Silas Marion Hoff (1865 - 1944)

Born 14 Mar 1865 in Auburn, Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States of America

Ancestors

Son of John Hoff and Elizabeth Ann (Gaston) Hoff

Husband of Minnie Cecil (Wilson) Hoff — married 21 Sep 1898 (to 4 Aug 1921) in Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States of America

Husband of Cora Alta (Jefferies) Hoff — married 27 Nov 1927 (to 26 Dec 1944) in Franklin County, Ohio, United States of America

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1944 at age 79 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States of America

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Biography

Silas was born in 1865 on his family's farm in Bone Creek near Auburn WV. He was the son of John Hoff and Elizabeth Ann Gaston. He grew up in the Auburn area, did well in school and went to college at the University of West Virginia, culminating with a law degree. He started off as a teacher. When he was 33 years old in 1898, he married Minnie Cecil Wilson near Pennsboro, WV. They raised a family of six children together. In 1900, they were living near Morgantown, WV, probably as Silas did his law studies. He continued teaching and had a farm back in their home county of Ritchie, WV until 1913 when they moved and settled in Huntington, WV. Silas was involved in the Republican party, and held the posts of school superintendent and county prosecutor, and also continued to teach and practice law: over the course of his career, he distinguished himself as a local dignitary. His wife Minnie died in 1921, and Silas remarried in 1926 to a family friend and widow, Cora Alta (Jefferies) Prunty in Franklin, OH. Silas passed away at home in Huntington in 1944. He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery there.

Children:

• Rosalind, 1899-1943, m. Creighton Henry Pemberton
• Virginia Elizabeth, 1901-1946, m. David Clyde Howard
• Helen Faris, 1903-1959, m. Robert William Brooks
• Marion Rowland, 1905-1975, m. Mackie Agnes Wood
• Leroy Peter 1908-1970, m. Inez Jilson Cowie Chatfield
• Mary Kathryn (C.?) 1913-1988, m. David Livingstone Goodwin Sr

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Death Announcement

Newspaper clipping posted on the Goodwin Ancestry Family Tree, accessed 18 Aug 2015. (Need a reference for the newspaper article: newspaper, date).

"Rites Thursday for S.M. Hoff

Funeral services for Silas Marion Hoff, 79, 2650 Collis Avenue, who died yesterday at 9 A.M. at his home after a brief illness, will be held tomorrow at 2:30 P.M. at the Fisher-Shelton Funeral Home with Dr. W.P. Hooper, pastor of the Highlawn Presbyterian Church officiating, assisted by the Rev. T. Henry Patterson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. C.L. Nisbet. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home until after the services. Members of the Huntington Masonic Lodge 53 will have charge of graveside services. Pallbearers will be H.E. Danford, O.E. Hodges, J.T. Pickering, Edward Mays, Lucien W. Blankenship, E.L. Hogsett, Dr. Otis G. Willson, A.M. Werninger and the following elders of the Highlawn Presbyterian Church: James Erskine, H.H. Fleming, E.M. Peoples, Sherman Yokum, Bailey D. Wilkey, Fred Wilderson, J.C. Anderson, J.W. Spessard, A.C. Brown, John H. Schoenlein and William Irvine. ONCE WAS PROSECUTOR Mr. Hoff, a retired attorney and educator, was born at Auburn, Ritchie County, on March 14, 1865, a son of the lat John and Catherine Gaston Hoff. He received his early education in the public schools and attended Buckhannon U.B. Academy, Glenville Normal School and West Virginia University, obtaining his Backelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law degrees from the latter institution. Actively identified with affairs of the Republican party, Mr. Hoff served as prosecuting attorney for two terms in Ritchie County and was also superintendent of schools there for eight years. He was a delegate to the national Republican convention in 1928. A resident of Huntington since 1913, he taught social science at Enslow School for approximately 20 years and at Marshall College for three terms. HIGH IN MASONRY Mr. Hoff was an elder of the Highlawn Presbyterian Church, a 32nd degree Mason, a charter member of the Nemesis Temple of the Shrine at Parkersburg, a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Cabell County Bar Association. In 1898 Mr. Hoff was married to Miss Minnie Cecil Wilson, descendant of a member of the first Virginia Assembly and daughter of Elizabeth Rinehart Wilson and Lerop P. Wilson, who was a leading land owner and banker in Pennsboro, Ritchie County. Surviving children by that marriage are two sons, M. Rowland Hoff of Richland, Wash., and Leroy P. Hoff of New York and three daughters, Mrs. Irvin L. Murray of Charleston, Mrs. R.W. Brooks of Huntington and Mrs. David Goodwin of Monroe, La. In 1927 he was married to Mrs. Cora Prunty, who survives. Other survivors include a step-son, Sergeant Harold Prunty, stationed at a hospital in England; 12 grandchildren, including Miss Sara Anne Pemberton and Crayton Henry Pemberton of Huntingon; two step-grandchildren, and three brothers, the Rev. L.R. Hoff of Lynwood, Calif., W.L. Hoff of Vinita, Okla., and L.L. Hoff of Cairo, W VA. A daughter, Mrs. C.H. Pemberton, preceded her father in death."

