BIOGRAPHY

MOSES HOFFMAN - OF GENESEE COUNTY, NY

Moses Hoffman, born in Herkimer County in 1823, about 1842 married Caroline Lawton, of the same County, and they had three sons, viz.: Elias, Roswell, and Razell. Elias Hoffman was born in Clarendon, N. Y., December 12, 1844, and was educated at the district schools until he was 19 years old. February 7, 1863, he enlisted in Co. G, 194th N. Y. V., as corporal, and was discharged June 3, 1865. October 8, 1886, he married Annie M., oldest daughter of John L. Farnsworth, of Nunda, N. Y., and their children are William M., George E., and Elmira B. The family lives on road 59.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890