5. Little Berry "Berry" J WATSON (John B.1) was born 29 OCT 1850 in MS, died 08
FEB 1944 in MS at age 93,
was buried in Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery, Lauderdale Co. MS.
He was usually called Berry.
Research Notes: Kemper County MS 1890 Enumeration of Children
Parent or Guardian Child's Name, age, sex race Precinct Page
Watson, L B Carnelia Watson 11 F White Smiths Shop Page 126
Bradie 9 F
Sam 7 M
1896 Enumeration of Children in Kemper County
Name Child's name, age, sex Race Twp. Range Page
Watson, C. B. Carnedia 17, f White 9 15 047
Bradie 16, f
Sam 13, m
1900 Kemper County MS Enumeration of Educable Children
L. B. Watson Sam 17, m
1880 census
Household:
Berry WATSON Self M Male W 28 MS Labors On Farm NC GA
Elizabeth WATSON Wife M Female W 30 NC Keeping House SC AL
Cornelia WATSON Dau S Female W 2 MS MS MS
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Census Place Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Family History Library Film 1254653
NA Film Number T9-0653
Page Number 121D
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Obit:
Wednesday, Feb 9, 1944
Aged Resident Dies
L. Berry Watson, aged 93, whose family, before his death, had extended into five
generations, died Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Mr. Watson is survived by two daughters, Mesdames Nealy Huffmaster and
Bradiy Price; son Sam Watson, Meridian; 15 grandchildren, 48 greatgrandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren.
The body will remain at the Webb Funeral Home until 1:30 p.m. Thursday, at
which time it will be carried to Mt. Carmel Church for funeral services to be held
at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Eugene Stephens will officiate. Interment will follow in the
Mt. Carmel cemetery.
Active Pallbearers, Curtis Huffmaster, Clarence Price, Malcom Watson, Romain
Watson, R. B. Joiner, and Paul Jones.
Berry married Lethonia Ann Elizabeth "Elizabeth or Sis" SPEARS, daughter of
William SPEARS and Sara A PHILLIPS, 08 JAN 1874 in Lauderdale Co., MS.
Elizabeth was born 23 JUN 1847 in SC, died 16 JAN 1923 at age 75, and was buried in
Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Cemetery, Lauderdale Co. MS. Another name for Elizabeth was
Elisabeth. She was usually called Elizabeth or Sis.
Marriage Notes: Source 1:
Marriage Records - Lauderdale Co., MS 1879-1884 Book 1-A 1867-1879 Page
364
Husband Name: Watson, Berry
Wife Name: Spears, Elizabeth
Ceremony Date: 1/8/1874
Issue Date: 1/2/1874
Service by: F. A. Pope, JP
On Bond: Berry Watson & John B. Watson
Children from this marriage were:
13 F i. Vannie Cornelia (Neely) WATSON was born 25 NOV 1877 in
Kemper Co., MS, died 12 JAN 1964 at age 86, and was buried in Bethel
Cemetery, Kemper Co., MS.
Vannie married John William HUFFMASTER (d. 25 FEB 1938) about
1897.
14 F ii. Etta Maria Bradie WATSON was born in DEC 1881 in Lauderdale
Co., MS, died 30 JUL 1980 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co. MS at age 98, and was
buried in Suqualena Cemetery, Lauderdale Co., MS.
Etta married Louis Coleman PRICE (d. 25 OCT 1942) 02 APR 1902.
15 M iii. Samuel Rogers WATSON was born 01 NOV 1883 in MS, died 05
MAR 1944 in Newton Co., MS at age 60, and was buried in Pleasant Grove
Baptist Cemetery, Union, Newton Co., MS.
Samuel married Laura Lee PRICE (d. 17 NOV 1971) 11 JUN 1904.
13. Vannie Cornelia (Neely) WATSON (Little Berry "Berry" J2, John B.1) was born 25
NOV 1877 in Kemper Co., MS, died 12 JAN 1964 at age 86, and was buried in Bethel
Cemetery, Kemper Co., MS.
Research Notes: Obit:
01-12-1964
Mrs. Vannie Huffmaster
Services were to be held today at 2 p.m. from the Bethel Methoist Church for
Mrs. Vannie Cornelia Huffmaster.
Mrs. Huffmaster, 86, died at her residence, Rout 1, Daleville, Sunday.
She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Frank Skipper, Marked Tree, Ark; Mrs. E.
W. Williams, Lepanto, Ark.; Mrs. Elizabeth Reid, Daleville; Mrs. Dena Boland,
Clarkton, Mo.; three sons, Claude Huffmaster, Hardy, Ark.; Curtis Huffmaster,
Daleville; Dewey Huffmaster, Meridian; a sister Mrs. Bradie Price, Meridian; 21
grandchildren and a number of great - grandchildren.
The Rev. Gary Smith was to officiate, with burial in Bethel Cemetery.
Pallbeareres were to be Willie Glass, James and Charlie Stephens, Curtis Vick,
Nonroe Dean, Joe Caldwell, Wilton Swearingen and Elmer Stoddard.
*************
Vannie married John William HUFFMASTER about 1897. John was born 02 MAY
1874 in Lauderdale Co Or Kemper Co., MS, died 25 FEB 1938 in Meridian, MS at age
63, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Kemper Co., MS.
Children from this marriage were:
F i. Mary Leona HUFFMASTER was born 04 OCT 1898 and died about
APR 1900 about age 1.
28 M ii. John Claude HUFFMASTER was born 26 JAN 1900 in Kemper
Co., MS and died 11 MAR 1997 in Ash Flat, Sharp, AR at age 97.
John married Dolly KENT 24 JAN 1920 in Lepanto, AK.
Dolly KENT, daughter of Joseph Mulkey Kent and Sarah Jane Wilkes.
Dolly was born 24 MAR 1901 in Evening Shade, AK. Died May 5 1987
M iii. Arthur Curtis HUFFMASTER was born 02 OCT 1901 in Kemper
Co., MS and died in NOV 1985 in Daleville, Lauderdale Co, MS at age 84.
Arthur married Mary Alice STEPHENSON, daughter of Unknown and
Unknown. Mary died 05 MAY 1987.
29 F iv. Lillie Inez HUFFMASTER was born 27 MAR 1906 in Dekalb,
Kemper Co., MS, died 17 FEB 1995 in Marked Tree, AK at age 88, and was
buried in Marked Tree, AK Marked Tree Cemetery.
Lillie married Charles Franklin (Frank) SKIPPER (d. 21 JUL 1969) 15
OCT 1927.
30 M v. Calvin Dewey HUFFMASTER was born 08 NOV 1908 in Kemper
Co., MS, died 30 MAY 1996 in Ash Flat, AK at age 87, and was buried 03 JUN
1996 in Sharp Cemetery, Evening Shade, AK.
Calvin married Lorene MALONE.
31 F vi. Lola May HUFFMASTER was born in JAN 1910 in MS and died
06 AUG 1996 at age 86.
32 F vii. Dena HUFFMASTER was born about 1913.
33 F viii. Martha Elizabeth "Lizzy" HUFFMASTER was born about 1917
and died 03 MAY 2006 about age 89.
Lizzy married Joe Leslie REID (d. 05 MAY 1954).
14. Etta Maria Bradie WATSON (Little Berry "Berry" J2, John B.1) was born in DEC
1881 in Lauderdale Co., MS, died 30 JUL 1980 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co. MS at age
98, and was buried in Suqualena Cemetery, Lauderdale Co., MS.
Etta married Louis Coleman PRICE, son of James William "Billie" PRICE and
Caladonia Josephine "Callie" MOSELEY, 02 APR 1902. Louis was born 13 OCT
1880 in MS, died 25 OCT 1942 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS at age 62, and was
buried in Suqualena Cemetery, Lauderdale Co., MS.
Children from this marriage were:
M i. MALCOLM C PRICE was born 27 DEC 1884 in MS, died 10 MAR
1932 in MS at age 47, and was buried in Lauderdale Co., MS.
34 M ii. Lamar Franklin PRICE was born 27 JUL 1903 in MS, died 25 JUN
1940 at age 36, and was buried in Suqualena Cemetery, Suqualena, Lauderdale
Co., MS.
Lamar married Ruby Lee ALLEN (d. 09 JUL 1977) in 1929 in
Lauderdale Co., MS.
35 F iii. Clara Elizabeth PRICE was born 21 JUN 1905 in MS and died 16
APR 1990 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co. MS at age 84.
Clara married Ransom Bill JOINER (d. 19 FEB 1964) 24 FEB 1923.
M iv. Clarence Berry PRICE was born 21 JUN 1905 in MS and died 15
APR 1966 at age 60.
36 F v. Onie Allene "Allene" PRICE was born 01 JUL 1909 in Lauderdale
Co., MS, died 05 MAY 2005 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co. MS at age 95, and was
buried in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Suqualena, Lauderdale Co., MS.
Allene married Paul Revere JONES (d. 07 SEP 1986) 18 DEC 1931.
15. Samuel Rogers WATSON (Little Berry "Berry" J2, John B.1) was born 01 NOV
1883 in MS, died 05 MAR 1944 in Newton Co., MS at age 60, and was buried in
Pleasant Grove Baptist Cemetery, Union, Newton Co., MS.
Samuel married Laura Lee PRICE, daughter of James William "Billie" PRICE and
Caladonia Josephine "Callie" MOSELEY, 11 JUN 1904. Laura was born 02 JUL 1888
in MS, died 17 NOV 1971 in Newton Co., MS at age 83, and was buried in Pleasant
Grove Baptist Cemetery, Union, Newton Co., MS.
Children from this marriage were:
M i. Malcolm E "Pete" WATSON was born 20 MAR 1905 in Kemper Co.,
MS and died 15 JAN 1994 in Leake, MS at age 88. He was usually called Pete.
37 F ii. Gussie Bell WATSON was born 13 OCT 1907 and died 27 JUN 1992
in Leake, MS at age 84.
Gussie married Charlie R CLARK.
M iii. A. V. WATSON was born 31 OCT 1908 in Kemper Co., MS, died 04
MAR 1928 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MS at age 19, and was buried in Union,
Newton Co., MS.
Medical Notes: both legs cut off by train and bled to death
F iv. Elizabeth Donia WATSON was born 19 SEP 1910 or 10 NOV 1910 in
MS, died 13 AUG 1999 in Philadelphia, Neshoba Co., MS at age 88, and was
buried in Union City Cemetery, Union, Newton Co., MS. Another name for
Elizabeth was Donia WATSON.
Research Notes: The Union Appeal
Union, MS
Published Wednesday 18 August 1999
Mrs. Donia Dorman
funeral services for Donia Dorman were held Sunday, August 15 from the
chapel of Milling Funeral Home in Union. Rev Darnell Archie and Rev.
Keith Swartz officiated with burial in teh Union Cemetery.
Mrs. dorman, 88, died August 13 at Leake Memorial Hospital in Carthage.
She was a homemaker and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in
Union. She was preceded in deth by her husband, Claudie M. Dorman;
daugher Mary Katherine McCloud; and a great-grandson, Adam Randolph
Mowdy.
Survivors include: daugher Bessie Ivoin Mowdy of Unioin; sons, Cluadie
Levon Dorman of Austin, TX; sister Eva Chesney of Little Rock; brother
Romain Watson of Little Rock; six grandchilden, 10 great-grandchildren
and one great-great-granddaughter and numerous neices and nenphews.
Pallbearers were: Reandy Mowdy, Jerry Mowdy, George Woods III,
Lemuel Williams, Chris Lambert and Jerry Jones.