Sources

History of Ritchie County, with biographical sketches of its pioneers and their ancestors, and with interesting reminiscences of revolutionary and Indian times. Lowther, Minnie Kendall, Published c1911; Publisher: Wheeling, W. Va.: Wheeling News Litho Co. Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. Accessed at Archive.org, 28 Jul 2015. pp. 249-250, Chapter XVI. Bone Creek Settled:

"John Hoff was another early settler on this creek, just below the "Ward homestead." .... Mr. and Mrs. Hoff were the parents of eleven children that reached the years of maturity—seven sons and four daughters. These sons are nearly all prominently known in the various walks of life : Silas Marion is at this time one of the prominent official figures of his native county. (See Younger Men's Calendar.)"

pp. 626-627, The Younger Men's Calendar:

"Silas Marion Hoff is at this time one of the most prominent official figures of the county. He shares (with H. B. Woods and the late T. E. Davis) the distinction of being one of the three native born sons of Ritchie that have filled the Prosecutor's chair. Mr. Hoff was born on the "Hoff homestead" below Auburn, on March 14, 1865, and by his pluck and energy has forged his way up through many dis-advantages to his present high-standing. He, like not a few others whose records are herein inscribed, began his public life as a rural pedagogue. He was graduated from the State Normal at Glenville in the class of 1881, and afterwards entered the State University, at Morgantown, where he took the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Laws. He served as Superintendent of the Public schools of Sistersville, and was principal of the Pennsboro school for one year; was County Superintendent for four years, and is now serving his second term as Prosecuting Attorney, and is talked of as a candidate for the Judgeship. On September 21, 1898, at high noon, he was married to Miss Minnie Wilson, daughter of the late L. P. Wilson, of Pennsboro, who was, also, a teacher, and five children are the result of this union ; viz., Rosalind Wilson, Virginia Elizabeth, Helen Paris, Marion Rowland, and Leroy P. Hoff."

Doddridge County Roots, accessed 17 Aug 2015. Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Birth: 14 Mar 1865; Occupation: teacher, county superintendant, prosecuting attorney; Spouse1: Minnie Cecil Wilson; Marriage1: 21 Sep 1898, Ritchie County, WV; Spouse2: Cora A. Jeffreys; Marriage2: 1927.

Residence in West Virginia

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHM-D6K : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas M Hoff in household of John Hoff, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 20, family 133, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,197. Census place: Union Township, Ritchie County, WV, Post Office: Harrisville, WV. Census date: 22-23 Jun 1870. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: male; Age:5; Race: White; Race (Original): W; Birth Year (Estimated): 1864-1865; Birthplace: West Virginia; Page Number: 20; Household (Role Gender Age Birthplace): John Hoff, M, 44, Virginia now WV; Farmer, real estate: 2000, personal estate: 600; adult male citizen; Elizabeth Hoff, F, 40, Virginia; Keeping house; Ere B Hoff, M, 20, Virginia; at home; Irvoin S Hoff, M, 16, Virginia; attending school; George S Hoff, M, 14, Virginia; attending school; Charlotte C Hoff, F, 12, Virginia; attending school; attended school; Rebecca J Hoff, F, 10, Virginia; attended school; cannot write; Weldon A L Hoff, M, 8, Virginia; Mary C Hoff, F, 7, Virginia; Silas M Hoff, M, 5, West Virginia; Rosa Bird Hoff, F, 3, West Virginia; Martha L Hoff, F, 1, West Virginia. All birthplaces are noted as "Virginia now WV"; Living near a Bee, Davis

