Elizabeth Jane Hoffman
1810-Jan. 28, 1847
Niles Republican, Saturday, January 30, 1847, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
OBITUARY
DIED in this village on Thursday morning, the 28th Jan. inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Hoffman, wife of Henry B. Hoffman, in the 37th year of her age, after a very short illness.
Mrs. Hoffman, with her husband, were among the first settlers of this place, having resided here about fourteen years. She was then young, and had the ardent energy of a Pioneer of this new world. The writer of this brief notice first saw her in 1833, and remembers well her bright and animated look as she spoke of Niles as her new home, and the hopes she had of its interests and society. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, highly esteemed, and her loss will be deeply felt, and long deplored. The poor and the houseless--the rich, and the bereaved will long remember her kind and sympathising feelings, and her open hand, ever ready to give. Her monument is in the hearts of her survivors.
The funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church to-morrow morning at half past ten o'clock.