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Jacob Hoffman (Richland County, IL, silversmith and county clerk)

b. 1806-12-10 d. 1867-11-09

Richland County, Illinois, silversmith and county clerk. Pennsylvania native. Married to Jane W. Hoffman. Father of William E. Hoffman, Susan R. Hoffman, Mary E. Hoffman, Eleanor J. Hoffman, and Rudolph L. Hoffman. Silversmith in Richland County, Illinois, in 1850. County clerk in Richland County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Clay and Richland, p. 161A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Richland County, Olney, p. 33.

"Jacob Hoffman (1806-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 35546311, accessed March 30, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35546311.

Citation

Hoffman, Jacob. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198003 (November 12, 2026).

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