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CHARLES HOFFMAN has won a success in the Big Bend country of which he may justly be proud. He is to be classed as one of the pioneers of this section, as well as many other portions of the west, and the real pioneer spirit has been manifested in him during these days of labor and self denial. Intimately acquainted with mining in the well known camps, being associated there in the days when much lawlessness existed, Mr. Hoffman has seen much of the hard side of mining life.
Preferring the quieter life of the farm, he
turned to that occupation and has worked with
gratifying success which will be mentioned
hereafter.
Charles Hoffman was born in Saxony, Germany, on January 14, 1846. His father,
Charles Hoffman was a butcher and was born
in Saxony where also he died. The mother,
Teresa (Leudhoff) Hoffman, was a native of
the same country and died when our subject
was born. Charles received a fine education in
the schools of Germany during eight successive years, under the best of training, then was
accepted as a reserve in the army but was never
called into the service. In 1873, he started
from Hamburg to New York and went thence
to St. Louis, where he followed butchering for
a year and half. Next we see him in Denver,
Colorado, in the same business, then he went
to the mining districts of Colorado and the
adjacent territories, and was especially acquainted in Leadville in the early days of its
excitement. Then he started for the Coeur d'
Alene country, but owing to the heavy fall of
snow, had to stop at Thompson Falls. There
he followed butchering for three months then
came on through to Washington. As Sprague
was the more lively and promising of the two
towns of Spokane and Sprague, he located there
and opened a butcher shop. Two years later,
he sold out his shop and bought a place where
he now resides, eight miles northwest from
town. Then he gave himself to stock raising
and finding the hills productive of wheat,
turned his attention to that and thus he has
continued since.
At Denver, Colorado, in 1875, Mr. Hoffmen married Miss Aggie, daughter of David
and Edith Schaufler, natives of Germany,
where they remained until their death. To Mr.
and Mrs. Hoffman the following children have
been born; Edward, deceased; Albert, living
in Portland, Oregon; Rose Miller, in Lincoln
county; Carl, Anna, Marie, George, Frank
and Walter, all at home and Maudie, deceased. Their home is a nice two story, nine room
residence provided with all modern conveniences. It is situated in Crab Creek valley, in
beautifully laid out grounds, surrounded by
handsome shade trees and fine orchards. Mr.
Hoffman has provided a fine waterworks system which brings water to every portion of the
house and grounds of the lawn. He has a fine
windmill and pump house surrounded by a fine
orchard. He owns eight hundred acres of land
together with a lease of four hundred and
eighty acres of school land. He raises many
thousands of bushels of wheat each year in addition to handling considerable stock. At the
present time he has some well bred cattle and a
good band of horses. The place is provided
with all machinery, buildings and other improvements that are needed on a first class farm
and Mr. Hoffman is to be commended upon
the magnificent success that he has won.
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