1880 census of son, Lewis, Sr. says he was born in Maryland.
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Name Jacob Stoffer
Birth Date 1780
Birth Place Pennsylvania, USA
Death Date 04 1850
Death Place Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
Religion: Brethren.
Occupation: farmer.
Lived in Derry township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Jacob Stoffer moved from Pennsylvania in 1809 & bought farm in Knox Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.
1840 lived in Knox Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. 1840 had 4 in household: 1 male 60-69 (Jacob), 1 male 15-19 (George) , 1 male 20-29 (John), 1 female 50-59 (wife, Christina).
Made Last Will Nov. 11, 1847.
There was a Stoffer Family Farm Burial ground in Knox Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. This burial ground has now been destroyed. It is possible that Jacob and his wife Christina are buried there.
Will probated June 18, 1850.
1840 U.S. Census, Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Knox, Columbiana, Ohio; Page: 20; Family History Library Film: 0020162; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010; Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Family card, Source Information: Ancestry.com. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015; Original data: Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Birth month and day are unsourced from Hans Wilhelm Altman's descendants, Ancestry.com.
City and township of death are unsourced from Hans Wilhelm Altman's descendants, Ancestry.com.
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