Book excerpt: Excerpt from Class of 1872, Rutgers College: History to 1917 ON of Wilson' J. Hoffman, feed, flour and grain merchant and mil-le'r and Mary Ann Hover. Ancestors of good Holland and German stock, honest yeomen, the h0pe and backbone of every land. Born May 13th, 1849, at Flem ington, N. J. Prepared for college under Rev. Robert Van Amburg, Chester Institute; N Hudson River Institute, Cla'ver-ack, N Y., and _granimar School, New Brunswick. Junior orator. College Honors he states passed me by. I kept as near the center 'oi the class as possible. M New Brunswick Theological Seminary 1872-1875. Licensed by Classis of 'raritan May, -1875. Ordained by same Classis October, 1875. Pastor Reformed. Churches, Wilcox, Penn, 1875-1877; Pottersville, N J., 1878 - 1883. Pastor of Presbyterian Churches in Michigan, Everett, 1883 Third Grand Rapids, 1885-1889; Miner, 1889 - 1891; Mount Pleasant, 1891-1896; Flushing, 1896-1898; Concord, 1898-1906; Deckertown, 1906 - 1912; Saline, 1912 Degrees: ab. 1872, a.m. 1875, Rutgers. Presbyterian. Politics, Independent. Married October 26th, 1876, Caroline A. Garretson, daughter of Rev. John Garretson, D.D., Secretary of Board of Domestic. Missions R. C. A., 1849 - 1859, and Rector of Hertzog Hall, 1874 - 1875; and Caroline A. Smith. Only child, Grace G. Hoffman, born June 11th, 1878. Wife of Hutchings. Printed matter confined to addresses and items in newspapers. Achievements: A 'hand in the mighty enterprise of extending God's Kingdom on earth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.