Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Hoffer, Jacob G. 1871 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  JACOB G. HOFFER, marshal of Lismore, was born near Freeport, Ill., Feb. 19,

1871, the son of Nacerious and Aurelia (Dedrich) Hoffer. The father was born in

Baden, Germany, and emigrated to Canada when a boy. There he learned the

shoemaker's trade, and in the early sixties moved to Stephenson county, Ill.,

where he engaged in farming. Later he moved to Hardin county and then to Kossuth

county, Iowa. He now resides at Ackley, Iowa, and is 85 years of age. Our

subject's mother was born in France and moved to Canada when a child, in which

country she married Mr. Hoffer. She died May 16, 1906, at the age of 78 years.

Jacob is the next youngest of a family of twelve children, all living. They are

Kate, Joseph, Caroline, Mary, William, Agatha, Lydia, John, Matilda, Edward,

Jacob and Rosa.



  When Jacob was three years of age the family moved from Stephenson county,

Ill., to Ackley, Iowa, and there he lived until twenty-one years of age,

attending school and working on his father's farm. Near the town of Wesley, in

Kossuth county, Iowa, the family next located, and there our subject spent

several years working on his father's farm. On the seventh day of March, 1900,

he left home and located in Nobles county. For three years he engaged in farming

and then moved to Lismore and engaged in the saloon business in partnership with

Jacob Hendel. After nearly four years of that business he sold out and started a

harness shop, which he conducted for a time and then sold out. By appointment

Mr. Hoffer has held the office of marshal for several years. In the spring of

1908 he was elected to the office and now devotes his entire time to his

official duties.



  In Adrian on April 27, 1898, Mr. Hoffer was married to Rosa Kessler, a

daughter of John and Mary Ann Kessler, of Lismore. Mrs. Hoffer was born in

Germany and came to the United States when a child. To Mr. and Mrs. Hoffer have

been born the following children: Marie, Julius, Lauretta, Alfonso, Bernard,

Viola and Raymond. The family are members of the Catholic church.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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