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Dr. Helen Delucia Fisk – Wife of Medal of Honor Recipient Thomas W. Hoffman

Dr. Helen Delucia [Fisk] Hoffman died on 16 May 1941 at Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, at the age of 92.  According to her death notice (above) which appeared in the Naples, New York Record, she was “one of the pioneer woman physicians, and for many years was a member of the staff of the […]

Obituary of Thomas W. Hoffman – Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas William Hoffman was born in Berrysburg, Dauphin County, on 21 July 1839, the son of Amos A. Hoffman (1809-1897) and Amanda [Harper] Hoffman (1815-1897).  Through the paternal line, he was a direct descendant of Johann Peter Hoffman (1709-1797) and his son, John Nicholas Hoffman (1749-1814), pioneer settlers of the Lykens Valley.  Thomas served two […]

Orton F. Ingersoll – Brother-In-Law of Lykens Valley Medal of Honor Recipient

The first wife of Thomas W. Hoffman (1839-1905) was Sallie Shindel, who was born in Gratz in 1941 and died in Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, on 26 April 1890.  The couple had at least 3 children together.  After Sallie died, Thomas W. Hoffman moved to Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where he lived with his second […]

August 2014 Posts

A listing of the August 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Monuments at Gettysburg – 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry July 2014 Posts Lewis Doutrich – 207th Pennsylvania Infantry Monuments at Gettysburg – 26th Pennsylvania Infantry Obituary of Thomas W. Hoffman – Medal of Honor Recipient Benneville Hoyer – Amputee Charged with Selling […]

Capt. Jacob F. Hoffman – Merchant

Capt. Jacob F. Hoffman was the brother of Medal of Honor recipient Thomas W. Hoffman.  He was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 25 December 1841, and was one of six Hoffman brothers who served in the Civil War.  For a time, he was a merchant in Pillow and Berrysburg in Dauphin County.  […]