Milling Funeral Home of Union was in charge of the arrangements.
Elizabeth married Claudie Marvin DORMAN. Claudie was born 11
OCT 1908, died in JUN 1982 in Union, Newton Co., MS at age 73, and
was buried in Union City Cemetery, Union, Newton Co., MS.
38 F v. Eva Seaco WATSON was born 17 APR 1912, died 23 MAR 2009 in
Little Rock, Newton Co., MS at age 96, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Baptist
Cemetery, Union, Newton Co., MS.
Eva married Clarence Clifford CHESNEY (d. 17 JUL 1974).
M vi. Samuel Romain "Romain" WATSON was born 03 APR 1916 in MS,
died 02 MAR 2008 in Union, Newton Co., MS at age 91, and was buried in
Suqualena Cemetery, Lauderdale Co., MS. He was usually called Romain.
Research Notes:
Retired city of Meridian sanitation department employee Services for
Samuel Romain Watson will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at James F.
Webb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Giles officiating. Burial
will be in Suqualena Cemetery. Mr. Watson, 91, of Little Rock, died
Sunday, March 2, 2008, at Laird Hospital in Union. He enjoyed music and
went to the Veterans of Foreign Wars every weekend. He was a Baptist in
early years but for the past 10 years, he attended many different churches
because he "liked to hear different ministers preach. He said "all were
good because they all preached about God." Survivors include his stepdaughter, Onie Lee Brown of Collinsville; a step-son, Robert Louis Price
of Collinsville; 20 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and 60 greatgreat-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Romain Watson and
Laura Lee Price Watson; his wife of more than 25 years, Ruby Lee
Watson; brothers, A.V. Watson and Malcolm Watson; sisters, Eva
Chesney, Gussie Clark and Dawnia Dorman; four grandchildren; one
great-grandchild and one great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers will be Toby
Warren, Charles Warren, C.J. Warren, Robert Bradford, Sammy Bradford,
Kevin Bradford, Trent Bradford and Aaron Brown. Visitation will be
today from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Published in The Meridian Star from 3/3/2008 - 3/5/2008.
Romain married Ruby Lee ALLEN in 1954 in Lauderdale Co., MS. Ruby
was born 06 JAN 1911 and died 09 JUL 1977 in Newton Co., MS at age
66.
Marriage Notes: Ruby Lee A. Price married Samuel (Romaine Watson) 1954
Book 71, Page 447
Franz and Gottlieb Hoffmeister - Grossalmerode, HessenNassau, Preussen
Generation No. 1
1. Unknown Hoffmeister
Children of Unknown Hoffmeister are:
+ 2 i. Franz Hoffmeister, born Bet. 1752 - 1753 in Grossalmerode, Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Preussen; died
Aft. 1810.
+ 3 ii. Gottlieb Huffmaster, born Abt. 1757 in Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Preussen; died 1844 in
Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee.
Generation No. 2
2. Franz Hoffmeister (Unknown) was born Bet. 1752 - 1753 in Grossalmerode, Kassel, Hessen-Nassau,
Preussen, and died Aft. 1810. He married Unknown. She was born Bet. 1755 - 1765.
Notes for Franz Hoffmeister:
Name: Franz Hoffmeister
Year: 1777
Place: North America
Source Publication Code: 3067.32
Primary Immigrant: Hoffmeister, Franz
Annotation: Hessian Troops in the American War for Independence: An Index According to Surname.
Date and place of entry in unit books. Year of birth, place of origin, rank, unit, category of presentation,
and archive code of the source are also provided.
Source Bibliography: HESSISCHE TRUPPEN IM AMERIKANISCHEN UNABHAENGIGKEITSKRIEG (HETRINA):
Index nach Familiennamen. (Marburg: Archivschule) (Veroeffentlichungen der Archivschule Marburg,
Institut fuer Archivwissenschaft, Nr. 10). Band III. Marburg, 1976.
Page: 208
Name: Franz Hofmeister
Year: 1776
Place: Trenton, New Jersey
Source Publication Code: 8137
Primary Immigrant: Hofmeister, Franz
Annotation: Date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. Regiment, company, place
of birth, and other information provided. Extracted from records found among the Bradford papers in
the archives of the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
Source Bibliography: SCHWALM, MARK A. "A Composite List of German Prisoners of War Held by the
Americans, 1779-1782." In Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Association (Lyndhurst, OH), vol. 2:1
(1981), pp. 4-15.
Page: 9
From a letter dated 20 June '95 from M. A. Schwalm to Ms. Leona Hasty, Las Vegas:
F&M College Library
Special Collections
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Collection
MS 52
Box 25 - Folder 44
Franz Hoffmeister
Franz Hofmeister. He was born in Almerode, Zip 3432, West Germany, in 1750-51. He was wounded and
captured at the Battle of Trenton on 26 Dec. 1776, having served in Co. 1 of the Rall Regt. After the
Battle he was moved to Philadelphia. I have no knowledge of what happened to him until December
1780, which is four years later. He may have been moved to Lancaster, Pa. with the other Trenton POWs
and then to Winchester, Va. in Aug-Sept. 1777, and from there to Frederick, MD. Or, he may have gone
directly to Frederick from Philadelphia at the time the British occupied Philadelphia in the fall of 1777.
At any rate, on 18 December 1780 he was transferred from Frederick, Md. to the Goal at Philadelphia.
He apparently spent the next 16 months in the vicinity of Philadelphia or in the Goal itself. Then on 17
April, 1782, he was "farmed out" to work on Mr. BOnd's Plantation in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Two
weeks later on 29 April, "he ran waay". It would seem logical that th returned to Maryland, where he
had spent some time as a POW.
More About Franz Hoffmeister:
Census-1790: 1790, , Washington, Maryland
Census-1800: 1800, Lower Antietam Hundred, Washington, Maryland
Census-1810: Lower Antietam, Washington, Maryland
Children of Franz Hoffmeister and Unknown are:
+ 4 i. John Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1785 in , , Maryland; died Aft. 1830.
+ 5 ii. George Hofmeister, Sr., born 04 Dec 1794 in , Loudoun, Virginia; died 10 Apr 1870 in , Jefferson,
Virginia.
3. Gottlieb Huffmaster (Unknown Hoffmeister) was born Abt. 1757 in Frankfurt Am Main, HessenNassau, Preussen, and died 1844 in Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee. He married Sarah Louderback 12
Jun 1781 in , Shenandoah, Virginia, daughter of Johan Lauterbach and Elizabeth. She was born 18 Feb
1764 in , Frederick, Virginia, and died 1844 in Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee.
Notes for Gottlieb Huffmaster:
Name: Gottlieb Hoffmeister
Year: 1781
Age: 33
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 8560
Primary Immigrant: Hoffmeister, Gottlieb
Annotation: From the Staatsarchiv at Wolfenbuettel, Germany, where file 38B Alt. Nr. 260 is a summary
list of Brunswick mercenaries sent to America in British service during the American Revolution. The
detachment served mainly in Canada and northern New York. Most of the soldiers were captured at
Saratoga and spent the war years as prisoners of war in Pennsylvania and Virginia, where many
subsequently settled. The records supply names of the German birthplaces, thereby documenting the
link between Germany and America for these elusive settlers. Some 3,000 did not return to Germany.
Taken from no. 7495, Rimpau.
Source Bibliography: SMITH, CLIFFORD NEAL. of the American Revolution. (German-American
Genealogical Research Monograph, 1.) Thomson, IL: Heritage House, 1973. [54p.]
Page: 20
Place: Virginia Year: 1781
Primary immigrant: Hoffmeister, Gottlieb
Permanent entry number: 4708620
Source publication code: 7340.10
Source publication page number: 36
Source publication: REUTER, CLAUS. Brunswick Troops in North America 1776-1783, Index of all Soldiers
who Remained in North America. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1999. 94p.
Source annotation: Date and place of settlement, death, transfer, desertion, leave, or other mention in
North America. Year and place of birth, postal code of town or village, name of regiment or battalion,
company in regiment or battalion, and military rank are also provided. Detailed historical information on
the Brunswick Troops is also provided.
Place: Virginia Year: 1781
Age: 33
Primary immigrant: Hoffmeister, Gottlieb
Permanent entry number: 2432816
Source publication code: 8560
Source publication page number: 20
Source publication: SMITH, CLIFFORD NEAL. Brunswick Deserter-Immigrants of the American Revolution.
(German-American Genealogical Research Monograph, 1.) Thomson, IL: Heritage House, 1973. [54p.]
Source annotation: From the Staatsarchiv at Wolfenbuettel, Germany, where file 38B Alt. Nr. 260 is a
summary list of Brunswick mercenaries sent to America in British service during the American
Revolution. The detachment served mainly in Canada and northern New York. Most of the soldiers were
captured at Saratoga and spent the war years as prisoners of war in Pennsylvania and Virginia, where
many subsequently settled. The records supply names of the German birthplaces, thereby documenting
the link between Germany and America for these elusive settlers. Some 3,000 did not return to
Germany. Taken from no. 7495, Rimpau.
More About Gottlieb Huffmaster and Sarah Louderback:
Marriage: 12 Jun 1781, , Shenandoah, Virginia
Children of Gottlieb Huffmaster and Sarah Louderback are:
6 i. Joseph Huffmaster, born 04 Apr 1782 in , Shenandoah, Virginia; died 03 Apr 1874. He married
Elizabeth Weitzel 08 Dec 1808.
More About Joseph Huffmaster and Elizabeth Weitzel:
Marriage: 08 Dec 1808
7 ii. Barbara Huffmaster, born 23 Aug 1785 in , Shenandoah, Virginia.
8 iii. Mary Huffmaster, born 17 Jul 1787 in , Shenandoah, Virginia.
9 iv. John Huffmaster, born 31 Oct 1789 in , Shenandoah, Virginia; died 15 Nov 1861. He married
Elizabeth Hill 18 Dec 1818; born 05 Oct 1795 in Of, Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee.
More About John Huffmaster and Elizabeth Hill:
Marriage: 18 Dec 1818
10 v. Daniel Huffmaster, born 22 Jun 1792 in , Shenandoah, Virginia.
11 vi. Sarah Huffmaster, born 23 Sep 1795 in , Shenandoah, Virginia.
12 vii. Godlove Huffmaster, born 11 Jun 1798 in , Shenandoah, Virginia.
13 viii. Jonathan Huffmaster, born 27 Feb 1801 in , Shenandoah, Virginia.
14 ix. Elizabeth Huffmaster, born 20 Jul 1803 in , Shenandoah, Virginia.
Generation No. 3
4. John Hoffmaster (Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Abt. 1785 in , , Maryland, and died Aft.
1830.
More About John Hoffmaster:
Census-1810: Lower Antietam, Washington, Maryland
Census-1850: 1850, Subdivision 2, Washington, Maryland
Children of John Hoffmaster are:
+ 15 i. Catherine Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1816 in , , Maryland.
16 ii. Unknown Hoffmaster, born Bet. 1815 - 1820.
17 iii. Mary Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1824.
More About Mary Hoffmaster:
Census-1850: 1850, Subdivision 2, Washington, Maryland
+ 18 iv. George W. Hoffmaster, born 21 Apr 1827 in , , Maryland; died 01 Jun 1895 in , Washington,
Maryland.
+ 19 v. Josiah Hoffmaster, born Bet. 1829 - 1832 in , , Maryland.
