William D. Hofius and Emma K. Laux

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Husband William D. Hofius ¹

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           Born: 25 Sep 1852 - West Middlesex, Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: Seth Hofius (1829-      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Maxwell (      -1862) 1

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       Marriage: 1882 2

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Wife Emma K. Laux ²

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         Father: Louis Laux (      -      ) 2
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General Notes: Husband - William D. Hofius

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He was reared and educated at Mineral Ridge, OH, Wheatland and Sharpsville. At the age of twenty he engaged in the iron business as furnaceman, and followed that business as an occupation until 1883, when he engaged in the foundry and machine business with Charles F. Eldridge, under the firm name of Hofius & Eldridge, located at Sharpsville. He is also operating the Grafton Furnace at Leetonia, Ohio, under the name of McKeefrey & Hofius. He was a member of the F. & A. M., Lodge No. 250, Norman Chapter 244 and Commandery No. 50, of Sharon. [HMC 1888, 842]

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 841.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 842.