Rev. George Hoffman Biography


	This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated
 	compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography,
	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 984

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REVEREND GEORGE HOFFMAN was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1864, the 
youngest of a family of twelve, of whom Herman and Mary Hoffman were 
the parents. His father is living at the age of ninety-one years. His 
mother died in 1898, at the age of eighty-six years. When sixteen years 
of age Rev. Hoffman began a classical course at Osnabrueck, and in 1886 
emigrated to America and resumed his studies in St. Meinrad's College, 
Indiana. In 1894 he was ordained priest, and given charge of the church 
in White Lake. For the first three years of his labors, he presided 
over twelve other churches or missions, and consequently could not give 
the time and attention to the White Lake church which it so much 
needed, but since his labors have been confined to St. Peter's church 
the membership is on the increase, and their leader is regarded with 
affectionate esteem.