5. George Hofmeister, Sr. (Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 04 Dec 1794 in , Loudoun, Virginia,
and died 10 Apr 1870 in , Jefferson, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Nacy Eakles 17 Aug 1826 in
Washington, Maryland, daughter of Abraham Eakle. She was born 09 Dec 1800 in , , Virginia.
More About George Hofmeister, Sr.:
Census: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia, reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 12, house 869,
family 881, age 56, male, white, labourer, born in Virginia
Census-1860: 1860, , Jefferson, Virginia
Military service: Served as a private in Captain John Millers Co. at Sharpsburg, Maryland during the War
of 1812
Occupation: Farmer
More About Elizabeth Nacy Eakles:
Census: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia(WV), reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 13, house
869, family 881, age 50, female, white, born in Virginia
More About George Hofmeister and Elizabeth Eakles:
Bondsman: Rev. George Geeting
Marriage: 17 Aug 1826, Washington, Maryland
Marriage license: 14 Aug 1826, Washington, Maryland
Children of George Hofmeister and Elizabeth Eakles are:
20 i. Belinda Hoffmaster.
+ 21 ii. John William Hoffmaster, born 15 Feb 1827 in , , Virginia; died 13 Jan 1909 in , , Virginia.
+ 22 iii. Abraham Hoffmaster, born 12 Mar 1828 in , Washington, Maryland; died 16 Feb 1899.
23 iv. Elizabeth Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1831 in , , Virginia.
More About Elizabeth Hoffmaster:
Census: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia(WV), reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 15, house
869, family 881, age 19, female, white, born in Virginia
+ 24 v. Franklin Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1832 in , , Maryland; died 09 Aug 1901.
+ 25 vi. George Hoffmaster, Jr., born 22 Jan 1834 in , , Maryland; died Aft. 1900.
+ 26 vii. Barbara Ann Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1836 in , , Pennsylvania.
+ 27 viii. Mary Virginia Hoffmaster, born 14 Jul 1838 in , Washington, Maryland; died 17 Jul 1918.
+ 28 ix. Samuel Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1841 in , Jefferson, Virginia; died 06 Mar 1892.
+ 29 x. Savington W. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1842 in , , Virginia; died 06 Aug 1880.
+ 30 xi. Sappington Warren Hoffmaster, born 15 Apr 1843 in , , Virginia; died 21 Dec 1908 in ,
Washington, Maryland.
31 xii. William Henry Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1847.
More About William Henry Hoffmaster:
Census: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia(WV), reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 21, house
869, family 881, age 3, male, white, born in Virginia
Generation No. 4
15. Catherine Hoffmaster (John, Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Abt. 1816 in , , Maryland. She
married Thomas West 18 Feb 1836 in , Washington, Maryland. He was born Abt. 1816 in , ,
Pennsylvania.
More About Thomas West and Catherine Hoffmaster:
Marriage: 18 Feb 1836, , Washington, Maryland
Children of Catherine Hoffmaster and Thomas West are:
32 i. Isabella5 West, born Abt. 1837 in , , Maryland.
33 ii. Cornelius West, born Abt. 1839 in , Ogle, Illinois.
34 iii. Thomas West, born Abt. 1849 in , Ogle, Illinois.
18. George W. Hoffmaster (John, Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 21 Apr 1827 in , , Maryland,
and died 01 Jun 1895 in , Washington, Maryland. He married Elizabeth Stoner 27 Aug 1849 in ,
Washington, Maryland, daughter of Unknown Stoner. She was born 01 Nov 1827 in , , Pennsylvania, and
died 03 Jun 1897 in , Washington, Maryland.
More About George W. Hoffmaster:
Census-1850: 1850, Subdivision 2, Washington, Maryland
Census-1860: 1860, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
More About Elizabeth Stoner:
Census-1850: 1850, Subdivision 2, Washington, Maryland
Census-1860: 1860, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
More About George Hoffmaster and Elizabeth Stoner:
Marriage: 27 Aug 1849, , Washington, Maryland
Children of George Hoffmaster and Elizabeth Stoner are:
35 i. H. Hoffmaster.
+ 36 ii. Mary C. Hoffmaster, born 26 Sep 1851 in , Washington, Maryland; died Bet. 1920 - 1930.
37 iii. Hannah Susan Hoffmaster, born 21 Feb 1853; died 01 May 1871.
More About Hannah Susan Hoffmaster:
Census-1860: 1860, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
+ 38 iv. Barbara E. Hoffmaster, born 30 Sep 1853 in Washington, Maryland; died 18 Sep 1892 in
Washington, Maryland.
39 v. Ellen Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1855.
More About Ellen Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
+ 40 vi. John William Hoffmaster, born 08 Jun 1857 in , , Maryland; died 18 Jul 1930.
41 vii. Denton E. Hoffmaster, born 31 Oct 1861.
More About Denton E. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
+ 42 viii. Florence Elizabeth Hoffmaster, born 31 Jul 1870 in , Washington, Maryland; died 25 Mar 1928
in Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland.
19. Josiah Hoffmaster (John, Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Bet. 1829 - 1832 in , , Maryland. He
married Elizabeth. She was born Abt. 1837 in , , Maryland.
More About Josiah Hoffmaster:
Census-1850: 1850, Subdivision 2, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About Elizabeth:
Census-1880: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
Child of Josiah Hoffmaster and Elizabeth is:
43 i. John Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1861 in , Jefferson, Virginia.
More About John Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
21. John William Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 15 Feb
1827 in , , Virginia, and died 13 Jan 1909 in , , Virginia. He married Rebecca Kirk 22 Dec 1852 in Jefferson,
Virginia, daughter of Charles Kirk. She was born 04 Mar 1826 in , , Virginia, and died 16 Feb 1898.
Notes for John William Hoffmaster:
OHN W. HOFFMASTER, an intelligent and enterprising farmer carrying on operations in his chosen calling
in Thayer township, York county, Nebraska, is a native of Maryland, born February 17, 1827, at Pleasant
Valley, Washington county, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Eckle) Hoffmaster, who were also born
in that county. From there they removed to Pennsylvania, and in 1840 went to West Virginia, settling
near Charlestown, where they spent their last days. By trade the father was an iron worker, but also
followed the occupation of farming.
The subject of this sketch is the eldest in a family of nine children--six sons and three daughters--and
accompanied his parents on their removal to Pennsylvania, where he was reared and educated. In early
life he was employed as overseer on a farm in Virginia until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he
joined the Confederate army, enlisting in the fall of 1861 in Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, and
serving under General Jones and General Rosser. He was in many important engagements in Virginia
and around Richmond but fortunately he was never wounded. Just before the close of the war he was
captured by the Federal troops and held a prisoner until hostilities ceased. He continued to make his
home in Virginia until 1881, when he came to York county, Nebraska, and purchased a tract of railroad
land in Thayer township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has since devoted his energies.
The well-tilled fields and neat and thrifty appearance of the place testifies to his skill and ability in his
chosen calling, and also to his perseverance and good management.
Mr. Hoffmaster was married in Virginia, in 1852, to Miss Rebecca Kirk, a native of the Old Dominion, and
a daughter of Charles Kirk. Six children were born to them, of whom three are still living, as follows:
Horace W., William J. and Laura. The wife and mother was called to her final rest February 1, 1898. She
was an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, with which Mr. Hoffmaster
and his children are also connected. In politics he is a Populist, and has most faithfully served his fellow
citizens in the capacity of justice of the peace and as a member of the school board. During the
seventeen years of his residence in York county, he has made a host of warm personal friends, and
gained the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact
From: Memorial and Biographical Record .... Butler, Polk, Seward, York and Fillmore Counties
More About John William Hoffmaster:
Census-1850: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia, reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 14, house
869, family 881, age 17, male, white, born in Virginia
Census-1880: 1880, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia
Occupation: Laborer
More About Rebecca Kirk:
Census-1880: 1880, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About John Hoffmaster and Rebecca Kirk:
Marriage: 22 Dec 1852, Jefferson, Virginia
Children of John Hoffmaster and Rebecca Kirk are:
+ 44 i. Horace William Hoffmaster, born 17 Sep 1853 in , Frederick, Virginia; died 28 Apr 1929.
45 ii. Florence Hoffmaster, born Bet. 1855 - 1856.
46 iii. Laura Virginia Hoffmaster, born 27 Aug 1858 in , Jefferson, Virginia; died 01 Oct 1945 in , York,
Nebraska.
More About Laura Virginia Hoffmaster:
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, rural Benedict, York, Nebraska
Census-1880: 1880, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia
47 iv. Mary Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1859.
+ 48 v. William J. Hoffmaster, born 03 Aug 1862 in , , West Virginia; died 20 Dec 1923 in Hastings, York,
Nebraska.
22. Abraham Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 12 Mar 1828
in , Washington, Maryland, and died 16 Feb 1899. He married Barbara Ann Eakle, daughter of Unknown
Eakle and Nancy. She was born 01 Jan 1830 in , , Virginia, and died 30 Apr 1899.
More About Abraham Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: Farmer
More About Barbara Ann Eakle:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Children of Abraham Hoffmaster and Barbara Eakle are:
49 i. Mary A. E. Hoffmaster, born 16 Dec 1849 in , Jefferson, Virginia; died 16 Oct 1925.
50 ii. Henry A. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1850 in , Jefferson, Virginia.
+ 51 iii. Benjamin Franklin Hoffmaster, born 25 Jun 1851 in Kearneysville, Jefferson, Virginia; died 01 Oct
1919 in Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland.
+ 52 iv. Sarah V. J. Hoffmaster, born 10 Nov 1853 in , Jefferson, Virginia; died 21 Mar 1921.
53 v. Fannie Ellen Lee Hoffmaster, born 25 Feb 1868 in , Washington, Maryland; died 02 Aug 1888 in
near Williamsport, Washington, Maryland.
Notes for Fannie Ellen Lee Hoffmaster:
Obituary - Herald Tourch Light - Aug 9, 1888 DEATH Last Thursday Miss Fannie Ellen Lee Hoffmaster died
at her parent's residence near Williamsport, aged 20 years, 5 months and 8 days, after a lingering illness
of catarrh. Miss Hoffmaster was a young lady of an amiable disposition and a consistence member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Mr. Griffith, assisted by Rev. Mr Cronise, conducted the funeral
services Saturday afternoon in the Methodist church at Sharpsburg. The remains were buried in
Mountain View Cemetery.
More About Fannie Ellen Lee Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
+ 54 vi. Hester E. L. Hoffmaster, born 20 Feb 1870 in , , Maryland; died 29 Oct 1901.
24. Franklin Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Abt. 1832 in , ,
Maryland, and died 09 Aug 1901. He married Mary Eakles, daughter of Abraham Eakle and Anna. She
was born Abt. 1831 in , , Maryland, and died 16 Dec 1906.
More About Franklin Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1850: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia, reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 16, house
869, family 881, age 18, male, white, labourer, born in Virginia
Census-1860: 1860, , Jefferson, Virginia
Census-1880: 1880, Tilghmanton, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: Laborer
More About Mary Eakles:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Tilghmanton, Washington, Maryland
Children of Franklin Hoffmaster and Mary Eakles are:
55 i. Melinda Louisa Hoffmaster, born Bet. 1856 - 1858.
More About Melinda Louisa Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Tilghmanton, Washington, Maryland
56 ii. Margaret A. Hoffmaster, born Bet. 1858 - 1859.
