Living married Living [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

Edgar graduated from St. Louis University School of Dentistry in 1934 and has been a dentist for more than 45 years - however - he did serve his country as a dentist, in the Army Air Corps in Witchita Falls, Texas for 3 1/2 years during W.W. II. After returning to Nashville, he continued in the Reserves for 20 years, retiring in 1970 with the rank of Lt. Col. He has been active in Civic and church affairs in Nashville, such as charter member and past president of the Lions Club - member of Nashville Community High School Board during the time of construction of the new high school building - Elder of the Lutheran Church, etc. He continues to practice dentistry 3 1/2 days a week and enjoys suc hobbies as gardening, golf, fishing and restoring and caning antique furniture.

Edgar was a dentist for 54 years, retiring in 1988. After his retirement he devoted his time to refinishing and recaning antique furniture as well as tending his vegetable and rose gardens. He also enjoyed playing golf and bridge.
Edgar and Bernice celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on August 29, 1996.
Edgar died March 12, 1997, and is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, Nashville, IL. Edgar was a veteran of World War II and was accorded military honors at the time of burial.
Bernice Reinhardt 3/2000

While attending St. Louis U. School of Dentistry he was Vice-President of the Junior Class - member of Psi Omega (Dental) Fraternity and served as its Sec.

EDGAR married GREEN BERNICE IDA on 29 Aug 1931. BERNICE (daughter of GREEN GEORGE A. and HOHMAN CLARA MATILDA) was born on 2 Jul 1910 in Hoyleton, Washington Co., Illinois; died on 20 Jan 2001 in Nashville, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

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Bernice was born in Hoyleton, Illinois, to Dr. George and Clara Hohman Green, the family having moved to Nashville in 1920. She attended Illinois Woman's College (now MacMurray College), Jacksonville, Illinois for 1 year and the University of Illinois for 2 years. She, too, has participated in various civic and church activities - among them member and past president of the American Legion Aux. - Sunday School Teachers for 13 years and others.

Bernice continues to live in the family home in Nashville, enjoying the companionship fo family and friends. She continues in her role as the family historian, having written three books on the genealogy of the Hoffman, Reinhardt, and Carson families. She also enjoys crocheting baby afghans for the infants of family and friends. Bernice has become adept at avoiding the Illinois cold and snow by visiting family members in Florida during the winter months.Bernice Reinhardt 3/2000

Died:
Information received from Russell Hohman via E-Mail on Sept. 1, 2009.

Notes:

Farmer.

FREDERICK married SCHNITKER ANNA CAROLINE LOUISE on 6 Oct 1898 in St. Luke's Church, Covington, Illinois. ANNA was born on 11 Feb 1873; died on 22 May 1941. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

George graduated from St. Louis Colleg of Physicians and Surgeons, having worked his way through college. He was a Railroad telegrapher in Wyoming, Montana and E. St. Louis before entering medical school, nites, and in summer. After graduation he opened an office for the practice of medicine at Hoyleton, Illinois, in June of 1906 and practiced there until 1920. His office in Hoyleton was in the home and the front room, which was the office, boasted of a dental chair, in addition to medical equipment. Dr. Edward Hohman, who was a dentist in Nashville, Illinois, and his brother-in-law, arrived each Tuesday to take care of dental problems. Emergencies that arose between these visits, had to be coped with by the doctor as best he could.
In those early years Dr. Green was a familiar sight riding around the country-side on horseback, ministering to his patients.
He moved to Nashville in November of 1920 and continued to practice there until his death, Jan. 6, 1948.
Like his father, who served as treasurer of Washington Co., and his brother Will who was Co. Judge for 40 years and his brother, Hugh, who served several terms in the Illinois House of Representatives, he was a staunch Republican and was completing his third term as Coroner of Washington County, when he died suddenly, slumped over the steering wheel of his car.
After the death of his wife, his sister, Martha Darrow, who was a widow, kept house for him for about 2 years until he married Mae Ankershiel Muenter.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice Reinhardt

GEORGE married HOHMAN CLARA MATILDA on 16 Sep 1905. CLARA (daughter of HOHMAN ERNST HENRY FREDERICK and HOFFMAN CAROLINE WILHEMINE) was born on 7 Nov 1878; died on 1 Feb 1938. [Group Sheet]

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Clara attended the old "cow-bell" school and was only 14 when her mother had a stroke which paralyzed her and made her an invalid for the last 10 years of her life. Her father passed away 5 years before her mother of what was believed to be cancer. Clara continued to live in the home and help care for her mother till she died and then her brothers until they married or left home. She then held a position in the local post office and the year before her marriage went to Vandalia to live with her sister Ida and work in the Atkinson-Brink Store.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
Compiled by Bernice Reinhardt

Per Narratives of Randolph County, Sparta, Illinois library, her last name was spelled Holeman.

