PETER
HOFFMANN, dealer in stoves, tin-ware and hardware, was born in Bavaria,
Germany, February 3, 1831, and is a son of Frederick and Margaret
(Waltzer) Hoffmann, of that country. Peter grew up in his native land,
and in December, 1854, immigrated to Mercer County, Penn., and began
working in the coal mines of Hickory Township. One year afterward he
brought out his parents, both of whom spent the balance of their days
in Hickory Township. He followed coal mining for twenty years, then
opened a bank for himself, which he operated successfully six years,
and then retired from the business. In 1884 he opened the store now
managed by his sons. Mr. Hoffmann was married January 4, 1856, to Miss
Charlotta Gimbel, a native of Bavaria, who immigrated to Mercer County
with her parents. They reared nine children, seven sons and two
daughters: Peter, Charlotta, wife of Jacob Hassel, of Sharon;
Frederick, Karl, Katherine, wife of Jacob Hassel, of Sharon; Calvin,
Edward, Albert and Wilhelm. The family belong to the German Reformed
Church, of Sharon, and in politics Mr. Hoffmann is a Republican.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 731
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