More About Margaret A. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Tilghmanton, Washington, Maryland
25. George Hoffmaster, Jr. (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 22 Jan 1834
in , , Maryland, and died Aft. 1900. He married Elizabeth Nancy Eckles 04 Nov 1855 in Charles Town,
Jefferson, Virginia, daughter of Abraham Eakle and Anna. She was born Feb 1835 in , , Virginia, and died
25 Nov 1900.
More About George Hoffmaster, Jr.:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-RDR
Census-1850: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia, reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 17, house
869, family 881, age 16, male, white, labourer, born in Virginia
Census-1860: 1860, , Jefferson, Virginia
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
Occupation: Clerk
More About Elizabeth Nancy Eckles:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-RF0
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About George Hoffmaster and Elizabeth Eckles:
Marriage: 04 Nov 1855, Charles Town, Jefferson, Virginia
Children of George Hoffmaster and Elizabeth Eckles are:
+ 57 i. Mary A. E. Hoffmaster, born 16 May 1857 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, Virginia.
+ 58 ii. Charles H. Hoffmaster, born 16 Feb 1859 in Kabletown, Jefferson, Virginia.
59 iii. John A. Hoffmaster, born 22 Mar 1861 in Kabletown, Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About John A. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
+ 60 iv. George F. Hoffmaster, born Apr 1863 in , , Maryland.
61 v. Sarah Ellen Hoffmaster, born 18 Jul 1866 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About Sarah Ellen Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
62 vi. Margaret Rebecca Hoffmaster, born 21 Apr 1868 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, West Virginia. She
married David Albert Ingram; born 24 Jul 1867 in Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland.
More About Margaret Rebecca Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
+ 63 vii. Laura Cecilia Hoffmaster, born 01 May 1870 in Waldorf, Md.
64 viii. Alice Norah V. Hoffmaster, born 17 Feb 1874 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About Alice Norah V. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
+ 65 ix. Horace Oliver Hoffmaster, born 19 Apr 1876 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, West Virginia; died Abt.
1922.
66 x. Hulda Fanny Emeline Hoffmaster, born 11 Apr 1878 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About Hulda Fanny Emeline Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
26. Barbara Ann Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Abt. 1836
in , , Pennsylvania. She married Thomas Orem. He was born Abt. 1834 in , , Virginia.
More About Barbara Ann Hoffmaster:
Census: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About Thomas Orem:
Census: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
Occupation: Mill Wright
Children of Barbara Hoffmaster and Thomas Orem are:
67 i. George Orem, born Abt. 1857 in , Jefferson, Virginia.
More About George Orem:
Census: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
Occupation: Fireman on the Railroad
68 ii. Sarah Orem, born Abt. 1858 in , Jefferson, Virginia.
More About Sarah Orem:
Census: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
69 iii. Thomas Orem, born Abt. 1859 in , Jefferson, Virginia.
70 iv. Charles Orem, born Abt. 1861 in , Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About Charles Orem:
Census: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
71 v. Alice Orem, born Abt. 1864 in , Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About Alice Orem:
Census: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
72 vi. Walter Orem, born Abt. 1871 in , Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About Walter Orem:
Census: 1880, Shepherdstown, Jefferson, West Virginia
27. Mary Virginia Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 14 Jul
1838 in , Washington, Maryland, and died 17 Jul 1918. She married John William Clipp, Sr. 20 Nov 1856
in , Jefferson, Virginia. He was born 17 Feb 1834 in , Frederick, Virginia, and died 28 Jul 1923.
More About Mary Virginia Hoffmaster:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
Census: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia(WV), reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 22, house
869, family 881, age 12, female, white, born in Pennsylvania
More About John William Clipp, Sr.:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About John Clipp and Mary Hoffmaster:
Marriage: 20 Nov 1856, , Jefferson, Virginia
Children of Mary Hoffmaster and John Clipp are:
73 i. Virginia E. Clipp, born 1857 in , Jefferson, Virginia. She married James W. Garrett.
74 ii. Josephine Clipp, born 1859 in , Jefferson, Virginia.
75 iii. Mary B. Clipp, born 1860 in , Jefferson, Virginia. She married William I. Gore.
+ 76 iv. John William Clipp, Jr., born 1862 in , Jefferson, West Virginia; died 1944.
77 v. Cora Viola Clipp, born 25 Feb 1866 in , Washington, Maryland; died 28 Dec 1953.
More About Cora Viola Clipp:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
78 vi. Margaret N. Clipp, born 1869 in , Jefferson, Virginia; died 27 Dec 1958 in Frederick Memorial
Hospital, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland. She married George W. S. Crimm.
More About Margaret N. Clipp:
Burial: 30 Dec 1958, Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
79 vii. Edward F. Clipp, born 10 Feb 1869 in , Jefferson, West Virginia.
+ 80 viii. Florence Etheldia Clipp, born 10 May 1872 in Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia.
81 ix. Charles Samuel Clipp, born 25 Feb 1874 in , Jefferson, West Virginia; died 1961. He married Julia
Crim; born 1873; died 1961.
More About Charles Samuel Clipp:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About Julia Crim:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
82 x. Clarence Elmer Clipp, born 21 Mar 1877 in Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia; died 20 Mar
1939. He married Hattie H. Conrad.
More About Clarence Elmer Clipp:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
83 xi. Ira F. Clipp, born 19 Jul 1880 in , Jefferson, West Virginia. She married (1) Slagel Sowders. She
married (2) Frederick J. Doering.
28. Samuel Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Abt. 1841 in ,
Jefferson, Virginia, and died 06 Mar 1892. He married Mary C. Rohrer, daughter of Martin Rohrer and
Amelia Zimmerman. She was born Abt. 1851, and died 23 May 1893.
More About Samuel Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1850: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia(WV), reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 19,
house 869, family 881, age 9, male, white, born in Virginia
Census-1860: 1860, , Jefferson, Virginia
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About Mary C. Rohrer:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Children of Samuel Hoffmaster and Mary Rohrer are:
84 i. Daisy Hoffmaster.
+ 85 ii. Martin L. Hoffmaster, born 1873 in , , Maryland; died 1931.
86 iii. Estella Hoffmaster, born 01 Jan 1876; died 11 Jan 1948. She married William David Nicodemus
Zimmerman; born 19 Sep 1879 in Frederick, Maryland; died 15 Feb 1940.
More About Estella Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About William David Nicodemus Zimmerman:
Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
87 iv. Clinton Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1878 in , Washington, Maryland. He married Hattie Abt. 1906; born
Abt. 1879 in , , Maryland.
More About Clinton Hoffmaster:
Census-1910: 1910, 2 Ward, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: 1910, Grocery clerk
More About Clinton Hoffmaster and Hattie:
Marriage: Abt. 1906
88 v. Charles C. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1879 in , Washington, Maryland.
More About Charles C. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
+ 89 vi. Lewis Arthur Hoffmaster, born 30 Oct 1880 in , , Maryland; died 08 Apr 1944.
90 vii. George Washington Hoffmaster, born 14 Nov 1887.
Notes for George Washington Hoffmaster:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: George Washington Hoffmaster
City: Not Stated
County: Baltimore
State: Maryland
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1887
Race: White
Roll: 1684198
DraftBoard: 1
More About George Washington Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
91 viii. Agnes Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1888 in , , Virginia.
More About Agnes Hoffmaster:
Census-1920: 1920, Washington, District of Columbia
Census-1930: 1930, Washington, District of Columbia
Occupation: 1920, Stamp clerk, US Government
29. Savington W. Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Abt. 1842
in , , Virginia, and died 06 Aug 1880. He married Emma A. Houser 10 Mar 1874 in Reformed Church,
Keedysville, Washington, Maryland. She was born Abt. 1841 in , , Maryland.
More About Savington W. Hoffmaster:
Census-1870: 1870, District 1, Washington, Maryland
Marriage Notes for Savington Hoffmaster and Emma Houser:
Marriage notice - Herald Torch Light - Mar 18 1874 MARRIED - On the 10th inst., at the Reformed
Church Parsonage in Keedysville, by W. A. Gring, Miss Emma Houser, to Savington W. Hoffmaster both
near Sharpsburg, MD.
More About Savington Hoffmaster and Emma Houser:
Marriage: 10 Mar 1874, Reformed Church, Keedysville, Washington, Maryland
Children of Savington Hoffmaster and Emma Houser are:
92 i. Bertha M. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1875.
93 ii. Isadora V. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1876.
30. Sappington Warren Hoffmaster (George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 15
Apr 1843 in , , Virginia, and died 21 Dec 1908 in , Washington, Maryland. He married (1) Emma A.. She
was born Abt. 1842 in , , Maryland. He married (2) Annie C. Abt. 1883. She was born 30 Jul 1852, and
died 14 May 1906.
More About Sappington Warren Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1850: 12 Aug 1850, 28th District, Jefferson, Virginia(WV), reel M432-95, page 3352a, line 20,
house 869, family 881, age 20, male, white, born in Virginia
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: Farmer
More About Emma A.:
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About Annie C.:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About Sappington Hoffmaster and Annie:
Marriage: Abt. 1883
Child of Sappington Hoffmaster and Emma is:
94 i. Annie B. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1864.
More About Annie B. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Children of Sappington Hoffmaster and Annie are:
95 i. Bertha M.5Hoffmaster, born Aug 1874.
More About Bertha M. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
96 ii. Isadore V. Hoffmaster, born Jun 1876.
More About Isadore V. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Generation No. 5
36. Mary C. Hoffmaster (George W., John, Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 26 Sep 1851 in ,
Washington, Maryland, and died Bet. 1920 - 1930. She married George W. Moore Abt. 1878 in
Maryland. He was born 11 Jun 1854 in , , Maryland, and died 13 Feb 1907.
More About Mary C. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1860: 1860, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
More About George W. Moore:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: Canal boatman on the C & O Canal.
More About George Moore and Mary Hoffmaster:
Marriage: Abt. 1878, Maryland
Child of Mary Hoffmaster and George Moore is:
97 i. Jessie E. Moore, born 11 Aug 1890.
38. Barbara E. Hoffmaster (George W., John, Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 30 Sep 1853 in
Washington, Maryland, and died 18 Sep 1892 in Washington, Maryland. She married Daniel B. Hanes,
son of George Hanes and Ann. He was born Aug 1860 in , Washington, Maryland.
More About Barbara E. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1860: 1860, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
More About Daniel B. Hanes:
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Children of Barbara Hoffmaster and Daniel Hanes are:
98 i. George W. Hanes, born 06 Jun 1882 in , Washington, Maryland; died 13 Mar 1972. He married Lucy
L. Mills 24 Feb 1906 in , Washington, Maryland; born 16 Jun 1883 in , Washington, Maryland; died 24
Nov 1919.
More About George W. Hanes:
Burial: Samples Manor Church of God Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: House carpenter
More About Lucy L. Mills:
Burial: Samples Manor Church of God Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
More About George Hanes and Lucy Mills:
Marriage: 24 Feb 1906, , Washington, Maryland
99 ii. Jesse E. Hanes, Sr., born Feb 1884 in , Washington, Maryland. He married Ida Abt. 1908.
More About Jesse E. Hanes, Sr.:
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
More About Jesse Hanes and Ida:
Marriage: Abt. 1908
100 iii. Susan V. Hanes, born Sep 1886 in , Washington, Maryland.
More About Susan V. Hanes:
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
101 iv. Golden Hanes, born Oct 1889 in , Washington, Maryland.
More About Golden Hanes:
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
102 v. Bulah M. Hanes, born Jul 1891 in , Washington, Maryland.
