Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Philip Ghost Hoffman and Sarah Ann Walter


Husband Philip Ghost Hoffman 1 2 

            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


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


       Marriage: 1854 1 3

   Other Spouse: Mary Ann Martin (1824-1852) 1 2

Wife Sarah Ann Walter 1 2 

            AKA: Sarah C. Walter,4 Sarah Walton 3
           Born: 5 Sep 1834 - Pennsylvania 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Oct 1907 1 2
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA


         Father: John Walter, Jr. (1795-1858) 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Walter (1798-1895) 2 4


Children
1 F Mary Ann Hoffman 1 

           Born: 1855 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Frank Hist (      -      ) 1

2 M Columbus C. Hoffman 1 

           Born: 1858 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jun 1941 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Monjar (Abt 1859-Aft 1920)
           Marr: 31 Mar 1887 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mrs. Millie Power (      -1946)
           Marr: Abt 10 May 1933 - Ripley, Chautauqua Co, NY

3 M Howard James Hoffman 7 

           Born: 16 May 1859 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jun 1934 - Clinton Twp, Butler Co, PA
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Nancy Ellen Shiner (Abt 1864-1888) 7
           Marr: Abt 1881

         Spouse: Lida J. Ferguson (1861-1920) 9
           Marr: 11 May 1895 - ? Venango Co, PA 9

4 F Alice Hoffman 1 

           Born:  - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Percy Williams (      -      ) 1

5 F Catherine E. "Kate" Hoffman 1 

           Born: 19 Oct 1861 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 1946
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: John H. Daugherty (1859-1915) 12
           Marr: 29 Sep 1891 10

6 M Peter W. Hoffman 1 

           Born: 1866 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1940
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

         Spouse: Louisa J. Surrena (1869-1932)

7 F Ida M. Hoffman 1 

           Born: Abt 1869 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Briggs Monjar (Abt 1861-      ) 1
           Marr: 1890 - Venango Co, PA

8 F Laura E. Hoffman 1 

           Born: 1870 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1960
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: William Hesekiah Surrena (1870-Abt 1945) 1
           Marr: 25 Apr 1911 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 15

9 M Don Carlos Hoffman 1 

           Born: 1876 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1963
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Pearl Edna Myers (1879-1948)
           Marr: 19 Jul 1905 - Wesley, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 16

General Notes: Husband - Philip Ghost Hoffman


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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Sources

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 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1315.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1314.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968.

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

8 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.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 996.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1050.

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 50.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1049.

13 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 81.

14 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 59.

15 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #9439.

16 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #6964.

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