Lassen County CA Archives Biographies.....Hoffman, Samuel 1834 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

SAMUEL HOFFMAN.—He was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, December 8, 1834. In
his infancy the family removed to Ingham county, Michigan, where they engaged in
farming. He worked at home until twenty-three years of age, teaching school in
winter the last five years. In April, 1862, he started overland to California,
coming direct to Lassen county. In the fall of 1863 he bought a farm of 320
acres, three miles east of Janesville, where he has since resided. It is all
agricultural land, well improved, and having a good residence and farm
buildings. For twelve years he served as school trustee, and then declined to
hold the position longer. In politics, he is a democrat. He is a member of Honey
Lake Lodge No. 223, I. O. O. F. April 22, 1860, in Ingham county, Michigan, he
married Miss Rosetta Haines, born in Washtenaw county, Michigan, May 23, 1836.
Their children were all born in this county: Floyd B., August 4, 1863; Marcus
William, October 20, 1865; Carrie E., September 27, 1869; James O., September
14, 1873, died September 22, 1880; Eva Leona, July 4, 1881.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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