More About Bulah M. Hanes:
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
40. John William Hoffmaster (George W., John, Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 08 Jun 1857 in , ,
Maryland, and died 18 Jul 1930. He married Margaret E. Moore, daughter of John Moore and Mary
Jackson. She was born 18 May 1860 in Maryland, and died 28 Jan 1893.
More About John William Hoffmaster:
Burial: Samples Manor Graveyard, Washington, Maryland
Census-1860: 1860, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, District 156, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 08 Jun 1900, District 11, Washington, Maryland, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 77,
Sheet 7, House 116, Family 117, age 42
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
More About Margaret E. Moore:
Burial: Samples Manor Graveyard, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, District 156, Washington, Maryland
Children of John Hoffmaster and Margaret Moore are:
103 i. Horace Hoffmaster.
104 ii. John D. Hoffmaster, born 18 Jan 1880 in Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland; died 08 Jul 1926
in Blue Ridge Summit, Franklin, Pennsylvania. He married (1) Daisy Myers Dec 1902 in Harpers Ferry,
Jefferson, West Virginia; born Feb 1879. He married (2) Nora Belle Miller 12 Jan 1909; born Abt. 1889 in
Fairplay, Maryland.
More About John D. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Park Heights Cemetery, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, District 156, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 08 Jun 1900, District 11, Washington, Maryland, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 77,
Sheet 7, House 116, Family 117, age 20
More About John Hoffmaster and Daisy Myers:
Marriage: Dec 1902, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About John Hoffmaster and Nora Miller:
Marriage: 12 Jan 1909
105 iii. Jesse E. Hoffmaster, born Sep 1882.
More About Jesse E. Hoffmaster:
Census: 08 Jun 1900, District 11, Washington, Maryland, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 77, Sheet
7, House 116, Family 117, age 17
Occupation: Railroad Laborer
106 iv. Samuel T. Hoffmaster, born Mar 1885.
More About Samuel T. Hoffmaster:
Census: 08 Jun 1900, District 11, Washington, Maryland, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 77, Sheet
7, House 116, Family 117, age 15
Occupation: Salesman - Grocer
107 v. Thomas A. Hoffmaster, born Apr 1889 in Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland. He married
Isabel; born Abt. 1890 in , , Maryland.
Notes for Thomas A. Hoffmaster:
Name: Thomas A Hoffmaster
Race: white
Address: Brunswick, Frederick Co.
Birth Place: Samples Manor, Md.
Age: 28 yrs 6 mos
Comment: Ind 10/2/17 pvt, Co L 313 Inf; Co B 307 Engrs 10/16/17, Hon disch 12/28/17 dependency
Maryland in the World War 1917-1919; Military and Naval Service Records, Volumes I & II
Serbian Order of St. Sava
More About Thomas A. Hoffmaster:
Census: 08 Jun 1900, District 11, Washington, Maryland, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 77, Sheet
7, House 116, Family 117, age 11
Occupation: Brakeman on the B & O Railroad
108 vi. Pearl Hoffmaster, born 1904. She married R. L. Hatcher.
42. Florence Elizabeth Hoffmaster (George W., John, Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 31 Jul 1870
in , Washington, Maryland, and died 25 Mar 1928 in Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland. She
married Asher Myers 09 Mar 1890 in Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, son of John Myers and Mary
Drenner. He was born 21 Aug 1868 in , Washington, Maryland, and died 04 Nov 1962.
More About Florence Elizabeth Hoffmaster:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Dargan, Washington, Maryland
Cause of Death: Tubercular peritonitis
Census-1880: 1880, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Notes for Asher Myers:
Obituary - Frederick News - 6 November 1962
Asher Myers, 94, Antietam died Sunday at his home after a long illness. He was born at Samples Manor,
near Harpers Ferrry, a son of the late John Franklin and Mary Jane Myers. He was a retired laborer, and
was a member of the Samples Manor Church of God.
Surviving are one son, Oliver, Brunswick; two daughters, Mrs. Nannie Jamison and Mrs. Laura Saylor,
Sharpsburg; one brother Edward Myers, Sharpsburg; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
The body is at the Eakles Funeral Chapel in Harpers Ferry, where friends may call. Funeral services will
be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Samples Manor Church of God. Rev. Harold Beck will officiate,
and interment will be in Samples Manor Cemetery.
More About Asher Myers:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Dargan, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: General farm employee
Marriage Notes for Florence Hoffmaster and Asher Myers:
Marriage Announcement - Herald and Torch Light - 13 March 1890
MYERS-HOFFMASTER - On Sunday, March 9, in Sharpsburg, by Rev. B. F. Cronise, Mr. Asher Myers and
Miss Florence E. Hoffmaster, both of this county.
More About Asher Myers and Florence Hoffmaster:
Marriage: 09 Mar 1890, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Married by: Rev. B. F. Cronise
Children of Florence Hoffmaster and Asher Myers are:
109 i. Ralph Stoner Myers, born 04 Feb 1891 in , Washington, Maryland; died 03 Oct 1962 in Western
Maryland State Hospital, near Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland.
Notes for Ralph Stoner Myers:
Obituary - Frederick News - 4 October 1962
Ralph Stoner Myers, 71, died Wednesday at the Western Maryland State Hospital, near Hagerstown,
after a long illness. He was born at Dargan, Md., near Harpers Ferry, W. Va. and was living at Antietam at
the time of his death.
The deceased was a son of the late Asher Myers and Florence Hoffmaster Myers. He remained single,
and was a retired laborer, having worked for the Shimham Lime plant at Dargan.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Laura Saylor and Mrs. Nannie Jamison, both of Sharpsburg, and one
brother, Oliver C. Myers of Brunswick.
The body was taken to the Eakles funeral home at Harpers Ferry, where it will be until Saturday at 1 ;.m.
when it will be taken to the Church of God at Sample's Manor for services at 2 p.m.
Rev. Harold Beck and Rev Carroll Churchey will officiate.
Interment will be in the Sample's Manor cemetery.
More About Ralph Stoner Myers:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: General farm laborer
110 ii. Harry Howl Myers, born 14 Apr 1893 in , Washington, Maryland; died 15 May 1895 in ,
Washington, Maryland.
111 iii. Charles Oliver Myers, born 18 Aug 1894 in Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland; died 19 Jun
1967 in 205 East A Street, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland. He married Mary Elizabeth Peacher 15 Jul
1916 in Samples Manor Church of God, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland; born 07 Apr 1895 in
Pleasantville, Washington, Maryland; died 19 Jul 1988 in Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick,
Frederick, Maryland.
More About Charles Oliver Myers:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 1900, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, 205 East A Street, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, 205 East A Street, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Social Security Number: 719-03-1852
More About Mary Elizabeth Peacher:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1900: 09 Jun 1900, District 11, Washington, Maryland, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 77,
Sheet 9, House 125, Family 126, age 5
Census-1920: 1920, 205 East A Street, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, 205 East A Street, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Religion: First Methodist Church, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Social Security Number: 214-34-0850
More About Charles Myers and Mary Peacher:
Bondsman: Rev. George W Masser
Marriage: 15 Jul 1916, Samples Manor Church of God, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Marriage license: 15 Jul 1916, Number 22073 issued by Edward Oswald, Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Washington County Maryland
112 iv. Katie Elizabeth Myers, born 11 Jan 1898 in , Washington, Maryland; died 03 Mar 1898 in ,
Washington, Maryland.
113 v. Nannie Jennett Myers, born 05 Oct 1905; died 11 Dec 1980 in Reeder's Nursing Home,
Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland. She married (1) William A. Gay; born 31 Dec 1897; died 28 Dec
1933. She married (2) Charles Edward Jamison; born Abt. 1904 in , , Maryland.
More About Nannie Jennett Myers:
Burial: 13 Dec 1980, Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: Employee of the Red Bird Restaurant, Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland
Social Security Number: 220-30-9856 Last residence Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About William A. Gay:
Burial: Samples Manor Church of God Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
114 vi. Sherman Edmund Myers, born 07 Mar 1909 in Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland; died 09
Apr 1956. He married Margaret L. Hutson Aft. 1930; born Abt. 1902 in , Washington, Maryland.
More About Sherman Edmund Myers:
Burial: Samples Manor Cemetery, Samples Manor, Washington, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, Sandy Hook, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Occupation: Employee of the American Marietta Lime and Cement Corporation (Standard Lime and
Stone) of Bakerton West Virginia
More About Sherman Myers and Margaret Hutson:
Marriage: Aft. 1930
115 vii. Laura Floretta Myers, born 14 Oct 1911 in , Washington, Maryland. She married Charles R. Saylor
Abt. 1929; born Abt. 1894 in , , Maryland.
More About Laura Floretta Myers:
Census-1920: 1920, Sandy Hook District, Washington, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, District 2, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About Charles R. Saylor:
Census-1920: 1920, District 146, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, District 2, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About Charles Saylor and Laura Myers:
Marriage: Abt. 1929
44. Horace William Hoffmaster (John William, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was
born 17 Sep 1853 in , Frederick, Virginia, and died 28 Apr 1929. He married Alice Olivia Albin 15 Sep
1882 in , Frederick, Virginia. She was born 23 Apr 1858, and died 13 Mar 1930.
Notes for Horace William Hoffmaster:
YORK COUNTY NEBRASKA OLD SETTLER'S HISTORY
H. W. Hoffmaster
H. W. Hoffmaster was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, September 17th, 1853. He remained with his
parents until the spring of 1876. His father, John W. Hoffmaster, who died in Benedict some years ago,
was in the Confederate army, under the great chieftain, Stonewall Jackson, and so it was that the young
Horace saw much of the movements of the two armies in the Valley of Virginia. First the Grey and then
the Blue, would sweep up the Shenandoah Valley leaving death and destruction in its wake.
Mr. Hoffmaster came west to Ogle County, Illinois in the year 1876, where he stayed but three years,
coming to (147) York County, Nebraska in 1879. Here he purchased 80 acres of land on the southwest
quarter of section 20 T. 12 N. Range 2, W. now lying in Thayer township.
In 1882 he returned to his old Virginia home and brought away his bride, in the person of an old-time
schoolmate. Miss Alice O. Albin, and here he has lived happily ever since.
In 1897 he sold his farm and bought the residence of S. P. Striker in Benedict, and has been one of the
prominent figures in this community for the past sixteen years. In earlier years among us, he was a
thresher, and is credited with having consumed more tough old chickens than any other man in the
county, and always seemed to thrive on the diet.
He has lived to see the old sod-house disappear, and the land increase in value from $5.00 an acre to
$200.00 an acre . This he considers to be the most wonderful thing in his experience in this state. He has
a family of six grown children, having lost two in infancy. And here it is no more than just to him that we
should say that he has reared as nice and respectable lot of young people as is to be found anywhere. As
long as he lived on the farm, he was kept in the office of school director. In the great McKiegan year he
made the political mistake of his life running on the republican ticket for supervisor of Thayer Tp. After
the ballots were counted, it did not appear that he had been running so you could notice it.
For two years he had the key to the strongbox holding the cash belonging to Morton Township, and will
likely hold this position as long as he cares to. Like all good men he has one weakness -- he does love a
good joke, and there is never a day passes over his bead that he does not rake up something to be used
in keeping his old neighbor, the P. M. in mind that H. W. Hoffmaster is yet among the living.
