Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2019, All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= USGenNet Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich. by Arthur St. Clair A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883 [575] JOHN M. HOFFMAN, dealer in real estate, is a native of Saratoga County, N. Y., and was born September 24, 1828; upon reaching manhood, became to Port Huron in 1849; he worked by the month for four years, and saved $600; then engaged in lumbering, and since then for the past thirty years has been connected with that business and farming, and is one of the oldest business men here. he has also been engaged in dealing in real estate for many years. He owns a good farm just out of the city. In 1854, he was married to Miss JULIA A. WESTBROOK, a native of this State. They have four children - FRANK, HERBERT, JULIA, FRED. ===========================================================================