Jacob Philip Hoffman ¹

   FamilySearch ID: M98J-3RY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois, IL. ² The 1900 census recorded James A. Pruitt, retired farmer, 68, born Aug 1832, living with wife Barbra, 64, Jul 1836; daughter Anice Hoffman, 37, Dec 1863; son-in-law Jacob Hoffman, merchant, 32, Jul 1868; and Anice's children by her first marriage: Harry Gillett, 11, Jun 1889; and Ray Gillett, 8, Jun 1892. The census columns record James and Barbra were married 43 years ago and she had birthed 4 children, all alive in 1900. Anice and Jacob were married 0 years and she had birthed 2 children both alive. James and Barba were born in Indiana, her parents in Pennsylvania, and his father in Virginia and mother in North Carolina. All others were born in Illinois. Anice's parents were born in Indiana and Jacob's in Germany. The Gillett boys' father was born in Indiana and mother in Illinois.

2. Census in 1920 in Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois, IL. ³ The 1920 census recorded owning a home: J. P. Hoffman, 50, living with wife Annice, 56, and mother-in-law Barbara Pruitt, 83. The Hoffman's and J. P. mother were born in Illinois, J. P.'s father in Germany, and Annice's parents in Indiana. Barbara's parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Jacob married Annice Pruitt, daughter of James Allen Pruitt and Barbara Heiny. (Annice Pruitt was born on 10 Dec 1863 in Milford Township, Iroquois, IL,⁴ died on 23 Aug 1949 ⁴ and was buried in Goodwine: Amity Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ⁴.)