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TW-3GQ : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas M Hoff in household of John Hoff, Union, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district 148, sheet 328B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1413; FHL microfilm 1,255,413. Census date: 9 Jun 1880. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: male; Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Race: White; Race (Original): W; Occupation: Farm work; Relationship to Head of Household: Son; Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son; Birth Year (Estimated): 1865; Birthplace: West Virginia, United States; Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States; Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia, United States; Household (Role Gender Age Birthplace): John Hoff, Self, M, 54, head, married, West Virginia, United States; Farmer; parents' birthplace: PA; Elisabeth Hoff, Wife, F, 50, married, keeping house, West Virginia, United States; parents' birthplace: WV; Weldon Hoff, Son, M, 19, single, West Virginia, United States; staying at home; disabled; attended school; parents' birthplace: f:PA; m:WV: Mary C Hoff, Daughter, F, 17, single, West Virginia, United States; at home; disabled; attended school; parents' birthplace: f:PA; m:WV: Silas M Hoff, Son, M, 15, single, West Virginia, United States; working on farm; attended school; parents' birthplace: f:PA; m:WV: Lewis R Hoff, Son, M, 9, single, West Virginia, United States; attended school; parents' birthplace: f:PA; m:WV: Lloyd Hoff, Son, M, 7, single, West Virginia, United States; attended school; parents' birthplace: f:PA; m:WV: Rosa B Hoff, Daughter, F, 13, single, West Virginia, United States; at home; attended school; parents' birthplace: f:PA; m:WV .

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZS-KSR : accessed 17 August 2015), S Marion Hoff, Morgan district (north side, (north of Deckers Creek) excl. Morgantown) Seneca town, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 13A, family 247, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,767. Census date: 23 Jun 1900. Name: S Marion Hoff; Gender: Male; Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Race (Original): W; Relationship to Head of Household: Head; Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head; Years Married: 1; Birth Date: Mar 1864; Birthplace: West Virginia; Marriage Year (Estimated): 1899; Father's Birthplace: West Virginia; Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia; HOUSEHOLD (ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE): S Marion Hoff, Head, M, Mar 1864, 36, married, yrs married: 1; West Virginia; parents' birthplace: WV; Student (crossed out?); Minnie C Hoff, Wife, F, Apr 1872, 28, married, yrs married: 1; children born: 1; living:1; West Virginia; parents' birthplace: WV; occupation: [blank]; Rosalind Hoff, Daughter, F, Aug 1899, 1 (10/12), West Virginia; parents' birthplace: WV; Ava J Johnson, Servant, F, Nov 1871, 29, single, Pennsylvania; parents' birthplace: f:PA; M:WV; housemaid, months w/o work: 0; Owned house, no mortgage. All can read, write, speak English.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFR-JBK : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas M Hoff, Union, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 10B, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,706. Census date: 29 Apr 1910. Name Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Race (Original): White; Relationship to Head of Household: Head; Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head; Birth Year (Estimated): 1865; Birthplace: West Virginia; Father's Birthplace: Ohio; Mother's Birthplace: Virginia; HOUSEHOLD (ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE): Silas M Hoff, Head, M, 45, married, 1st marriage, yrs married: 11; West Virginia; Parents' birthplace: f: Ohio??; m: Virginia; Prosecuting Atty, County, wages; Out of work?: no; Weeks w/o work: 0; Veteran: [blank]; Minny W Hoff, Wife, F, 38, married, 1st marriage, yrs married: 11; children born: 5; living: 5; West Virginia; Parents' birthplace: f: Virginia; m: Maryland; occupation: none; Rosalind W Hoff, Daughter, F, 10, West Virginia; Parents' birthplace: WV; attended school; Virginia E Hoff, Daughter, F, 8, West Virginia; Parents' birthplace: WV; attended school; Helen F Hoff, Daughter, F, 6, West Virginia; Parents' birthplace: WV; Marion R Hoff, Son, M, 4, West Virginia; Parents' birthplace: WV; Leroy P Hoff, Son, M, 1 (1 11/12), West Virginia; Parents' birthplace: WV. Owned farm, no mortgage; Farm schedule: 48. All can read, write, speaks English.

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 18 Aug 2015. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Residence Place: Huntington, West Virginia, USA; Occupation: Lawyer; Spouse: Minnie Hoff; Publication Title: Huntington, West Virginia, City Directory.