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Frederick came to the U.S. from the Preusz-Minden area of Germany in 1851. He is said by older members of the family to have been a stowaway on a ship. The family settled on a farm near Covington, where they liveduntil 1889, when he purchased the store in New Minden. He owned and operated this store until 190e, when he sold it and retired from business. He and his wife moved to Nashville, Illinois in 1907. He was in very poor health for 8 mos. before his death and was fora time a patient in DeaconessHospital, St. Louis, but died at his home in Nashville.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1072"
Compiled by Bernice Reinhardt

FREDERICK married HOFFMAN CHRISTINE CAROLINE on 25 Apr 1862. CHRISTINE (daughter of HOFFMAN FRIEDRICH WILHELM and BOCKER CAROLINE) was born on 11 May 1843; died on 11 Jul 1932. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Thirteen children - 7 died in infancy or as young children. Only the 6 who lived to grow up are listed.

Notes:

Per Narratives of Randolph County, Hugh was a farmer near Nashville, Illinois and at one time served as Treasurer of Washington County, Illinois. The Hugh Parker Green family were industrious and led political lives and were known freely through the county.

HUGH married TROUT MARY ELIZA on 27 Feb 1866 in Ashley, Illinois. MARY (daughter of TROUT ELIJAH COL. and CARSON LUCINDA) was born on 16 May 1846 in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky; died on 1 Jul 1933 in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Per Narratives of Randolph County, Mary came to Washington County, Illinois, with her parents November 8, 1863 who settled on a farm East of Nashville, Illinois.

Notes:

William Frederick Hohman (partial article) 1979 Washington County History book.
Henry came from Seidinghausen in Northwestern Germany as a young man, having been baptized in a very old church whose foundation stones go back to the days of Charlemagne in the 9th century.
The Hohmans were farmers and shoemakers. The shoe business was continued in Nashville for three generations by Henry, son William, grandson Howard.
. . .
At time of death William Hohman was president of Turst Building and Loan and in show business with son Howard. Was a member of St. Paul U.C.C. and held various offices.
By: Ruth Hohman

Henry was born in the little village, named Siedinghausen, near Minden, in Westphalia in northwestern Germany and went to church and was baptized in a very old church (tradition has it that the church and possibly a few of its aactual foundation stones go back to the days of Charlemagne in the 9th century). It is definitely "Charlemagne territory" and lovely countryside, with rolling hills, quaint old barns and wooden painted statues of saints under the gables and a famous "kaisers denkmal", or statue on a river bend nearby, called Bergkirchen. Both Siedinghausen and Bergkirchen are really only crossroads, with Minden, for which our New Minden in Washington Co. was named, the nearest fairly large town (by 1969, it had grown to about 50,000).
The description of this area was given me by Elmo Hohman, who visited there in 1929 and again in 1958. He found the actual house where Henry lived still standing and occupied by the widow of a distant cousin named Hohman.
The Hohmans were combined farmers and shoemakers and teh shoe business was carried on in Nashville for three generations - by Henry - his son, William and William's son Howard.
Next to the church at Bergkirchen, which is very old and interesting is a cemetery which contains many names of families now living around Nashville, who are their descendants.
Henry left Germany in the 1850's, sailing from Bremen in a sailing boat to New Orleans - then up the Mississippi by river boat and on to Nashville, Illinois. He left Germany as a young man, in order to escape army duty, which was required of all young men when they reached a certain age. After arriving in America, it was said that his conscience bothered him, so he enlisted in the army here during the Civil War. He was a member of the 49th Infanatry Regiment. He was one of 8 brothers and sisters who eventually came to the U.S.
Henry's obituary said he died after a long illness (believed to have been cancer), at the age of 59. To quote from the obituary which appeared in a Nashville German newspaper, "The deceased was a good citizen, good Christian, good husband, good father, member of the church and many years Council Member of St. Paul's Evangelical Church.

ERNST married HOFFMAN CAROLINE WILHEMINE on 17 May 1866. CAROLINE (daughter of HOFFMANN JOHANN ERNST and HOFFMAN SOPHIE MARIA JUSTINA KATHARINA) was born on 7 Sep 1848 in farm sw of Nashville, IL; died on 25 Dec 1901. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Caroline, who was teh fourth child born to Catherine and John E., was, according to her pictures and those who knew her, a very pretty young lady. She was born and grew up on a farm southwest of Nashville, She was an invalid the last ten years of her life, having suffered a stroke which left her paralyzed.