Seth HOFIUS

                   1888 History of Mercer Co., Pa, pp866-867 states he resides at
Sharpesville, Pa & is identified with the iron industry

Seth was born, reared and educated in Hickory Township. In 1846 he entered the employment of Himrod & Vincent, subsequently working at the different furnaces located in Clarion and Venango Counties, Pennsylvania, Youngstown, Ohio and West Middlesex, Pennsylvania.  In 1858 he removed to Mineral Ridge, Ohio and took charge of the works for James Wood & Warner.  He subsequently was engaged as superintendent for James Wood, Sons & Co., of Wheatland, Pennsylvania.  He also had charge of the Mount Hickory Iron Co.,Works at Sharpsville, Pennsyulvania.  He then removed to Buffalo, N.Y., and took charge of the Buffalo Iron & Nail Co., Works.  In 1882 he located in Ohio and engaged in farming where his family then resided.  In 1886 he was placed in charge of the Spearman Iron Furnace at Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.  Seth was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Maxwell of West Middlesex, Pennsylvania and by this union had six children; William D., Lewis M., Mathew L., Frank, Annie J., wife of Henry Sibes, of Buffalo, N.Y., and Harriet, wife of William Fraizer, of the same city.  Elizabeth his wife died in 1862.  He later married in 1867 Margaret McGowan, of Canfield, Ohio and by this marriage they had six children; Walter, Charley, Blanch, Martha B., Seth and James.  Seth was a member of Sharpsville Lodge 71 A.O.U.W. when it was organized on 4/3/1874 and then became the first Rec Officer.  He also was on the Sharpsville Council in 1880 and 1881.  He was a a School Director in 1880, 1881 and 1882 in Sharpsville.  Seth was one of 28 original members of the First Universalist Church in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania when it was organized in January 1875.

He appears in the 1870 census living in Hickory Township with his family of 9.