, b. Sep 1891; dau Lyda C, 6, b. Nov 1893; son Frank, 1, b. Jul 1898.
    Children 
    +1. Lela Pearl HOFF,   b. 31 Dec 1888, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1955, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Amos Lewis HOFF,   b. 8 Sep 1891,   d. 1 Oct 1971  (Age 80 years)
     3. Lyda C. HOFF,   b. 30 Nov 1893,   d. 12 Oct 1903  (Age 9 years)
     4. John HOFF,   b. 1 Jun 1897,   d. 2 Jun 1897  (Age 0 years)
     5. Frank HOFF,   b. Jul 1898,   d. 27 Jun 1914, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 15 years)
     6. Edna A. HOFF,   b. 11 Dec 1900,   d. 3 Jan 1901  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F3355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

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

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

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