Philip Ghost Hoffman and Mary Ann Martin

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Husband Philip Ghost Hoffman ^{1 2}

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            AKA: "Big Ghost" Hoffman
           Born: 15 Jun 1823 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jul 1895 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John Walter Huffman (Abt 1786-1868) 2
         Mother: Catherine Elizabeth Ghost (Abt 1786-1874) 1 2

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Ann Walter (1834-1907) 1 2 - 1854 1 3

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Wife Mary Ann Martin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Jan 1824 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 May 1852 2
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Thomas Martin (1805-1885) 5 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Bleakley (1803-1881) 7

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Children

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1 M Taylor Phipps Huffman ^{1 10}

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            AKA: Taylor Peter Hoffman
           Born: 9 Dec 1846 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Nov 1930 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: Matilda N. Farren (1849-1880) 2 12
           Marr: Abt 1868

         Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Pohlman (1861-1946) 2 12
           Marr: 1882 - the area of Pone Hill, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

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2 F Isabel Hoffman ^{13 14}

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            AKA: Isabella Hoffman
           Born: 22 Sep 1848 - Venango Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Apr 1928 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 14
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 15

         Spouse: John Hovis Monjar (1842-1926) 14 16
           Marr: 1866

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3 M David Martin Hoffman ^{1 17 18}

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           Born: 10 Apr 1851 18
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jun 1925 18
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: Phoebe Jane "Jennie" Atwell (1853-1937) 17 18

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General Notes: Husband - Philip Ghost Hoffman

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An interesting story is told in the fam­ily: Though Philip G. Hoffman was a stanch Protestant, he was on terms of friendly familiarity with his Catholic neighbors, and the priest often called on him en route to some outside parish. Once, just as the Father came along, Taylor Hoffman fell from bed, the fall taking his breath away completely. The priest picked him up in his arms, and thinking him about to die called for water and baptized him.

He died in 1898. [DDM, 3]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Ann Martin

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According to published cemetery records, she was born Jan 23, 1831. Another source gives the year of her birth as 1828.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 994.

2 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 3.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 575.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 73.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 600.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 562.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1018.

8 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 2.

9 Susan Forish, Martin Ancestors (Personal Genealogy Research, 2016).

10 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 3, 194.

11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 52.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 995.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 977, 994.

14 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 12.

15 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 68.

16 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 976.

17 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1310.

18 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 14.