My Genealogy Hound

WENDEL HOFMANN, proprietor of Turner Hall, Tell City, was born in Grossrohrheim, Hessen Darmstadt, June 12, 1842. His parents, Phillip and Philipena (Ehrhardt) Hofmann, still reside at their native place. Wendel remained at home until he reached manhood, receiving a good education in German and learning civil engineering, his father’s profession. He afterward learned the brewer’s business in Darmstadt, and followed it there until 1863, when he came to the United States. After working a few months in New York, he removed to Connersville, Ind., where he owned a brewery until 1868, when he went to St. Louis. In 1870 he came to Tell City and bought Turner Hall, where he has since conducted the liquor business, and in addition a theater and skating-rink. In 1863 he married Sophia Weicker, also a native of Darmstadt, by whom he is the father of eight children living. They are Valentine, Frederick, Wendel, August, Albert, Edith, Sophia and Edward. Mrs. Hofmann died January 4, 1883, and on June 12 following, he married Clara Frey, a native of Baden. Mr. Hofmann is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. fraternities.