Lacrosse-Eau Claire County WI Archives Biographies.....Hofma, Jacob August 8, 1815 - 
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JACOB HOFMA, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Holmen; was born in Netherlands, Holland, 
Aug. 8, 1815; came to Wisconsin in 1855; worked by the day for a bond three 
years; then rented land; he then bought, in 1863, 80 acres; now owns 120 
acres, finely improved - good house, barn 32x42, 16-foot posts. His wife, 
Katharine Dijkstra, was born in the Netherlands, Holland, Jan. 17, 1821; 
married in 1847; have seven children - S. I., S. (now Mrs. Van der Pan, in Eau 
Claire), Agnes, R. I., John, D. F. and Isabell. In politics, Republican; in 
religion, Presbyterian; has been Director ten years.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 840.

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