Biographical Sketch of A. W. Hoffmann, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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A. W. Hoffmann, deputy collector of Franklin County, Mo., under W. M.
Terry, was born in Washington, Mo., December 2, 1865, and is the son
of Robert and Julia (Stumpe) Hoffmann, both residents of Washington,
Mo.  The father was born in Germany in 1831, and emigrated to the
United States about 1850, locating in Chicago and Milwaukee.  He 
afterward located in St. Louis, and about 1856 came to Washington,
where he now resides.  He is quite prominent in the county and has
served as treasurer and collector of Franklin County, and is at the
present mayor of Washington.  He is also treasurer of the Washington
Clay Manufacturing Company.  The mother was born near Washington, Mo.
in 1845; is the daughter of William Stumpe, and sister of the assis-
tant cashier of the Bank of Washington.  Our subject was educated in
the public schools of Franklin County, and finished at Bunker Hill,
Ill.  He left school in May, 1880, and the following October entered
the Bank of Washington, where he spent two years.  He next assisted
his father in the county treasurer's office for several months, and
also assisted him in the collector's office for the next two years.
Upon the election of W. M. Terry to the position of collector he be-
came deputy collector, and holds that position at the present.

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