More About Horace William Hoffmaster:
Burial: , York, Nebraska
Census-1910: 1910, Benedict, York, Nebrasks
More About Alice Olivia Albin:
Burial: , York, Nebraska
More About Horace Hoffmaster and Alice Albin:
Marriage: 15 Sep 1882, , Frederick, Virginia
Children of Horace Hoffmaster and Alice Albin are:
116 i. Bessie Rebecca Hoffmaster, born 09 Aug 1883 in , , Nebraska; died 05 Aug 1962. She married
Frederick Christian Wirth; born 25 Dec 1868; died 15 Jul 1954.
117 ii. John A. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1886.
118 iii. Horace W. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1889. He married Nana Neil; born Abt. 1892.
119 iv. Mae Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1909.
48. William J. Hoffmaster (John William, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born
03 Aug 1862 in , , West Virginia, and died 20 Dec 1923 in Hastings, York, Nebraska. He married Cora L.
Miller, daughter of Oscar Miller and Martha. She was born Abt. 1872 in Milford, , Nebrasks, and died 19
Jun 1954 in , York, Nebraska.
More About William J. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, rural Benedict, York, Nebraska
Census-1880: 1880, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About Cora L. Miller:
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, rural Benedict, York, Nebraska
Children of William Hoffmaster and Cora Miller are:
120 i. E. Ray Hoffmaster, born Oct 1893 in , , Nebraska.
121 ii. Carl M. Hoffmaster, born 23 Mar 1896 in , , Nebraska; died 07 May 1980 in , York, Nebraska. He
married Ann V.; born 10 Aug 1899; died 25 Oct 1979.
122 iii. Vera V. Hoffmaster, born Nov 1899 in , , Nebrasks.
123 iv. Florence M. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1903 in , , Nebraska.
124 v. William D. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1905 in , , Nebraska.
125 vi. Dwight H. Hoffmaster, born 17 Mar 1907 in , , Nebraska; died 09 Nov 1990.
126 vii. Merl R. Hoffmaster, born 21 Nov 1909 in , , Nebraska; died Mar 1986. He married Bernice M.
Sims; born 10 Jul 1911 in Phillips, Hamilton, Nebraska; died Jan 1989 in Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska.
127 viii. Ruth Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1913.
51. Benjamin Franklin Hoffmaster (Abraham, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was
born 25 Jun 1851 in Kearneysville, Jefferson, Virginia, and died 01 Oct 1919 in Sharpsburg, Washington,
Maryland. He married Margaret C. Grice 29 Jan 1879. She was born 20 Aug 1858 in , , Maryland, and
died 16 Jul 1949 in Arlington, , Virginia.
More About Benjamin Franklin Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About Margaret C. Grice:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About Benjamin Hoffmaster and Margaret Grice:
Marriage: 29 Jan 1879
Children of Benjamin Hoffmaster and Margaret Grice are:
128 i. Mary Barbara Hoffmaster, born 29 May 1881 in , Washington, Maryland; died 24 May 1955. She
married Unknown Grim Abt. 1898.
More About Unknown Grim and Mary Hoffmaster:
Marriage: Abt. 1898
129 ii. Charles Newton Hoffmaster, born 21 Feb 1884 in , Washington, Maryland; died 12 Oct 1943 in
Washington, District of Columbia. He married Bertha Jane Jackson 09 Feb 1909 in Martinsburg, Berkeley,
West Virginia; born 14 Nov 1885 in , Washington, Maryland; died 12 Apr 1970 in Adelphi, Prince
Georges, Maryland.
More About Charles Newton Hoffmaster:
Occupation: Real Estate Agent
More About Bertha Jane Jackson:
Occupation: Dress maker
More About Charles Hoffmaster and Bertha Jackson:
Marriage: 09 Feb 1909, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia
130 iii. Fannie E. L. Hoffmaster, born 24 Feb 1888 in , Washington, Maryland; died 16 Aug 1893.
More About Fannie E. L. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
131 iv. Carney Harry Lester Hoffmaster, born 21 Feb 1895 in , Washington, Maryland; died 15 Oct 1947.
52. Sarah V. J. Hoffmaster (Abraham, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 10
Nov 1853 in , Jefferson, Virginia, and died 21 Mar 1921. She married Peter N. Grice 12 Jan 1886 in
Lutheran parsonage, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, son of John Grice and Mary. He was born Bet.
1859 - 1861 in , , Maryland.
Notes for Sarah V. J. Hoffmaster:
Article - Washington Post - 22 June 1910
DOUBT MURDER THEORY
Mrs. Grice's Parents Believe She is in Hiding
Letter Bears Her Name
Mailed from Harrisburg to a Girl Friend at Home - Husband, In Lancaster Jail on Suspicion of Having
Hilled Her and Two-Week-Old Baby, Is Reticent After Contradictory Statements.
Sharpsburg, Md., June 21 - It was currently reported here today that a girl of this place, a friend of Mrs.
Grice, whose mysterious disappearance puzzles the Lancaster police to such a degree that they have
arrested her husband, J. Cleveland Grice, the Millersville Normal School senior, on suspicion of having
murdered her and her 2-week-old baby, had received a letter from Mrs. Grice asking that her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dorsey, of this city, not be motated of her whereabouts. The letter, it was said,
was mailed from Harrisburg. Mrs Grice's relatives believe that she is in hiding in that city, and that Grice
has no knowledge of her whereabouts. Charles Hoffmaster, cousin of Grice, who whent to Lancaster
upon the solicitation of Grice's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grice, has returned, but refused to talk
about the mystery.
It is reported that he told several close friends that he had not been allowed to see Grice. Hoffmaster
left Sharpsburg today for Harrisburg, which confirms the report that JMrs. Grice is in hiding in that city.
More About Sarah V. J. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Marriage Notes for Sarah Hoffmaster and Peter Grice:
Marriage announcement - Herald Tourch Light - Jan 21, 1886 - MARRIED - GRICE-HOFFMASTER On the
12th inst.. at the Lutheran parsonage in Sharpsburg, by Rev. E. H. Jones, Mr. Peter Grice and Miss Sarah J
Hoffmaster , all of this county.
More About Peter Grice and Sarah Hoffmaster:
Marriage: 12 Jan 1886, Lutheran parsonage, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Child of Sarah Hoffmaster and Peter Grice is:
132 i. J. Cleveland Grice, born Abt. 1888. He married Ella Dorsey; born Abt. 1890.
54. Hester E. L. Hoffmaster (Abraham, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born
20 Feb 1870 in , , Maryland, and died 29 Oct 1901. She married George F. Hoffmaster Abt. 1887, son of
George Hoffmaster and Elizabeth Eckles. He was born Apr 1863 in , , Maryland.
More About Hester E. L. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
More About George F. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Marriage Notes for Hester Hoffmaster and George Hoffmaster:
Marriage announcement - Herald Tourch Light - July 21, 1887 MARRIED - HOFFMASTER-HOFFMASTER On Sunday morning, July 10, by Rev. W. Curtis Griffith, at Williamsport, Mr. George Hoffmaster and Miss
Hester E. L. Hoffmaster, both of that neighborhood.
More About George Hoffmaster and Hester Hoffmaster:
Marriage: Abt. 1887
Children of Hester Hoffmaster and George Hoffmaster are:
133 i. Agnes Hoffmaster, born Nov 1888.
134 ii. Beaneby? Hoffmaster, born Feb 1891.
135 iii. George Hoffmaster, born Jun 1893.
136 iv. Howell Hoffmaster, born Nov 1896.
137 v. Harvey Hoffmaster, born Jul 1899.
57. Mary A. E. Hoffmaster (George, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 16
May 1857 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, Virginia. She married John Gray.
More About Mary A. E. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
Child of Mary Hoffmaster and John Gray is:
138 i. Mary Estella Gray, born 02 Dec 1871; died Oct 1945. She married Peter Otzelberger 15 Aug 1891;
born 23 Oct 1869; died Jan 1939.
More About Peter Otzelberger and Mary Gray:
Marriage: 15 Aug 1891
58. Charles H. Hoffmaster (George, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 16
Feb 1859 in Kabletown, Jefferson, Virginia. He married Jenny Clark Armstrong 15 Aug 1882 in
Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia. She was born 1860 in , Clark, West Virginia.
More About Charles H. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About Charles Hoffmaster and Jenny Armstrong:
Marriage: 15 Aug 1882, Charlestown, Jefferson, West Virginia
Children of Charles Hoffmaster and Jenny Armstrong are:
139 i. Maud Hoffmaster, born Nov 1883.
140 ii. Frank Hoffmaster, born Oct 1886.
141 iii. Bessie Mae Hoffmaster, born Jan 1889 in , , Maryland. She married James Hoffmaster 31 Jul
1906; born 26 Nov 1876 in , , Maryland.
Notes for James Hoffmaster:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: James Hoffmaster
City: Not Stated
County: Baltimore
State: Maryland
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1876
Race: White
Roll: 1684199
DraftBoard: 2
More About James Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Election District 53, Carroll, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, Baltimore, Maryland
More About James Hoffmaster and Bessie Hoffmaster:
Marriage: 31 Jul 1906
142 iv. Henry Hoffmaster, born Dec 1891.
143 v. Thomas Hoffmaster, born 08 Sep 1894 in , Baltimore, Maryland; died Mar 1977.
60. George F. Hoffmaster (George, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born Apr
1863 in , , Maryland. He married Hester E. L. Hoffmaster Abt. 1887, daughter of Abraham Hoffmaster
and Barbara Eakle. She was born 20 Feb 1870 in , , Maryland, and died 29 Oct 1901.
More About George F. Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
More About Hester E. L. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Marriage Notes for George Hoffmaster and Hester Hoffmaster:
Marriage announcement - Herald Tourch Light - July 21, 1887 MARRIED - HOFFMASTER-HOFFMASTER On Sunday morning, July 10, by Rev. W. Curtis Griffith, at Williamsport, Mr. George Hoffmaster and Miss
Hester E. L. Hoffmaster, both of that neighborhood.
More About George Hoffmaster and Hester Hoffmaster:
Marriage: Abt. 1887
Children are listed above under (54) Hester E. L. Hoffmaster.
63. Laura Cecilia Hoffmaster (George, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 01
May 1870 in Waldorf, Md. She married Thomas Alexander Ebbie Middleton Abt. 1892 in St Mary's
Church, Bryantown, Maryland. He was born 22 Feb 1860 in Bryantown, Charles Co, Maryland, and died
in Bryantown, Charles Co., Maryland.
More About Laura Cecilia Hoffmaster:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-RG6
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
Christening: St Marys Church, Bryantown, Maryland
More About Thomas Alexander Ebbie Middleton:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-RBC
Burial: Bryantown, Md
More About Thomas Middleton and Laura Hoffmaster:
Marriage: Abt. 1892, St Mary's Church, Bryantown, Maryland
Children of Laura Hoffmaster and Thomas Middleton are:
144 i. Henry Leroy Middleton, born 02 Feb 1894 in Bryantown, Charles Co., Maryland; died 21 Dec 1958.
More About Henry Leroy Middleton:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-Q55
Christening: 03 Mar 1894, St Mary's, Bryantown, Md
145 ii. Thomas Melvin Middleton, born 08 Aug 1895 in Bryantown, Charles Co., Maryland; died 18 Feb
1969 in Cobb Island, Md.
More About Thomas Melvin Middleton:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-QLT
146 iii. Herbert Algernon Middleton, born Abt. 1897 in Bryantown, Charles Co, Maryland; died Abt. 1915
in Md.
More About Herbert Algernon Middleton:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-Q2J
147 iv. Mary L. Ellen Middleton, born 10 Apr 1902 in Bryantown, Charles Co, Maryland.
