Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Hofmann, Frank P. 1876 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 July 4, 2013, 11:40 pm Source: See Below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher FRANK P. HOFMANN. Frank P. Hofmann has for the past twelve years been identified with business interests in Ottumwa as proprietor of a drug store in the Hofmann building and has been accorded a gratifying patronage. His birth occurred in Ottumwa, this county, on the 22d of November, 1876. His father, Bernhard Hofmann, a native of Germany, came to Iowa about 1870 and has been connected with business interests here as a manufacturer of oatmeal and as a brewer and also as a real-estate operator. He erected the Hofmann building, one of the foremost office structures in Ottumwa, and is still giving his attention to the supervision of his varied business interests. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Maria Schlagater, is a native of New York city and was but one year old when brought by her parents to Wapello county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Hofmann have six surviving children, as follows: Carrie, who is the wife of J. F. Dings of Ottumwa; Frank P., of this review; Dora, the wife of Monroe A. Thompson, of Tacoma, Washington; Wilhelmina, at home; Ralph C., a resident of Los Angeles; and George B., living in Salt Lake City. Frank P. Hofmann acquired his early education in the common schools of this county and also attended a boarding school in St. Louis, while subsequently he spent two years as a student in the State University of Iowa, of Iowa City. In 1902 he was graduated from the Northwestern University of Chicago with the degree of Ph. G. The same year he opened a drug store in the Hofmann building in Ottumwa and has conducted the same continuously since, carrying an extensive and attractively arranged stock of drugs and druggists' sundries and being accorded a liberal patronage. On the 4th of October, 1905, Mr. Hofmann was united in marriage to Miss Isabelle Matson, a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a daughter of C. R. and Isabelle (Anderson) Matson. Her father served as sheriff of Cook county during all the anarchist trouble, including the Haymarket riot, and gained renown as "the man that tamed the anarchist." Some of the most famous cases of Cook county came up during his incumbency as sheriff, one of these being the Cronin case. Both Mr. and Mrs. Matson are now deceased. The former was a thirty-third degree Mason - an honored and prominent representative of the fraternity. Mrs. Matson was a well known club woman, belonging to the Chicago Woman's Club and many other organizations. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Isabelle Hofmann founded the first Lutheran church in Chicago. The wife of our subject pursued a high-school course in Chicago and was also graduated from Mount Holyoke College with the degree of A. B. She is a member of the Tourist and Fortnightly Clubs and for one year acted as president of the Woman's Club. By her marriage she has become the mother of one son, Philip Bernhard, who was born on the 25th of May, 1909. Mr. Hofmann is a popular member of the Wapello and Country Clubs and is also connected with the Beta Theta Pi and Theta Nil Epsilon fraternities. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. In his native city he is widely recognized as an esteemed and public-spirited citizen and one whose cooperation can be counted upon to further any measure or movement calculated to promote the general welfare. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb