Eli Hoffman and Margaret "Maggie" Bailey

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Husband Eli Hoffman ¹

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           Born: 22 Feb 1851 - Bullion, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1945
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Daniel C. Hoffman (Abt 1825-Abt 1909) 2 4
         Mother: Angeline Gilmore (1828-1856) 2 4

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       Marriage: Abt 1876 - Venango Co, PA

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Wife Margaret "Maggie" Bailey ²

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           Born: 1852 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1931
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Robert Bailey, Jr. (Abt 1815-      ) 5 6
         Mother: Eliza J. Dugan (Abt 1815-      ) 5

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Children

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1 M Willis Emerson Hoffman ²

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           Born: Abt 1877 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 May 1938 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lizzie Van Dyke (      -Bef 1919) 2
           Marr: Abt 21 Jun 1904 - Butler or Mercer Co, PA

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2 M Alfred Hoffman ^{2 7}

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           Born: 18 Aug 1878 - Venango Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jan 1963 - Pennsylvania 7
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Surrena (1886-1957) 2 7
           Marr: 6 Jan 1906 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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3 F Laura A. Hoffman ²

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           Born: Abt 1880 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Albert Cooper (      -      ) 2

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4 F Mary J. Hoffman ²

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           Born: 1883 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1969
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 9

         Spouse: Harry F. Barber (1885-1922) 2

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5 F Nettie M. Hoffman ²

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           Born: 11 Apr 1886 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1970
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Elva F. Hoffman ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Iver (      -      ) 2

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7 F Elizabeth Elda "Lizzie" Hoffman

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           Born: 4 Jan 1889 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1977 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

         Spouse: Charles Floyd Surrena (1885-1965)
           Marr: 1 May 1912 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

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General Notes: Husband - Eli Hoffman

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He remained at home until seventeen years old, meantime receiving a good common school training, and his first work away from home was in the oil fields, where during his young manhood he was employed for four or five years, in various capacities. In 1877 he bought the farm upon which he has since made his home, the original Walter homestead, which lies two and a half miles west of Clintonville on the line between Clin­ton and Irwin Townships. He has twenty-five acres of valuable land, which he cultivates himself, leasing the oil rights to J. J. Van Dresser, of Franklin, to whose business he has also given considerable time, doing hauling and other necessary work about the wells. There are eight wells producing at present, and the yield has been great enough to distinguish the site as one of the best oil stations in the Clin­ton (or Scrubgrass creek) field. From time to time Mr. Hoffman has also undertaken other work, having been associated with local coal production for about twenty years and done very well in that line; for eight years he was interested in the operation of a coal mine on Pone Hill, owning a half share in the same. All the buildings on his land have been erected during his ownership. The family attend the Peters Chapel M. E. Church, on Pone Hill, a mile distant from the Hoffman farm. Mr. Hoffman is a Prohibitionist in political connection, and he has served on the township school board to the thorough satisfaction of his fellow citizens. [CAB, 1085]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1084.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1085.

3 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 53.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 433.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 933.

7 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 77.

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 80.

9 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 48.

10 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.

11 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #9911.