Morgan B. HOFIUS
Birth:
Hickory Twp?, Mercer, Pennsylvania
Death:
1903
Mercer Co., Pennsylvania
Burial:
1903
Hickory Twp., Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, Morefield Cem.
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
BIOGRAPHY:1888 History of Mercer Co.,Pa. pp 866-867 , resides at GroveCity,
Pa.
MILITARY SERVICE: Member of Co. D, 111 Pa Vols. (Civil War?)
OCCUPATION: Mining and shipping coal
Morgan (M.B.) the youngest child of Henry Hofius & Mary Reno and resided in Grove City, Pa. He was engaged in mining and shipping coal. M.B. was part of Reel # 2 of Sharon Fire Dept., in 1856.
He was also a member of Reel #1 in the Sharon Fire Department when it was formed on 6/16/1873.
He was a Private and part of the One Hundred & Eleventh Regiment, Company D, Pennsylvania Volunteers as documented in the Mercer County History.
Later he was part of Two Hundred & Eleventh Infantry Regiment, Company D, Pennsylvania Volunteers with Captain William A. Coulter in command which was from Mercer County and this time he was recruited at Meadville, Pennsylvania for 1 year and organized at Camp Reynolds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 9/6/1864. He fought in the battle at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia on 9/29/1864 and again on 11/17/1864. He then saw battle on 11/20/1864 and then was assigned to the Army of the James. Later on (11-27-1864) he was transfered to the Army of the Potomac south of Appomattox & attached to the 3rd Division of the 9th Corps under command of General Hartranft. Under command of Captain Coulter it shared in the capture of Fort Steadman on 3/25/1865 with small losses. He participated in the Battle at Petersburg, Virginia on 4/1/1865 and on 4/2/1865 where he was wounded at Petersburg, Virginia on 4/2/1865. In this assult upon the enemy lines his unit lost 135 men. The unit was mustered out on 6/2/1865 after Lee's surrender. He later received a pension for his military service in Mercer County, Sharon, Pennsylvania under number 197073 atleast in 1883.
M.B. later was Senior Vice-Commander in 1885 of the Marion Craig Post #325, G.A.R., Dept of Penna., that was organized on 4/16/1883. Morgan was elected Commander of Post #325 in 1886.
In the Sharon Herald paper for September 1, 1882 Morgan found 4 feet 3 inches to 6 foot of coal in 9 holes which he had drilled on s six-hundred acre tract of land which he had leased in Pine and Wolfcreek Twps., on the east side of the county.
Morgan B. is buried in Section 7, Row 1, Grave Site 12 in Morefield Cemetery,
Clair MCCLENTIC
Birth:
27 Jan 1850
Pennsylvania
Death:
4 Dec 1932
Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, At Home
Burial:
6 Dec 1932
Hickory Twp., Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, Morefield Cem.
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
Clair left area many years ago and moved to New Castle, Pennsylvania where she was a member of the 1st Presbyterian Church. In later years she moved to Cleveland, Ohio where she died from a short illness of Pneumonia. She was the daughter of George and Rachel McKay McClintic. Surviving after her death was a daughter Bessie Hofius of Oakland, California and 2 sisters; Mrs Ada Carnes of Sharon and Mrs Rachel Bechtel also of Sharon, Pennsylvania.
Children
Marriage
1
Bessie HOFIUS
Birth:
30 Jul 1880
New Castle, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania
Death:
9 Apr 1969
Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio, State Hosp.
Marr:
Notes:
Bessie's social security # was 211 36 2419.
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Morgan B. Hofius - Clair McClentic
Morgan B. Hofius
His parents were Henry Hofius and Mary Reno.
He married Clair McClentic . Clair McClentic was born at Pennsylvania 27 Jan 1850 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Bessie Hofius
born 30 Jul 1880.
Morgan B. Hofius died 1903 at Mercer Co., Pennsylvania .
Clair McClentic died 4 Dec 1932 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, At Home .