Peter Hoffman Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Beetown, Biographical Sketches, Page 1020 

PETER HOFFMAN, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Lancaster; was born in Germany in 1815; 
came to America in 1833, and settled in Pennsylvania. Married Mrs. Bagler in 
Ohio; came to Wisconsin in 1847; settled in Benton, La Fayette Co., and followed 
the shoemaker’s trade; moved to Grant Co. in 1857, and commenced farming, where 
he has since lived. Is a member of the M. B. Church; has three children - 
William, Henry and Louisa. He is a Republican in politics.