Solomon Hoffine
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Solomon Hoffine
| Dawn Bare Bonney (View posts) | Posted: 30 Apr 2001 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Hoffine, Bartell, Grone
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Osceola County, Michigan. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1884, p. 273. (Solomon is my great-great-grandfather.)
Solomon Hoffine, farmer on section 4 of Richmond Township, is a native of the "land of Penn and of the honest Quakers," being born in York County, Pa, August 14, 1830. His parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Grone) Hoffine, were also natives of the same State.
On arriving at the age of legal responsibility, Solomon left home and struck out into the world for himself. First he spent three years as a farm laborer, and then for 12 years he managed a rented farm; next, he bought a farm of 40 acres in Wayne Co., Ohio, which he afterward sold, and bought 50 acres in Summit County, same State. On the latter he lived and labored for 10 years, and then sold it and came to this county, in the fall of 1879, and purchased a tract of 120 acres in Richmond Township, where he has made it his home. Since first purchasing, however, he has disposed of 80 acres.
In his views of national questions Mr. Hoffine sympathizes with the Republican party. He has served his fellow citizens in the capacity of Overseer of Highways.
He was married in Wayne Co., Ohio, July 5, 1856, to Mary J. Bartell, who was a native of that State, and was born Jan. 28, 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffine have had three children, namely: George E., Medora, who died when three months old, and Clara A.
Solomon Hoffine, farmer on section 4 of Richmond Township, is a native of the "land of Penn and of the honest Quakers," being born in York County, Pa, August 14, 1830. His parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Grone) Hoffine, were also natives of the same State.
On arriving at the age of legal responsibility, Solomon left home and struck out into the world for himself. First he spent three years as a farm laborer, and then for 12 years he managed a rented farm; next, he bought a farm of 40 acres in Wayne Co., Ohio, which he afterward sold, and bought 50 acres in Summit County, same State. On the latter he lived and labored for 10 years, and then sold it and came to this county, in the fall of 1879, and purchased a tract of 120 acres in Richmond Township, where he has made it his home. Since first purchasing, however, he has disposed of 80 acres.
In his views of national questions Mr. Hoffine sympathizes with the Republican party. He has served his fellow citizens in the capacity of Overseer of Highways.
He was married in Wayne Co., Ohio, July 5, 1856, to Mary J. Bartell, who was a native of that State, and was born Jan. 28, 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffine have had three children, namely: George E., Medora, who died when three months old, and Clara A.