BIO:  Samuel B. Hoff, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fairview Township, Pg 97

SAMUEL B. HOFF was born in Fairview Township, York Co., Penn., February 25, 1838, 
son of Henry H. and Elizabeth (Boyer) Hoff, natives of Heidelberg Township, York 
Co., Penn.  The father was born in 1792, followed coopering, and afterward 
engaged in farming in Heidelberg and Fairview Townships.  He owned 165 acres of 
land, where Samuel B. now resided, besides a large amount of other property.  He 
was a Democrat.  He died in 1865.  His wife, who was born in 1799, is still 
living in Lisburn, Penn.  They had five children:  Jeremiah (deceased), 
Elizabeth, Magdalena, Henry and Samuel B.  Subject’s great-grandfather, Hoff, 
served in the Revolutionary war, and was taken prisoner by the British.  
Subject’s great-grandfather, John Boyer, was one of the first settlers in 
Heidelberg Township, to which he came over 108 years ago.  Samuel B. Hoff was 
reared on the farm in Fairview Township, where he resides, and at the age of 
twenty-two years began farming for himself.  In the spring of 1865 he sold his 
stock, and spent two months in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, after which he 
returned to York County, Penn., where he has since remained.  He owns a finely 
improved farm of 165 acres, and 20 acres of woodland.  Mr. Hoff is a school 
director.  He was elected prothonotary of York County on the Democratic ticket 
November 4, 1884, by a majority of 3,504, for a term of three years.  In 1868 he 
married Mary Jane Anderson, born February 26, 1845, daughter of William and Mary 
(Wiley) Anderson, of Monaghan Township.  By this union they have had five 
children:  Harry and Willie, twins (deceased), Charles (born July 16, 1870), 
Leroy (born March 6, 1875), and Morris (born August 26, 1882.  Mr. Hoff has a box 
which was made by the Indians in Lancaster County, Penn., and which has been 
handed down from his great-grandfather, Boyer.