[p. 788] an undertaker of considerable prominence, located at Mount Jackson, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, has been a resident of North Beaver Township since May 14, 1877. He was born in Unity Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, January 15, 1855, and is a son of Gottlob and Mary (Crouse) Hofmeister.
Gottlob Hofmeister was born in Germany, and was fourteen when brought by his parents to America, locating in Columbiana County, Ohio. There he followed farming throughout his active career, and is at the present living in the village of East Palestine, being now more than ninety years of age. His wife died in 1890. She was in maiden life Mary Crouse, and was born in Mahoning County, Ohio. They became parents of nine children, seven of whom are now living.
Simon Hofmeister was reared on the home farm, and received his education in the schools of that vicinity. At the age of twenty-two years he moved to Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; hiring out as a farm hand in North Beaver Township. He remained there, engaged in agricultural pursuits, until he turned his attention to the undertaking business. He is a graduate of the Champion College of Embalming, and is favored with an extensive patronage throughout that section of the country. He is a man of enterprise and public spirit, and enjoys the confidence of the people to a marked degree.
Mr. Hofmeister was united in marriage with Minnie Henry, who was born and reared within a mile of Mount Jackson, and is a daughter of Logan Henry. One son has blessed their union, namely: Wilbur. Religiously they are members of the Methodist Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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