More About Mary L. Ellen Middleton:
Ancestral File Number: 1GMB-QWP
Christening: 17 May 1902, St Mary's Church, Bryantown, Maryland
148 v. Hulda Grace Middleton, born 12 Dec 1905 in Bryantown, Charles Co, Maryland; died 1919.
More About Hulda Grace Middleton:
Ancestral File Number: 1Z3G-F34
65. Horace Oliver Hoffmaster (George, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born
19 Apr 1876 in Kabeltown, Jefferson, West Virginia, and died Abt. 1922. He married Sarah Alice Marker.
She was born Bet. 1888 - 1889 in , , Pennsylvania.
More About Horace Oliver Hoffmaster:
Census-1880: 1880, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia
Census-1910: 1910, 3-Ward, Braddock Boro, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Census-1920: 1920, Trafford, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Children of Horace Hoffmaster and Sarah Marker are:
149 i. Unknown Hoffmaster.
150 ii. Oliver Hoffmaster, born 19 Feb 1911 in , , Pennsylvania; died Jul 1968.
151 iii. Charles Franklin Hoffmaster, born 20 Jan 1913 in , , Pennsylvania; died Jun 1984.
152 iv. Margaret Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1915.
153 v. Samuel Hoffmaster, born 16 Jan 1919 in Trafford City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He married Jane
Iris Bucher 07 Apr 1939 in Wellsburg, , West Virginia; born 10 Sep 1919 in Fair Oaks, , Pennsylvania.
More About Samuel Hoffmaster and Jane Bucher:
Marriage: 07 Apr 1939, Wellsburg, , West Virginia
154 vi. Horace Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1920.
155 vii. Rowland Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1922.
76. John William Clipp, Jr. (Mary Virginia Hoffmaster, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister,
Unknown) was born 1862 in , Jefferson, West Virginia, and died 1944. He married Laura R. Johnson. She
was born 1864, and died 1950.
More About John William Clipp, Jr.:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
More About Laura R. Johnson:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
Child of John Clipp and Laura Johnson is:
156 i. Norman W. Clipp, born 04 Dec 1894; died 01 Aug 1911.
More About Norman W. Clipp:
Burial: Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia
80. Florence Etheldia Clipp (Mary Virginia Hoffmaster, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister,
Unknown) was born 10 May 1872 in Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia. She married Martin L.
Hoffmaster Abt. 1902 in , , Maryland, son of Samuel Hoffmaster and Mary Rohrer. He was born 1873 in ,
, Maryland, and died 1931.
More About Martin L. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Occupation1: 1910, Clerk on the B & O Railroad
More About Martin Hoffmaster and Florence Clipp:
Marriage: Abt. 1902, , , Maryland
Child of Florence Clipp and Martin Hoffmaster is:
157 i. Mary V. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1903.
More About Mary V. Hoffmaster:
Occupation: 1930, Teacher
85. Martin L. Hoffmaster (Samuel, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 1873
in , , Maryland, and died 1931. He married Florence Etheldia Clipp Abt. 1902 in , , Maryland, daughter of
John Clipp and Mary Hoffmaster. She was born 10 May 1872 in Charles Town, Jefferson, West Virginia.
More About Martin L. Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1880: 1880, Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Occupation1: 1910, Clerk on the B & O Railroad
More About Martin Hoffmaster and Florence Clipp:
Marriage: Abt. 1902, , , Maryland
Child is listed above under (80) Florence Etheldia Clipp.
89. Lewis Arthur Hoffmaster (Samuel, George Hofmeister, Sr., Franz Hoffmeister, Unknown) was born 30
Oct 1880 in , , Maryland, and died 08 Apr 1944. He married Maude Albaugh Zimmerman, daughter of
Thomas Zimmerman and Ida Plummer. She was born 17 Nov 1880, and died May 1973.
More About Lewis Arthur Hoffmaster:
Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1910: 1910, 12-Ward, Baltimore, Maryland
Census-1920: 1920, Buckeystown, Frederick, Maryland
Census-1930: 1930, District 48, Ballenger, Frederick, Maryland
Occupation: 1930, Farmer
More About Maude Albaugh Zimmerman:
Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
Children of Lewis Hoffmaster and Maude Zimmerman are:
158 i. Ida M. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1915.
159 ii. Edna V. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1917.
160 iii. Earl A. Hoffmaster, born Abt. 1919. He married Frances V..
Huffmaster, Charles A. is listed in the - List of Persons Subject to Military
Duty for the County of Yuba for 1878.
This is transcribed from an original ledger in the California Room of the
Yuba County Library. The only information in this alphabetical listing are
the names. There is no other data given. Spelling errors not corrected.
Duplicate names are left in.
Transcribed as is. Transcribed by Bea Barton,
January, 2005.
THE HOFMEISTER - HUFFMASTER FAMILY
Three Hofmeister sons from Wurtenberg, Germany came to New York
in the
United States of America around 1835. One of the brothers
remained in New
York whereV it is rumored, he became quite;wealthy. The
other two brothers wanted to look over their new country before
they settled
down.
The travelers got as far south as Alabama when the third and
youngest
brother fell in love with a young lady that he met there. He
decided that
he had traveled enough. Twenty-seven year old Charles Hofmeister
(b. 1815)
and Mis Vica "Vicie" McLendon (b. 1822) were married near
Centerville, Bibb
County, Alabama, on November 7, 1842.
Leaving the love-birds, the second brother continued with his
travels.
He finally stopped and settled near Houston, Texas.
Charles Hofmeister had learned the shoemaking trade and was a
cobbler.
Soon after they were married the couple went to Mobile, Alabama,
to make
their home. Perhaps Charles thought that he would have more work
in a larger place, but for whatever reason, they went to Mobile and were
living
• there where all six of their children were bom.
Some of Charles' descendants say that Charles and his brother
from Texas
both fought in the Civil War .arid that i his brother was
killed. Charles came
through the war with no injuries, as far as we know. 'Five years
after the
war hé and Vica-appear"in the 1870 Lauderdale County,
Mississippi"census,
living near Obedian in Beat 3. Charles was then 55 years old and
had Americanized his name to Hofmaster. He gave his birthplace as
Wurtenberg.
It must have been soon after 1870 that Charles went to'Mobile on
a bus-'
iness trip. It may have been that he went to check on the
reconstuction
problems there,■following the war. 'There'was lawlessness and
rioting in most
of the towns and in many places the streets were not safe.,
Could be that:they
wanted to return to their home in Mobile and he was going to see
if conditions were improved. His family never saw him again.
Vicie waited and watched for him, but he never came back. In
about two
months after he left, a gentleman came by their home and asked
the family
what Hofmaster had looked like. They described him and the man
shook his
head.
"Yes," he said, "That was him that I saw."
The man said that he had found Charles' body beside the railroad
tracks
down near Enterprise in Clark County, Mississippi, and had
buried him. He
had been.waylaid by some assassin, apparently, but the family
never did find
out what happened.
Vicie and her three unmarried sons moved up to Kemper County
where they
lived on a farm near Prismatic. Two of the Hofmaster boys never
did marry.
These two and the Mother are said to be buried at Bethel Church
Cemetery in
Kemper County. The graves are unmarked.
Charles' and Vica's six children were:
§ 1. FLORAN PINKNEY HOFMASTER.. 1845-1887. His story on
following page.
2. THOMAS A. HOFMASTER,. 1848- , did. not marry. Bur. Bethel Ch,
Kemper Co.
3. MARTHA JANE HOFMASTER 1850- m. S.A.Zäcchariah
Dollar,1868,moved to Texas,
4. MARY HOFMASTER 1853-... m. ':.'. Womack,: lived in
Simpson"Co, Miss.
5. LEWIS.HOFMASTER 1855- ', did not marry.
6. REV.CHARLES AVERY HOFMISTER 1858-1929,m.Eveline..
Scitz,1885,lived Neshoba
Co, a Bapt. minister. Both bur. Golden Grove Cem.
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FLORAN PINKNEY HOFMASTER (SR.)
Floran P. Hofmaster was the oldest child of Charles and Vica
Hofmaster,
he was born In Mobile in 1845 where his dad was a shoemaker. The
family
moved to Lauderdale County, Mississippi at about the time of the
Civil War,
apparently staying there until the war had ended.
-Arx3uncUl&Z0-,^Floranjmt^and^
was called 'Pat', and they were married. They lived in Kemper a
while but
later moved to Neshoba County where it is believed Floran bought
a farm.
They lived in Neshoba County the rest of their lives, and raised
their
seven children there.
Floran died in Neshoba County in 1887 and was buried in the
Golden Grve
Cemetery. Pat (b.1852) died in 1937 and is buried beside Floran.
Their oldest son, Lewis, came to Pine Springs about 1805-6.
Children:
I. LEWIS JASPER HUFFMASTER
Born: 1874, Kemper Co, Miss. Died: 1839,bur. Rose Hill Cem,
Meridian
MarriedV Allie Rebecca Miller (1880-1960)
A farmer, Lewis Huffmaster never seemed to care much for owning
his
own land. Perhaps he liked to farm but thought it was too much
bother
to be a landowner. He married in 1896 and he and his wife lived
about
the area where he worked on various farms. He worked for a
gentleman
named Pinkston for a time, but around 1906 he came to Pine
Springs to
work for Sam (H.) Bozeman.
Sam Bozeman had bought the 80 acres,: which was" the south
half"'of the
southeast quarter-: of ;"" Section 9, ,"from_TJoe: Wright.: in.;
1905. Sam had borrowed money to pay for the land from Mr. G.B.Barr.
Lewis and Allie lived in a little house that was on the place
while
Lewis put in a crop. They did pretty good that year and Bozeman
had
asked him to stay on again for the coming year. Sam mortgaged
the 80
acres to Mr. Barr again in January of 1907. That August, Sam
Bozeman
died. Mr. Barr foreclosed on the land the following year and
took it
over.
Barr didn't really want the land, he was more interested in
getting
back the money that he had loaned. He tried to get Huffmaster
fo: buy
the farm, but Huffmaster didn't want it, either. It was hard
times
for farmers then and Lewis may have felt that there was no need
to own
land and have to worry about payments arid taxes and getting
crop liens
when he was doing as well without all that: worry. Looking about
at
the farmers in Pine Springs that owned their land, he could see
that he
was doing about as well as they were. He told Barr that he would
stay
on and farm on shares, but he didn't want to buy.
The Huffmasters continued on in Pine Springs for several years
and
became a part of the community. They had four children who were
born
in Kemper County before they came and they added two more to
their
little brood while they lived there. The children attended Pine
Springs
School and one daughter married a local son while they were
there. They
took part in the local picnics, egg-hunts, revival meetings that
the
community enjoyed for recreation.
In 1910, G.W.Barr must have finally talked Lewis Huffmaster into
buying the 80 acres. Probablv had an unusually good crop that
year.
Lewis bought the farm but Sold it in 1912, two years later, "to
DvCHull,:
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Huf fmaster/pg.3
the Superintendant of Education that lived in
Meridian.
The Huffmasters did not stay long in Pine Springs
after that. They
worked the place for Hull until 1915, when Mr. E. L.
Harris (Pat) bought
it to make a home for his bride, Miss Pearl Bozeman.
: : :
: :Tt is not known where Lewisi and ■-.-Al lie
Huffmaster lived after they moved away from the community. His children were
beginning to marry and
settle in. Lauderdale. County,, so _ it. is doubtful,
if ..he. ever returned to_.
Kemper. He died in 1939 and was buried in Rose Hill
Cemetery in Meridin.
