Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Scoffern, Isaac H. 1858 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

ISAAC H. SCOFFERN.

    Isaac H. Scoffern, who for fifteen years has been agent for the Elgin,
Joliet & Eastern Railroad, or Outer Belt Line, at Hobart, was born in England,
February 20, 1858, and when twelve years of age came to the United States with
his parents, Richard and Susan (Cory) Scoffern. The father was born in England
and was a mason by trade. He followed that occupation in the old world until
about 1870, when he crossed the Atlantic to America and located in Allen,
Hillsdale county, Michigan, where he followed both farming and mason work. He
now resides in Hobart, making his home with his son, Isaac H. His wife was also
born in England and died on the old home farm in Michigan at the age of
seventy-eight years. This worthy couple were the parents of six children, two
daughters and four sons, but the first two died in infancy. Robert F. is a
resident of Chickasaw, Indian Territory, having been appointed a judge there by
the government. Dixon Richard is cashier of the Niles City Bank, at Niles,
Michigan. Elizabeth is the wife of A. B. Kirchoff, and resides at Franklin Park,
Illinois, his business being that of an employe in the auditor's office of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company at Chicago.

    Isaac H. Scoffern, the fourth child and third son of the family, spent the
first twelve years of his life in the land of his nativity and then became a
resident of Hillsdale county, Michigan. He attended the public schools of
England and afterward continued his education in the public schools of Allen,
Michigan. The duties of the farm claimed his attention during the summer months
until he was twenty-one years of age, when he began railroading, being employed
in 1879 as a checker or tallyman in the freight department of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad at Chicago. He was afterward promoted to the position
of special deliveryman for the same company, which position he filled until
about 1883. He then accepted a position as operator and agent with the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at Spalding, Illinois, where he remained for three
years, when he was transferred to Minonk, Illinois, where he remained for one
year as agent for the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad. In 1889 he came to
Hobart as agent for the same company and has since filled this position covering
a period of fifteen years, a fact which indicates his loyalty to the company and
also his fidelity and capability in the performance of the duties which devolve
upon him.

    On the 24th of August, 1879, Mr. Scoffern was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Wonnacott, a daughter of John and Sarah Wonnacott. She was born in Chicago
and was reared and educated there until twelve years of age. Their children are
Robert Floyd, who is now in the employ of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad
Company; and Bessie Edith, who is assisting her father in the office.

    Mr. Scoffern was one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Hobart, takes a most active and helpful part in its work and is now
serving as treasurer and trustee. He is also a recognized leader of the
Prohibition party in this community and is chairman of the central committee for
Lake county. He is likewise a member of the Modern Woodmen Camp and is well
known in Hobart as one of its leading citizens who favors progress and
improvement along every line which tends to upbuild humanity. He is the champion
of educational, social, temperance and moral measures, and his influence and
support are ever on the side of right, truth and justice.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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