Limestone County AlArchives Biographies.....Hoffman, J. R. 1830 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

    J. R. HOFFMAN. M. D., Athens, was born at Kingsport, East Tennessee, August
13, 1830, and is the son of Aaron and .Mary Ann (Richardson) Hoffman, natives of
Virginia and Tennessee, and of German and Irish descent, respectively. He was
educated at Jonesboro, Tenn., Academy; came to Athens in 1856; read medicine
with Dr. Yarbrough; graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in
1858; came at once to Limestone county: practiced three or four years in the
southern part of the county, and removed to Athens in 1865. In 1861 Dr. Hoffman
enlisted as a private soldier in Ward's Battery, and served about eight months
in that position. At the end of this time he was appointed Assistant-Surgeon,
and as such saw much service in Georgia and Virginia. At the close of the war he
returned to East Tennessee, and directly to Athens. From 1866 to 1874 he was in
the drug business with Dr. Coman, at the same time, however, giving attention to
his practice. He was a member of the State Board of Health from 1882 to 1887;
has been chairman of the Board of Censors of-Limestone County, and was County
Health Officer from 1884 to 1886.

    Dr. Hoffman was married in this county December 29, 1859, to Miss Fannie C.
Jones, who died April 12, 1878, leaving one son and two daughters.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
CEREAL BELT.


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