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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 494-495]

    HOLMES F. HOFFMAN, farmer and stock-raiser, section 25, Willow Town-
    ship, has been a resident of Cherokee County since 1881.  He was born
    in Tompkins County, New York, October 31, 1848, and is the son of
    BENJAMIN F. and SUSAN M. (SNOW) HOFFMAN.  His father is of English and
    Dutch descent, but his ancestors for many generations have lived in
    America.  He is the only child in his father's family, and grew to
    manhood on the farm his father owned in Tompkins County.  He received
    his education in the common schools and Ithaca Academy.  It was not
    until January, 1878, that he determined to try his fortunes in the
    great West; at that time he came to Iowa and settled in Hale Township,
    Jones County.  He lived there but a short time when he removed to Cedar
    County and rented a farm near Clarence.  There he remained until the
    fall of 1879, when he went to Ida County and settled near the present
    town of Galva.  In the spring of 1881 he came to Cherokee County, and
    purchased eighty acres of land in Willow Township, on which he now
    resides.  Mr. HOFFMAN has been successful in his agricultural ventures,
    and from time to time has added to his land until he now owns 120 acres
    which have been brought to an admirable state of cultivation.  He has
    built a neat and comfortable home, and barns and sheds for the care and
    protection of live-stock and grain.  Everything about the HOFFMAN farm
    betokens the careful husbandry and thrift of the owner.  Mr. HOFFMAN
    was united in marriage September 29, 1870, to Miss ELLA P. LYMAN, of
    Berkshire, Tioga County, New York, a daughter of DAVID B. and CAROLINE
    (DOUGLAS) LYMAN.  Her father was born in Berkshire, New York.  Three
    children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. HOFFMAN: EDNA C. (who died in
    1879, in her sixth year), CARRIE L. and SUE M.  Mr. HOFFMAN is a
    charter member of Alpine Lodge, No. 471, A.F. & A.M., Holstein, Iowa.
    Politically he affiliates with the Democratic Party.

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