• Residence Year: 1916; Street address: 300 First Natl Bank bldg 29th St rr St Edwards College
• Residence Year: 1917; Street address: 512 First Natl Bank
• Residence Year: 1918; Residence Place: Huntington, West Virginia, USA

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKR-F2S : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas M Hoff, Huntington Ward 4, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 16B, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,951. Census date: 20-21 [blank]?? 1920. Name; Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Age: 54; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Race (Original): White; Relationship to Head of Household: Head; Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head; Birth Year (Estimated): 1866; Birthplace: West Virginia; Father's Birthplace: West Virginia; Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia; HOUSEHOLD (ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE): Silas M Hoff, [Respondent],Head, M, 54, married, West Virginia; Lawyer, general practice; own account; Minnie W Hoff, Wife, F, 47, married, West Virginia; occupation: none; Rosalind D Hoff, Daughter, F, 20, single, attended school; West Virginia; Virginia E Hoff, Daughter, F, 18, attended school; single, West Virginia; Hoff, Daughter, F, 16, attended school; single, West Virginia; Marion R Hoff, Son, M, 14, attended school; West Virginia; Leroy Hoff, Son, M, 11, attended school; West Virginia; Mary C Hoff, Daughter, F, 6, West Virginia. Address: 2640 Collis Ave.; Rented. Parents' birthplace: W.V. for everyone.

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 18 Aug 2015. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Residence Place: Huntington, West Virginia, USA; Occupation: Lawyer; Spouse: Minnie Hoff; Publication Title: Huntington, West Virginia, City Directory.

• Residence Year: 1920; Street address: 2640 2650 Collis av
• Residence Year: 1921; Street address: 2640

Occupation: Teacher, Enslow Junior High School; Spouse: Cora Hoff

• Residence Year: 1928; Street address: 2650 Collis av

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCV-4X9 : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas M Hoff, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0019, sheet 2A, family 30, line 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2529; FHL microfilm 2,342,263. Census date: 2 Apr 1930. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Age: 50; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Race (Original): White; Relationship to Head of Household: Head; Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head; Birth Year (Estimated): 1880; Birthplace: West Virginia; Father's Birthplace: West Virginia; Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia; HOUSEHOLD (ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE): Silas M Hoff, Head, M, 50, married, marriage age: 21; West Virginia; Teacher, public school; wages, employed; veteran?: no; Cora Hoff, Wife, F, 40, married, marriage age:19; Ohio; occupation: none; Leroy Hoff, Son, M, 21, single, West Virginia; Catherine M Hoff, Daughter, F, 16, single, West Virginia. Address: 2650 Collis Ave. Owned house; value 8000; has radio, not a farm. Parents' birthplace: WV for everyone.

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 18 Aug 2015. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Residence Place: Huntington, West Virginia, USA; Spouse: Cora Hoff; Occupation: Teacher, Enslow Junior High School; Publication Title: Huntington, West Virginia, City Directory.

• Residence Year: 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936; Street address: 2650 Collis av

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7HT-GZK : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas M Hoff, Ward 5, Huntington, Gideon Magisterial District, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-32, sheet 2A, family 35, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4398. Census date: 2 Apr 1940. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Age: 75; Marital Status: Married; Race (Original): White; Race: White; Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head; Relationship to Head of Household: Head; Birthplace: West Virginia; Birth Year (Estimated): 1865; Last Place of Residence: Same House; HOUSEHOLD (ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE): Silas M Hoff, Head, M, 75, married, Educ: C-5; West Virginia; Unable to work; retired school teacher; income: 0; received other income; Cora Hoff, Wife, F, 63, married, educ:C-4; Ohio; housework; no income. Address: 1650 Collis Avenue; owned house, value 7000; Both lived in Same house in 1935.

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 18 Aug 2015. Name: Silas M Hoff; Gender: Male; Residence Place: Huntington, West Virginia, USA; Occupation: Lawyer; Spouse: Cora Hoff; Publication Title: Huntington, West Virginia, City Directory.

• Residence Year: 1940, 1941, 1943; Street address: 2650 Collis av

Marriage

"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1C3-M2B : accessed 18 August 2015), Silas M Hoff and Minnie C Wilson, 1898; citing Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 839,540. Name: Silas M Hoff; Age: 33; Marital status: single; Birthplace and residence: Ritchie Co., WV; Occupation: Teacher; Spouse's Name: Minnie C Wilson; Spouse age: 26; Spouse marital status: single; Spouse birthplace and residence: Ritchie Co., WV; Event Type: Marriage; Event Date: 21 Sep 1898; Event Place: Near Pennsboro, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; Ceremony performed by: S. Boyce Johnson. Affiliate Repository Type: County Records.

