Theodore Trivett Hoffman was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, the eldest of four children born to Charles Hoffman & Catherine Schuyler Van Vechten. He a youthful soldier in the Civil war, being with the 71st Militia of New York, but was never in a battle. He was for many years a salesman in New York City. He married Rose Newby on April 12, 1874 in New York.
In 1887, acting on the advice of a brother, he moved to Kansas City, Kansas. He remained a resident of this city, and for a number of years was connected with Armour & Co. In 1894 he was elected Clerk of the District Court and held that position for two years and from 1896 to 1910 was a jailer in Kansas City, Kansas. Since 1910 he was connected with the laboratory and serum plant of his son William (Stock Yards Serum Company). He was a Mason and a member of the Congregational Church.
Theodore & Rose had 4 children (all linked below): Cornelia Schuyler, Charles Howard, William Theodore and Kate Mera.
Distraught by medical issues, he took his own life shooting himself in the head.
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My father had a pocket watch that was one of his grandfather's but he wasn't sure which one. The initials engraved on the watch are "TTH". In my journey through our genealogy, I was able to determine it belonged to my "Grandpa T" who died many years before my father was born. I now have this pocket watch.
In 1887, acting on the advice of a brother, he moved to Kansas City, Kansas. He remained a resident of this city, and for a number of years was connected with Armour & Co. In 1894 he was elected Clerk of the District Court and held that position for two years and from 1896 to 1910 was a jailer in Kansas City, Kansas. Since 1910 he was connected with the laboratory and serum plant of his son William (Stock Yards Serum Company). He was a Mason and a member of the Congregational Church.
Theodore & Rose had 4 children (all linked below): Cornelia Schuyler, Charles Howard, William Theodore and Kate Mera.
Distraught by medical issues, he took his own life shooting himself in the head.
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My father had a pocket watch that was one of his grandfather's but he wasn't sure which one. The initials engraved on the watch are "TTH". In my journey through our genealogy, I was able to determine it belonged to my "Grandpa T" who died many years before my father was born. I now have this pocket watch.
Theodore Trivett Hoffman was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, the eldest of four children born to Charles Hoffman & Catherine Schuyler Van Vechten. He a youthful soldier in the Civil war, being with the 71st Militia of New York, but was never in a battle. He was for many years a salesman in New York City. He married Rose Newby on April 12, 1874 in New York.
In 1887, acting on the advice of a brother, he moved to Kansas City, Kansas. He remained a resident of this city, and for a number of years was connected with Armour & Co. In 1894 he was elected Clerk of the District Court and held that position for two years and from 1896 to 1910 was a jailer in Kansas City, Kansas. Since 1910 he was connected with the laboratory and serum plant of his son William (Stock Yards Serum Company). He was a Mason and a member of the Congregational Church.
Theodore & Rose had 4 children (all linked below): Cornelia Schuyler, Charles Howard, William Theodore and Kate Mera.
Distraught by medical issues, he took his own life shooting himself in the head.
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My father had a pocket watch that was one of his grandfather's but he wasn't sure which one. The initials engraved on the watch are "TTH". In my journey through our genealogy, I was able to determine it belonged to my "Grandpa T" who died many years before my father was born. I now have this pocket watch.
In 1887, acting on the advice of a brother, he moved to Kansas City, Kansas. He remained a resident of this city, and for a number of years was connected with Armour & Co. In 1894 he was elected Clerk of the District Court and held that position for two years and from 1896 to 1910 was a jailer in Kansas City, Kansas. Since 1910 he was connected with the laboratory and serum plant of his son William (Stock Yards Serum Company). He was a Mason and a member of the Congregational Church.
Theodore & Rose had 4 children (all linked below): Cornelia Schuyler, Charles Howard, William Theodore and Kate Mera.
Distraught by medical issues, he took his own life shooting himself in the head.
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My father had a pocket watch that was one of his grandfather's but he wasn't sure which one. The initials engraved on the watch are "TTH". In my journey through our genealogy, I was able to determine it belonged to my "Grandpa T" who died many years before my father was born. I now have this pocket watch.
