Samuel G. Hoff

            Samuel G. Hoff, of the firm of Hoff & Embrey, was born January 17, 1847, in Richland County, Ohio, a son of Mr. M. and H. (Mowers) Hoff. The father was a cooper, and in 1847 came to Indiana, and in October, 1848, moved his family to La Grange County, and located at Wright’s Corner, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1868, moved to Newbury Township, where he is yet living. His wife died in December, 1879. S.G. Hoff was only twenty months old when his parents came to La Grange County. He attended the Collegiate Institute at Ontario, and in the summer of 1868 graduated from Eastman’s Business College, of Poughkeepsie, New York. He then assisted his father on the farm and taught school until 1872, when he was elected and re-elected County Treasurer by the Republican party. He then purchased a farm of 80 acres near la Grange, on which he resided until the spring of 1881, when he, with H.F. Clark, established a meat market in la Grange. In September, 1881, Mr. Clark sold his interests to J.W. Embrey, the business continuing prosperous.

    Mr. Hoff was married in August, 1874, to Ruth E. SHAFFER; to them three children were born 0 H. Clyde, Freeman G. and James L. The oldest is dead. Mr. and Mrs. Hoff are members of the Lutheran Church.

Source: 1882 History of LaGrange County, Indiana by F.A. Battey & Co., 1882.