"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDC9-3FY : accessed 18 July 2015), John Hoff in entry for Silas M. Hoff and Cora Prunty, 27 Nov 1927; citing , Franklin, Ohio, reference 2:3KH4N4M; FHL microfilm 1,854,983. Name: Silas M. Hoff; Birthplace: Auburn, West Virginia; Spouse's Name: Cora Prunty; Spouse's Birth Date: 1881; Spouse's Birthplace: Seaman, Ohio; Spouse's Age: 46; Event Date: 27 Nov 1927; Event Place: , Franklin, Ohio; Father's Name: John Hoff; Mother's Name: Elizabeth Gaston; Spouse's Father's Name: Thornton Jeffries; Spouse's Mother's Name: Savetla Bishop; Marital Status: Widowed; Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed; Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Prunty.

Children

"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMQH-35Y : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Maron Hoff in entry for Virginia Elizabeth Hoff, 25 Dec 1901; citing Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 839,537. Name: Virginia Elizabeth Hoff; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 25 Dec 1901; Event Place: Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; Gender: Female; Race: White; Father's Name: Silas Maron Hoff; Mother's Name: Minnie Wilson Hoff. Born: Alive.

"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMQH-3RM : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Maron Hoff in entry for Helen Faris Hoff, 07 Jun 1903; citing Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 839,537. Name: Helen Faris Hoff; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 07 Jun 1903; Event Place: Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; Gender: Female; Father's Name: Silas Maron Hoff; Mother's Name: Minnie Wilson Hoff.

"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X55M-CSX : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Marion Hoff in entry for Marion Rowland Hoff, 30 Apr 1905; citing Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,740. Name: Marion Rowland Hoff; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 30 Apr 1905; Event Place and Residence (PO address): Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; Gender: Male; Father's Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Father age: 40; Father birthplace: Auburn, WV; Father occupation: Attorney at law; Mother's Name: Minnie Cecil Wilson; Mother age: 33; Mother birthplace: Pennsboro, WV; Mother occupation: housewife: teacher; Birth order: 4; Any children die before this child was born: No; Signed by Silas Marion Hoff.

"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMQH-3R3 : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Maron Hoff in entry for Maron Rowland Hoff, 30 Apr 1905; citing Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 839,537. Name: Maron Rowland Hoff; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 30 Apr 1905; Event Place: Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; Gender: Male; Race: White; Father's Name: Silas Maron Hoff; Mother's Name: Minnie Wilson Hoff; Born: Alive.

"West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X55B-499 : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Marion Hoff in entry for Marion Roland Hoff, 30 Apr 1905; citing Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,992,740. Name: Marion Roland Hoff; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 30 Apr 1905; Birthplace: Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia; Father's Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Father's Birthplace: Auburn, West Virgina; Father's Age: 40; Mother's Name: Minnie Cecil Wilson; Mother's Birthplace: Pennsboro, West Virginia; Mother's Age: 33.

"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRHF-V4C : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Maron Hoff in entry for Leroy P. Hoff, 16 Apr 1908; citing Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 839,537. Name: Leroy P. Hoff; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 16 Apr 1908; Event Place: Harrisville, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States; Gender: Male; Race: White; Father's Name: Silas Maron Hoff; Mother's Name: Minnie Wilson Hoff. Born: Alive.

"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMDK-B2S : accessed 17 August 2015), Hoff, 23 Jan 1928; citing Cabell Co., West Virginia, County Records, v 4 p 107, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,882. Name: Hoff; Event Date: 23 Jan 1928; Event Place: Cabell Co., West Virginia; Gender: Female; Birthplace: Huntington, W. Va.; Marital Status: Single; Affiliate Repository Type: County Records. Cause of death: premature birth. Parents not identified.

"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7L-1BZ : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas M. Hoff in entry for Rosalind Hoff Pemberton, 06 Jul 1943; citing Cabell, West Virginia, County Records, 8247, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,641. Name: Rosalind Hoff Pemberton; Event Date: 06 Jul 1943; Birth date: 5 Aug 1899; Age: 43 yrs, 11 mos, 1 day; Birthplace: Harrisville, WVa; Occupation: Housewife, home; Event Place: Huntington State Hospital, Huntington, Gideon, Cabell, West Virginia; Length of stay in hospital: 9 yrs; Usual residence: 2640 First Ave, Huntington, Cabell, WVa; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: C. H. Pemberton; Spouse age: 39; Father's Name: Silas M. Hoff; Father birthplace; Ritchie County, WVa; Mother's Name: Minnie Wilson; Mother birthplace: Ritchie Co., WVA; Burial; 8 Jul 1943; Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntingon; Affiliate Repository Type: County Records. Cause of death: Pulmonary tuberculosis; dementia, praecox; 10 yrs duration.

