Obit: Hoffer, Andrew F. (1873 – 1899)

Transcriber: Ellen Johnson
Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Baker, Brown, Cushman, Gaines, Hacket, Hayden, Hofler, Manard, McCullough, Milligan, Schneideger, Townsend, Uhan, Wafh

----Source: The Deutsche correspondent, July 10, 1899, German correspondent. (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918

Death of Andrew F. Hoffer (1873-6 Jul 1899), Resident of Dorchester, Wisconsin

Dr. Lerny S.Townsend, Hospital Doctor in Copper City Alaska, has arrived here (Baltimore, Md.)

Since February, 1898, he has headed the hospital in that inhospitable area and during this time the following prospectors died in the institution: Andrew Hoffer of Dorchester, Wisc.; A. B. Gaines by Roslin Wafh; Samuel W. Baker of San Francisco; H. D. Shaw, Nick Uhan, S.Milligan, Jack Hayden, Dan Cushman, Dan Manard, Dan McCullough, Wesley Schneideger, A. Louis, I. Hackert and Brown. Most of them succumbed to scurvy and climbing over the Baldez Glacier killed 15 prospectors.

United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940
Andrew F. Hoffer, 24 yr. old Male
Residence Date: 6 Jul 1899
Residence Place: Dorchester, Wisconsin
Wife: Johanna, 28 yr. old Female

Census, Jan. 1891
Family Members
Father: Homer Hoffer Male 40 (1851)
Mother: Marrie Hoffer Female 36 (1855)
Sister: Clara Hoffer Female 14 (1877)
Brother: Fredia Hoffer Male 11 (1880)
Sister: Hoffer Female 6 (1885)
Sister: Mary Hoffer Female 2 (1889)