Martin HOFFMAN

(b. abt. 1847 , Wisconsin Territory d. 18 June 1875 , Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA )

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Martin HOFFMAN was born abt. 1847 in Wisconsin Territory

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Martin was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Martin HOFFMAN died 18 June 1875 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

Father: John Hoffman
Mother: Katy Hoffman

m. Christina Lutje

Co. G 26th Wis. Inf.

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Martin HOFFMAN was a Clerk.

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1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

Death
Name: Martin Hoffman
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 18 Jun 1875
Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1847
Birth Place: Wisconsin
Occupation: Clerk
Race: w
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Hoffman
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Katy Hoffman
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51859-7
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 984130
Reference ID: v 1 p 129

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHVF-X32 : 9 December 2014), Martin Hoffman, 18 Jun 1875; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, reference v 1 p 129; FHL microfilm 984,130.'

Grave

Riverside Cemetery Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA

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Martin is buried at: Riverside Cemetery Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA

Added: 8/6/2017 9:52:06 AM - Updated: 11/19/2018 5:02:12 PM

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According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin means 'river running through a red place' (the red place referring to the red sandstone bluffs of the Wisconsin Dells); they also say the name 'is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name' for the Wisconsin river (which runs 430 miles through the center of Wisconsin). (statesymbolsusa.org)

May 29, 1848 - Wisconsin becomes 25th U.S. state. The state is smaller than the territory and the leftover area continued to be called the Territory of Wisconsin until March 3, 1849. (www.50states.com)