West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association:Hoffman Cemetery Cemetery, Mason Co.

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Cemetery Name:	Hoffman Cemetery	Click on image above to enlarge
County:	Mason
USGS Quad:	New Haven Map
Coordinates:	38.9408ºN -81.9743ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner	unknown
Date last visited	June 2012
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easy Access. From New Haven, WV, head south on Co Rt 3/Main Street toward 6th St. Turn slight left onto New Haven-Sassafras/Union Campground Rd and go 0.8 mile. Take 1st left onto Broad run Rd and go 1.1 miles. Turn slight right onto Co Rt 9/3 – Quincy Run and go 1.3 miles. Cemetery in on right
Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date - may not be representative of care at other times of the year Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned**

Last Name:	First Name:	Born:	Died:	Inscription:	Photo:	Source:
Broadwater	Earl F	22 November 1901	1 April 1982	"FATHER"
Broadwater	Pearl	25 June 1905	31 March 1988	"MOTHER"
Caldwell	Louisa M	1835	1921
Clark	Beatha E	29 March 1912	28 March 1940	[Daughter of Wm Clark and Bertha Hoffman] [Other records show birth month as October]
Clark	Delphia E	1901	1923	[Dau of William Clark and Bertha Hoffman]
Clarke	Milton Russell	19 May 1944	10 May 2004	"M SGT US MARINE CORPS" "VIETNAM" [Son of Robert R and Neva G Clarke]
Clarke	Audrey M	28 June 1947		"Proud Grandparents of CHRIS, JESSICA & AMY"
Clarke	Robert R	5 November 1921	1 December 1998	Spouse of Neva G Clark.
Clark	Neva G	29 January 1926	28 May 2009	[Dau of Jesse Roush and Lieulo Cunningham]
Clark	Larry	5 March 1940	1 June 1992
Clark	Lawrence	1901	1964	[Son of William Clark and Bertha Hoffman]
Clark	Estyl L (Roush)	1908	1993	[married 1923]
Clark	Leland "INFANT"		10 March 1930	"SON OF LAWRENCE & ESTYL CLARK"
Clark	Margaret	30 December 1920	18 December 1955	[Dau of William Clark and Bertha Hoffman]
Clark	William W	1874	1950	[married 1889]
Clark	Bertha E (Hoffman)	1881	1972	[Bertha is dau of Moses M Hoffman and Susan Ball]
Cunningham	Iva T	1900	1918	"DAUGHTER" [Dau of John Cunningham and Viola Roush]
Cunningham	John R	1856	1941	[brother-in-law of Phillip Hoffman who married Mary M Cunningham]
Cunningham	Viola Roush	1865	1927	[married 1899]
Cunningham	Melvin A	1901	1962	"SON" [Son of John Cunningham and Viola Roush]
Donohue	Bernice Irene	6 April 1936	19 April 1936	[Dau of Francis Gale Donohue and Lillian H Simpson, born premature]
Donohue	Elmer G	24 September 1932	20 November 2002	"SP3 US ARMY" "KOREA" [Son of Francis Gale Donohue and Betha Clark. Betha died in 1940. Shown in 1940 Census living with his grandparents William Clark and Bertha Hoffman]
Donohue	Gale Francis	1911	1981	[Gale F Donohue and Betha E Clark, dau of Bertha Hoffman and William Clark were parents of Elmer Gale Donohue, b 1933. Gale F married Lillian H Simpson in 1934]
Donohue	Lillian Haseltine (Simpson)	1916	1980	"WE WILL MEET AGAIN" [married Oct 7, 1934]
Donohue	Johnny E Sr	13 October 1947	18 June 2009	"PVT US ARMY" "VIETNAM" [Son of Gale F and Lillian Simpson Donohue]
Duncan	Keegan Matthew		19 October 2004	"OUR SON" "LITTLE ONES TO HIM BELONG"
Dyer	Marjorie Catherine (Goodnight)	1916	1979	[Spouse of Nigil Dyer]
Dyer	Nigel Sinnett	1911	1979	[married Marjorie C (Goodnight) Aug 2, 1936]
Friend	Heather		2009
Friend	Jennifer D	10 September 1881	3 April 1988
