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JACOB AND MARTHA HOFF Jacob and Martha Hoff Jacob M. Hoff was born in Kassel Township in McPherson County to Michael and Katherina (Gohl) Hoff September 4, 1899. His father, Michael Hoff, was born in Kassel, South Russia on August 31, 1865. He came to America as a lad of fourteen, with his parents, two brothers and three sisters. The family arrived at Yankton, Dakota Territory, in June of 1879. He lived there with his parents until 1889, when he came to a place nine miles east of Eureka to homestead. Katherina came to the United States as a six month old child, where she grew up in the Long Lake area. She dedicated her life to her family of ten children. Jacob attended grade school for a few years and then was taught the basics of farming by his father. He married Martha Strobel December 18, 1924. Martha was born in Gluckthal Township to Jacob and Barbara (Beiber) Strobel. Her parents were both born in South Russia. Her father spoke Russian, German, and English fluently, he had learned them in the Russian schools. Her mother died when she was 18 months old. She spent her adolescent years helping her widowed father raise five brothers and sisters. Martha attended grade school and the Lutheran College in Eureka. She then attended the Normal College in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She earned her way through college by working as a maid. She taught school for some years and she also did the bookkeeping for her father's implement and grocery business. They farmed some of the original homestead land nine miles east of Eureka. They retired in Eureka, in October of 1956. The Hoffs spent only one night together in their home in Eureka when she became ill, was hospitalized and died October 17, 1956. Jacob passed away on his 82nd birthday, September 4, 1981. The Hoffs had four children: Gertrude Kimm, Blue Earth, Minnesota; Richard and Raymond, both farmers east of Eureka, and Mrs. Henry (Bernice) Oster, Eureka. The Hoffs' church affiliation was Reformed. OTTO P. AND ALBINA HOFF Otto and Albina Hoff Otto Hoff was born March 2, 1902 in Rosenthal Township, Eureka, South Dakota. He was the son of Jacob P. Hoff and Katherina Pfeifer Hoff. Otto grew up on the farm where he was born the youngest of six brothers and two sisters. He was united in marriage to Albina Adam March 20, 1923, the daughter of George Adam. They lived on a farm seven miles southwest of Eureka on the Adam farm until 1937. They were forced to leave the farm due to the drought in the thirties and moved to Eureka. Otto repaired machinery and became a welder, later on he again became involved in farming. Otto passed away October 20, 1969 at Eureka. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church. Albina Adam Hoff's parents, George Adam and Magdelina Schlaht Adam emigrated to America from Russia in 1885 when George was nine years old.
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