Allie Rebecca lived until 1960. j*%* - $. ^
Children: ^? «** W
.4. WILLIAM JAMES HUFFMASTER 1898-1945, m. Eunice
Hinson,Lauderdale Co,1923
Children: (First four b. in Kemper Co; last two in
Pine Springs)
A. Allie Margaret Huffmaster 1926- ,m. William E.
Thompson
B. William James "Bill" Huffmaster 1938- , m. 0
Winham of La.
2. FLORENCE VIOLA HUFFMASTER 1900-1940, m. Lewis
Felix Vincent of Pine
Springs. Rented rooms on the upstairs floor from Mrs.
"Phronie" Bozeman, Sam's widow, when they first married, later
moved to Meridian.
Children: (See Vincent family)
A. Bonnie Francis Vincent 1920*^ , m. William F.
Hudson, 1941
B. Guy Alfred Vincent 1925Tx- m. Elizäbeth.;Mösley
Stewart, Däleville
3. BONNIE REE HUFFMASTER 1902- , m. lulus Allen,1919,
La Pento, Ark.
Bought a farm in Sec.l8,T-7,R-15E, the' otnerside of
Okatibbee Creek.
Children:
H-gi- -?J?û -A. Howard C. Allen 1921 Cypert,Ark m.
Evola Jones
,/ft: .3v9'- B. Julius E. Allen 1922 " m. Janese
Salter
C. Dorothea Ree Allen 1924 Laud. Co. m. Ransom
Gough,1947 pf»** &»■)
D. Margie Ruth Allen 1926 " " m. James Thrash u yt^
0^ E. Marilyn Allen 1929- m. Kenneth Duett ^ ñ .0**
4. BESSIE MAE HUFFMASTER 1905-1986, m. Charles
Preston Husbands, 1920",Ark. ^
Children: „
MfV- A. Doris Mae Husbands 192lArk m. (1)Lewis
Musgrove 1941,Div. 1951 Jtä>-#.
(2)Cecil R. Seale 1952 (d.l980Al). Now living in
Meridian, gave %#*
much of this information of Huffmaster family.
B. Helen Elizabeth Husbands 1926Ms- m. Howard
Blackwell 1945.
C. Mary Evelyn Husbands I93~4Ms- Gene C. Bond 1952
(d.1980)
5. LEWIS EDWARD HUFFMASTËRT907- , m. Etta Ivy, Clarke
Co,Ms (dl980Al)
A. Lewis Huffmaster,Jr. 19 - m(l)Linda Miller
(2)Eleanor ,Cal.
B. Bobby Charles Huffmaster 19 - m. (l)Trebbie
Welborn (2)Mary
Ann Boland (3)Martha McClung
C. Janelle Huffmaster 19 - m. George Ray Jenkins
D. Carl Everett Huffmaster 19 -19 , m. (l)Marion
Shouse,Cal.
(2)Janelle Draper, Cal. (3) Jurlean Pinkerton, Ala.
6. IVA OPAL HUFFMASTER 1911- , m. (l)Earl Patrick
Hinson (1905-1967),
brother of Eunice Hinson (2)Dewitt Smith of
Bonita,Laud. Co.
Children:
A. Iva Grace Hinson 1927-m. (1) Bobby Wayne Bryant
(2.) Char les: Cole
II. JOHN WILLIAM HUFFMASTER
Born: 1875, Neshoba or Kemper Co, Ms Died: 1938
Married: Vannie Cornelia Watson ... J> H- " \s4\^
Children: Unknown. ,%vjiAjf -^ Vefa^C?. 0^- c" <****£
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III. REV. MATTHEW ALEXANDER "MASS" HUFFMASTER
Born: 1878, Neshoba Co, Miss. Died: 1966, bur. Bethel
Cem,Neshoba
Married: Viva Eulala Liseribee of Saraland, Ala.
This brother of Lewis Huffmaster came down to Pine Springs in
1910
and rented land in Section 16 and put in a crop that year.
Children: .-•.-"'■
A. Viva R. Huffmaster 1904- _" ,„_l "' '"
B. Havana Huffmaster 1906C. Mary Sue Huffmaster ,Ì9p9IV. MARSHALL LACEY HUFFMASTER
Born: 1884, Neshoba Co, Miss. Died: 1963
Married: Irene Mae Spears of Kemper County.
Children: Unknown.
V. FLORAN PINKNEY HUFFMASTER, JR. (TWIN)
Bom: 1886, Neshoba Co, Miss. Died: 1930,-.
Married: Bertha¡Spears of Kemper Co.
Children: fa»*-^
VI. BABY GIRL HUFFMASTER (TWIN)
Born: 1886 Died: at birth.
VII. CHARLES THOMAS "DUCK" HUFFMASTER
Born: 1900, Neshoba Co. Died: 1936
Married: Cora Edna Glass
Children:
HUFFMASTER, WM., was born about 1800, either in Germany or immediately after the arrival of his
mother in Virginia, his father having died in Germany. The widow married a man named Sawyers, had
two children, and he died, and she married Henry Brown, and moved from St. Clair to Sangamon county,
as early as March, 1819, and settled at the north side of Lick creek, in Loami township. William had a
sister, Lucinda. They came with Mr. Brown, their stepfather, to Lick creek, and while he went back after
another load of goods, Huffmaster cut logs, built a cabin, and had it ready for the family when Mr. Brown
returned. He had also made a trough, placed it in the cabin, cut down bee trees, and filled the trough with
honey. When John Campbell came and settled at the south side of Lick creek, he thought himself the first
settler, but hearing the sound of an axe, he went over and found that Huffmaster had been there before
him. After more settlers came in, Huffmaster was in the woods with Samuel Harbour, and they found a
panther up a tree. Harbour went for a gun, and the panther came down. Huffmaster urged on the dogs,
and securing a large club, went to their assistance, and when Harbour returned, to his surprise, found the
panther stretched out dead with Huffmaster and the dogs standing around it. Huffmaster's powers of
endurance were remarkable. It is well attested that he split 700 rails in one day. He was married, about
1821, to Clarissa Smith, who was born in Kentucky, and came with her parents to Sangamon county,
about 1820. They had eleven children-SARAH, born Sept. 4, 1823, married in 1844 to Asa Morris. They have several children, and live in
Missouri. Their son, Mayhew Morris; lives near Loami.
ELIZABETH, born Nov. 8, 1824, married Brice R. Weir, had two children, and she died. Their daughter,
SUSAN, married Jesse Dodd, and lives in Chatham township. JANE married Lawrence Underwood, and
lives in Loami township.
EDMUND, born April 26, 1827, married Elizabeth Colburn, and for a second wife married Susan Parker,
and lives in California.
WILLIAM, Jun., born Dec. 9, 1829, married in 1848 to Emeline Colburn, and had two children. IRA W.
lives at Loami. PAUL E. is a member of Co. B, 16th U. S. Inf.--1873. Mrs. Emeline Huffmaster died in
1854, and he married Achsa Underwood, have several children, and reside near Owanaco, Christian
county, Illinois.
DAVID, born Feb. 17, 1831, married Adelia Parker, had one child, and Mrs. Huffmaster died in Sangamon
county. Mr. H. started to California overland, in 1856, and lost his life in a singular manner. He was
playing with a favorite dog, while holding a gun in his hand. The dog struck the hammer and the gun went
off, lodging the charge in the shoulder of Mr. H., causing his death in a few days. His daughter, LYDIA, is
now in California--1873.
LUCINDA, born June 15, 1832, married Daniel W. Colburn. See his name.
MARY, born June 12, 1834, married James Davis, had two children, and she died. Her sons, ADIN and
SIDNEY, live in Loami.
JOHN, born May 21, 1836, married, Jan. 4, 1866, to Mary Davis. They have four children, FRANK, EZRA,
WALTER and LUCY, and live near Loami.
NANCY A., born May 26, 1838, married Ebenezer Colburn. See his name.
ROBERT, born Nov. 31, 1842, lives in Loami.
DANIEL, born Nov. 21, 1844, enlisted in 1861, in Co. C, 11th Mo. Inf., for three years, and died in the
army, March 8, 1862.
William Huffmaster died Oct. 19, 1861, and his widow died Sept. 23, 1866, both at Loami.
Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of Gottlieb Hoffmeister. He was born ca. 1757 near Frankfort
on the Main in Germany. He immigrated to America ca. 1776 and settled in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
He changed his name to Godlove Huffmaster. He married 12 Jun 1781 to Sarah Louderback. She was
bor 18 Feb 1764 in Virginia. Both he and his wife died ca. 1844 in Hawkins County, Tennessee where he
had bought land in 1810. They were the parents of ten children. Descendants lived in Tennessee,
Alabama, Oregon, Virginia, and elsewhere. Ancestors include: Johan David Lauterbach (David
Louderback) and Elizabeth.
My gg grandfather was Charles Hofmeister married to
Vicey McClendon, his son Floran was my great grandfather,
Floran's son John William Huffmaster married to Vannie
Cornelia Watson was my grandfather, John Claude Huffmaster
son of John William is my father. I have some information,
but only that Charles and two of his brothers left Hamburg
Germany sometimes between 1835 and 1840 and arrived at
New York. I would love to share what information I have,
and hope that I can get some information from you.
Thanks Janet
Charles HOFMEISTER was born on 18 Jul 1825 in St. Francois, Clinton River, Macomb Co.,
MI. Parents: Nicolas-Frederick HOFMEISTER and Celeste SIRE , DIT CADIEU.
He was married to Louisa-Elizabeth TASSE. Children were: Louisa HOFMEISTER , William
HOFMEISTER.
Frederick HOFMEISTER
He was married to Marie-Louise DUROCHER . Children were: Nicolas-Frederick
HOFMEISTER.
Louisa HOFMEISTER was born in 1860. She died on 9 Apr 1882 in Anchorville, St. Clair,
MI. Parents: Charles HOFMEISTER and Louisa-Elizabeth TASSE.
She was married to Joseph-Hebert ROSE on 10 Nov 1879 in Anchorville, St. Clair, MI.
Nicolas-Frederick HOFMEISTER was born in 1800 in Ste-Anne, Varenne, Quebec,
Canada. Parents: Frederick HOFMEISTER and Marie-Louise DUROCHER.
He was married to Celeste SIRE , DIT CADIEU on 7 Jul 1818 in Detroit, Wayne County,
Michigan. Children were: Charles HOFMEISTER.
William HOFMEISTER was born in 1850. Parents: Charles HOFMEISTER and LouisaElizabeth TASSE.
She was married to Matilda Jane ROSE on 9 Jan 1881 in Anchorville, St. Clair, MI. Children
were: Mabel Louisa ROSE.
Celeste SIRE , DIT CADIEU died before 1856. She was born in Blairfindie. Parents: Charles
SIRE , DIT CADIEU and Marie-Amable DUROCHER.
She was married to Nicolas-Frederick HOFMEISTER on 7 Jul 1818 in Detroit, Wayne County,
Michigan. Children were: Charles HOFMEISTER.
actorguytim:
I have been researching over the past 3 years in an attempt to obtain information about my Great,
Great, Great Grandfather and the origin of my paternal line. I understand that he came to America
around 1830 with two older brothers. One settled in Pennsylvania, one in Texas, and Charles O.
Hofmeister in New York and eventually to Georgia. It is supposed that these brothers came from
Hamburg or Wurttemburg though not with any certainty. In any event my search continues. I would
appreciate any information available that might connect to these men.