"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMCW-F79 : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Marion Hoff in entry for Virginia Hoff Murray, 25 Nov 1946; citing Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, 13260, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,811. Name: Virginia Hoff Murray; Event Date: 25 Nov 1946; Event Place and usual residence: 1234 Upper Ridgeway Rd., Charleston, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia; Birth date: 25 Dec 1901; Age: 44 yrs, 11 mo, 0 days; Birthplace: Harrisville, WVa; Occupation: Housewife; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Irvin L. Murray; Father's Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Father birthplace: Richie Co. [sic], WVa; Mother's Name: Minnie Wilson; Mother birthplace: Richie [sic] Co., WVa; Burial; 27 Nov 1946; Springhill Cemebery, Huntington, WVa; Affiliate Repository Type: County Records. Cuase of death Cirhosia of liver.

"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMLX-TBP : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Marion Hoff in entry for Virginia Hoff Murray, 25 Nov 1946; citing Charleston, Kanawha, W. Va., County Records, v M-Q p 38-5, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 460,371. Name: Virginia Hoff Murray; Event Date: 25 Nov 1946; Event Place: Charleston, Kanawha, W. Va.; Gender: Female; Age (Expanded): 44 years 11 months; Birth Date: 25 Dec 1901; Birthplace: Harrisville, Wva; Marital Status: Married; Father's Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Father's Birthplace: Richie County, Wva; Mother's Name: Minnie Wilson; Mother's Birthplace: Richie County, Wva; Occupation: Housewife; Cemetery: Spring Hill; Burial Place: Huntington, Wva; Burial Date: 27 Nov 1946; Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Death

"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMW9-328 : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Marion Hoff, 26 Dec 1944; citing Cabell, West Virginia, County Records, 14455, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,745. Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Residence and place of death: 2650 Collis Ave, Huntington, Cabell, WV; Birthdate: 14 Mar 1865; age: 79 yrs 9mos 12 days; Not a veteran; SNN: no; Occupation: Attorny [sic]; Event Date: 26 Dec 1944; Event Place: Cabell, West Virginia; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Cora Jeffers; Father's Name: John Hoff; Birthplace: Harrison Co, WV; Mother's Name: Catherine Gaston; Birthplace: VA; Death certificate 14455; Affiliate Repository Type: County Records. Cause of death: arterio-sclerotic heart disease; Burial: Date: 28 Dec 1944; Spring Hill cemetery, Huntington, WV.

"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMD2-TY7 : accessed 17 August 2015), Silas Marion Hoff, 26 Dec 1944; citing Cabell, West Virginia, County Records, v 6 p 16H, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,883. Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Event Date: 26 Dec 1944; Event Place: Cabell, West Virginia; Gender: Male; Age (Expanded): 79 years 9 months 12 days; Birth Date: 1865; Birthplace: Auburn, , Wv; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Attorney; Affiliate Repository Type: County Records.

FindaGrave Memorial #61704720 accessed 17 Aug 2015. Name: Silas Marion Hoff; Birth: Mar. 14, 1865, Auburn, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA; Death: Dec. 26, 1944, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA; Family links: Parents: John Hoff (1825 - 1903), Elizabeth Ann Gaston Hoff (1830 - 1905); Spouse: Minnie Cecil Wilson Hoff (1872 - 1921); Children: Rosalind Hoff Pemberton (1899 - 1943), Virginia Elizabeth Hoff Murray (1901 - 1946), Helen Faris Hoff Brooks (1903 - 1959), Mary Kathryn Hoff Goodwin (1913 - 1988); Siblings: Eri Benson Hoff (1850 - 1938), Hiriam James Hoff (1852 - 1855), Irwin S Hoff (1854 - 1935), George Skilful Hoff (1855 - 1904), Rebecca Jane Hoff Bee (1859 - 1932), Mary Caroline Hoff Fitz Randolph (1863 - 1944), Rosa Byrd Hoff (1867 - 1908), Martha Nora Hoff (1869 - 1870), Lloyd Lownds Hoff (1873 - 1956); Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA, Plot: 36-13; Inscription: "Silas Marion Hoff, 1865-1944". Photo: yes.

DNA confirmation

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Tom Randolph and Timothy Brooks, third cousins. Their MRCAs are John Hoff and Elizabeth Ann Gaston, their second great grandparents. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th-6th Cousins, based on sharing 39 cM across 3 segments; Confidence: High.