Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Hoffman, John
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Durham Township


JOHN HOFFMAN merchant, P.O. Riegelsville, was born in Warren 
county, N. J., May 20, 1847, and is a son of Samuel and 
Elenora Hoffman, natives of Pennsylvania.  He spent his 
early life and received his education in Riegelsville.  He 
was married, August 19,1870, to Miss Mary Headman, by whom 
he has three children:  Laura, Lizzie and Benjamin Franklin. 
 He has been a school director for four years, and is a 
member of the Reformed church, and in politics is a 
democrat.  Mr. Hoffman, in connection with general 
merchandise, deals in coal, wood, lime, etc., and runs a 
line of boats on the Delaware canal.  He is junior warden of 
Prosperity lodge, No. 567, F. and A. M.