Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hoffman, Robert F 1874 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Hoffman, Robert F. – Grundy County, Ill., is admirably located for the 
successful prosecution of farming, for the soil is exceedingly fertile, the 
climatic conditions are almost ideal and transportation facilities are almost 
unsurpassed.  However, although the agriculturist here has these advantages, 
he cannot compete successfully with others unless he carries on his operations 
according to modern ideas, and uses improved machinery in his work.  That the 
majority of farmers are progressive here is proven by the number of finely 
developed farms to be found all over the county, a fact that has very 
materially raised the standard of excellence and placed Grundy county among 
the leaders in agriculture in Illinois.  One of the men who has assisted in 
bringing about this desirable state of affairs is Robert F. Hoffman, of 
Saratoga Township, who is meeting with success in both farming and 
stockraising operations.  Mr. Hoffman was born in Kanawha County, W. Va., 
November 9, 1874, and is a son of Robert H. and Virginia (Younger) Hoffman, 
natives of Mason County, W. Va., where both reside.

Robert F. Hoffman came to Wauponsee Township, Grundy County, May 12, 1902, and 
for three months worked as a farm land for wages.  He then rented the farm of 
William McKinley, in Saratoga Township, where he spent four years, then going 
to Kansas for one year, and subsequently returning to Saratoga Township, where 
he rented the Smith farm for two years.  At the end of that period he located 
on his present 100-acre property, known as the Hoge farm, where he has 
continued to follow general farming and to raise Norman and Belgian horses for 
the market.  He has met with success because of his energy and enterprise, and 
his well-directed efforts have placed him in the front rank among his fellow-
agriculturists.  He has a wide acquaintance here, and has gathered many 
friends about him as a result of his honorable manner of doing business, and 
his pleasant personality.  His political belief is that of the Republican 
party, although he has not been an office seeker.  Religiously, he is 
connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On December 15, 1897, Mr. Hoffman was married to Miss Mary E. Poston, who was 
born at Athens, Ohio, of Swiss descent, daughter of W. G. and Louise 
(Oberholzer) Poston.  To this union there have come four children:  Cloyd 
Clifford, born May 21, 1899; Granville Garland, born September 8, 1900; 
Willard Russell, born November 15, 1905, deceased; and Wilfred Waldo, born 
September 8, 1910.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p826

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