William married Maryann Theresa Dyer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elliott married Frances E. Hoffelder on 7 Oct 1935 in Allen County, Indiana, USA. Frances (daughter of Frank Charles Hoffelder and Luisa Dapp) was born on 21 Aug 1910 in Waterloo, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA; died on 27 May 1988 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frank C. Hoffelder

One of the native sons of DeKalb county who has remained and made a success of life right here in his own community rather than being lured away to some distant locality by the 'wanderlust spirit', there to seek an uncertain fortune amid environment, is Frank C. Hoffelder, a farmer of Smithfield township. He has worked hard for what he has and his deserving of the competence and the valuable property that are today his. Frank C. Hoffelder was born on April 3, 1874, on the old
home farm of his parents east of St. Michael?s church in Smithfield township, DeKalb county, Indiana. His parents were John and Frances (Miller) Hoffelder, long prominent and successful residents of this locality and who reared their families to lives of respectability and honor in their respective communities. Frank C. Hoffelder spent most of his life until his marriage on the home place until, when about twenty-two years old, he worked for about sixteen months in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad shops in Garrett, and was also employed on a farm near Traverse City, Michigan, about three years. In the fall of 1902 Mr. Hoffelder bought eighty acres of land in section 3, and the lady who afterwards became his wife bought eighty acres adjoining. In June of the following year they were married and immediately located on the subject's farm and began the task of clearing the land and putting it under cultivation. Louisa Dapp, who became Mr. Hoffelder's wife, was a daughter of Alois Dapp and a sister of Henry Dapp, in whose sketch elsewhere in this work is more detailed mention of the family history. At the time they located on their new land the only improvements were a long stable and a little old log cabin which had been built nearly a half century before, the ceiling of which was so low that a man could hardly stand upright in it. The entire tract was practically a wilderness, not having been drained and being mostly
swamp land, but Mr. Hoffelder by the most strenuous labor succeeded in clearing it, ditching and tiling it and creating one of the best farms in this section of the county. He now has nearly one hundred acres under cultivation and has erected a comfortable and attractive
residence, substantial and commodious barns and other outbuildings, and is following his agricultural operations along the most modern and up-to-date methods. To Mr. and Mrs. Hoffelder have been born five children: Helene, Esther, Johnnie, Frances and Agnes. Politically, Mr. Hoffelder is a Democrat and takes an active interest in political affairs, though not in any sense a seeker after public office. Religiously, he and his family belong to the Catholic church, to which they contribute liberally of their means. Personally, Mr. Hoffelder is
known to be a man of scrupulously honest principles, generous, kind and always ready to do his full share of the common duties of citizenship; in short, a genial, broad-mined man, whom to know is to admire and esteem. He has been very successful in his operation and has won the confidence of all who know him, owing to his honorable methods and upright life.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com

Frank married Luisa Dapp on 23 Jun 1903 in DeKalb County, Indiana, USA. Luisa (daughter of Alois Dapp and Elisabetha Martin) was born on 20 Dec 1872 in Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 26 Feb 1917 in Dekalb County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Cemetery, Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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