Hoffman Family Cemetery, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Jane Parker McManus

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Directions:  The Hoffman Family Cemetery is located in downtown Pineville, 
one block off Main Street.  From Main Street just past Mt. Olivet Cemetery, 
turn north onto  Ball Street.  This small abandoned cemetery is not fenced, 
however, three sides are fenced by owners of the adjacent property.  The front 
side next to the street is open.  There is only one tombstone left in one corner 
of this cemetery because on a Halloween night many years ago, vandals broke up 
the other stones, and they have not been replaced.

According to a family member, George Hoffman, son of Lewis C. Hoffman, other 
burials in this cemetery were four brothers:  Charlie, Elijah, Wyatt, and Alex 
Hoffman.  A fifth brother, Lewis C. Hoffman is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery 
off Esler Field Road.  Lewis was the youngest of the Hoffman brothers and he died 
in 1935 at 79 years of age.  I am indebted to Mr. Hoffman for providing this 
information.  He takes care of the plot where his family members were buried.  
Inscription and information recorded by Mary Parker Partain, September 1992.

Hoffman, Mollie - 1857 / 1887, aged 30 years  "A loving mother, a daughter dear,
	a faithful friend lies burried  [sic] here"    Presented by L.C.W.

[Note:  The following information pertaining to the Hoffman family was extracted 
from the 1860 Rapides Parish Census Schedules and "Central Louisiana Families in 
1880," Verda Jenkins Ruff, [privately printed], Forest Hill, LA, 1986.  Sometimes 
the family name was spelled Huffman.]

1860 Rapides Parish Census Schedules:

Hoffman, Louis - 1804/5 LA
Hoffman, Elizabeth - 1814/5 LA
Hoffman, Thomas - 1837/8 LA
Hoffman, Emily - 1840/1 LA
Hoffman, John - 1840/1 LA
Hoffman, Joseph - 1843/4 LA
Hoffman, Louis - 1845/6 LA
Hoffman, Alex - 1848/9 LA
Hoffman, Wyatt - 1854/5 LA

Central Louisiana Families in 1880:

Hoffman, Wyatt - 1854/5 LA
Hoffman, Annie - 1860/1 LA
Hoffman, Sarah - 1877/8 LA
Hoffman, Cecil - 1878/9 LA

[Wyatt Hoffman married Annie Walker 1876 Rapides Parish.  She died 1928 and is 
buried in Rapides Cemetery, Pineville.]

Hoffman, Alex - 1852/3 LA
Hoffman, Mary Ann - 1857/8 LA
Hoffman, Joseph - 1877/8 LA

[Joseph Hoffman married Sabina Deville; he died 1950 and is buried in Mt. Olivet 
Cemetery, Pineville.]

Hoffman, Mollie - 1857 LA

[Mollie Hoffman married Leigh H. Hoffman, was listed as a widow in 1880, and she 
died 1880.  She is buried in this cemetery.]