John Theodore Hofius and Ann Nancy Baker

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Husband John Theodore Hofius ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Johan Theodor Hofius 3
           Born: 1722 - Prussia
     Christened: 
           Died: 1808 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Pine Hollow Cemetery, Hermitage, Mercer Co, PA

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         Father: 
         Mother: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage:  - Washington Co, PA

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   Other Spouse: Phillipine Helene Landmann (      -      )

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Wife Ann Nancy Baker ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1734 - Lancaster Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Jul 1820 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
         Buried:  - Hoffman Farm, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William Baker (Abt 1710-Abt 1789)
         Mother: Magdalene [Unk] (      -      )

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Children

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1 M George Hofius ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 23 Mar 1773 - Washington Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1842 - Hermitage, Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Clark (1779-1870) 3 4
           Marr: Westmoreland Co, PA

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2 M William Hofius ¹

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           Born: 1774
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Harding (      -      )

         Spouse: Kitty Carrel (      -      )

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3 M John Theodore Hovis, Jr. ^{5 6 7}

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           Born: 1777 - Washington Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 May 1861 - Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Susanna Cogan (1778-1840) 7 9 10
           Marr: 1796 - Bedford Co, PA 7

         Spouse: Margaret Dunbar (Abt 1790-1866) 11

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4 F Barbara Hofius

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            AKA: Barbara Hovis 1 10
           Born: 1777
     Christened: 
           Died: 1862
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

         Spouse: Henry Koonce (Cir 1771-1862) 1 2

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5 M Ernest Theodore Hovis ^{10 13 14}

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           Born: Cal 23 Mar 1794 - Bedford Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1867 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 15
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Margaret Huffman (1793-1885) 14 15
           Marr: 2 Jul 1811 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14 15

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General Notes: Husband - John Theodore Hofius

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He was born at Limburg, Germany. [DJTH, 1]
He was a native of Prussia and a minister of the Reformed Church, and was the first of the family to come to America. Upon his arrival in Pennsylvania he settled in Bedford County, removing thence to Washington County and later to Mercer County, where in 1800 he located near the borough of Sharpsville, in Hickory Township. He died there eight years later, at an advanced age. Some of the family in that county continued to spell the name Hofius. [CAB, 643, 986]

One of the pioneer families of Hickory Township are the descendants of John Theodore Hofius, a German minister, who immigrated to this country and settled in Washington County, PA. Nothing of his early life or his family is known by his descend­ants, further than in the year 1800 he came to Mercer County with his son George, who purchased a farm of 200 acres in Hickory Township, near Sharpsville. John Theodore died on this farm about the year 1808 at an advanced age. [HMC 1888, 866]
Clintonville, Venango Co, PA, Cemetery Book states that he is buried in Sharpsville.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 991.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643.

3 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 1.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 866.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959, 991.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 767.

7 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 3.

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 34.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 986.

11 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 3, 35, 130.

12 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 26.

13 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 962, 991.

14 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 130.

15 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 962.