Gibbs	Dallas P	1917	1969	"BEYOND THE SUNSET" "PARENTS OF JANICE, DENVER & SANDRA"
Gibbs	Louise K	1913	2003	"BEYOND THE SUNSET" "PARENTS OF JANICE, DENVER & SANDRA"
Goodnite	Carl	1894	1992	[married Oct 14, 1922]
Goodnite	Vergie Ethel (Hoffman)	1894	1976	[Dau of Robert Hoffman and Charlotte Hart]
Goodnite	"Infant Daughter"	1923	1923	"Infant Daughter of CARL & VERGIE GOODNITE"
Grinstead	Elizabeth Jane	29 January 1928	30 June 2007
Grinstead	Helen L	14 August 1914	23 December 1993
Grinstead	Jeffrey Joe	1949	1952	"NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP"
Harrah	John H	20 December 1927	7 January 2008	"US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II"
Harrah	Verla V (Roush)	5 October 1931		"WED SEP 13, 1948" "DAUGHTERS WANDA, CHRIS, JEAN, MEGAN"
Hart	Freda A (Hoffman)	9 April 1899	11 January 1996	"Mother" [Spouse of Emory C Hart, dau of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush]
Hart	Leland G	17 December 1921	9 January 1922	[Son of Emory C Hart and Freda A Hoffman]
Hart	Rhonda Lynn	25 February 1958	25 February 1958	[Dau of James L Hart and Martha Richardson]
Haynes	Donald Sheldon	4 July 1921	11 February 2010	[Son of Isaac Haynes and Laura (Smith), spouse of Loretta (Rickard)]
Haynes	Loretta M (Rickard)	1927	2008	[Spouse of Donald Haynes]
Hemsley	Infant Son		1939	"INFANT SON OF JOSEPH & EMMA HOFFMAN HEMSLEY" [Emma Hoffman was dau of Gilla F Hoffman and granddau of Robert Hoffman and Charlotte Hart]
Hendrick	Robert Richard	27 March 1931	3 March 2002	"CPL US ARMY" "KOREA"
Hendrick	Janice Mae (Gibbs)	1939		"PARENTS OF REX, WAYNE and BOBBY" [Dau of Dallas Gibbs and Kissie Louise Roush] [married Jan 31, 1966]
Hindel	Robert E	17 December 1944	7 January 2004	[shared stone]
Hindel	Karen A	1 September 1950		[shared stone]
Hoffman	Calvin	1836	1896	[Son of Samuel Hoffman and Sarah Roush, spouse of Emily Cunningham]
Hoffman	Charles W	1878	1927	[Son of Calvin Hoffman and Emily Cunningham]
Hoffman	Elizabeth Blanche (Lewis)	22 April 1878	29 May 1948	[married 1897] [Dau of Isaac Lewis and Sally Ferguson]
Hoffman				Charles Hoffman Family - Shared Headstone
Hoffman	Charles Fred	7 February 1898	2 February 1988	[Son of Charles W Hoffman and Elizabeth Blanche Lewis]
Hoffman	Stacy Foster	9 September 1902	17 June 1969	[Spouse of Charles Fred Hoffman]
Hoffman	Christena	18 October 1809	2 March 1848	"WIFE OF J HOFFMAN" [Believed to be Christena Zerkel, 1st spouse of John Hoffman, b 1807]
Hoffman	David	5 March 1840	26 February 1889	[Son of Samuel Hoffman and Sarah Roush]
Hoffman	Dencil O	1903	1982	[Son of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush]
Hoffman	Geraldine	1903	1976	[shared stone]
Hoffman	Earl H	1897	1972	[Son of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush]
Hoffman	Peramelia (Roush)	1897	1979	[married 1918]
Hoffman	Edna M	1918	1983	[Dau of Earl H Hoffman and Peramelia Roush]
Hoffman	Emil L	22 April 1918	18 June 1984	"PFC US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II" [Son of Lewis Hoffman and Anna Rickard]
Hoffman	Maxine L	22 November 1924		[shared stone]
Hoffman	Emily E (Cunningham)	1843	1924	"WIFE OF CALVIN HOFFMAN"
Hoffman	Erma Arlene	4 December 1919	3 November 1922	"SISTER" [Dau of Gillia Hoffman and Millie Keefer, grn-dau of Robert Hoffman and Charlotte Hart]
Hoffman	George Benny	4 August 1890	3 January 1972	[Son of Robert Hoffman and Charlotte Hart]
Hoffman	Rhoda A (Rickard)	25 September 1893	7 January 1983	"Married OCT 17, 1914"
Hoffman	Henry	2 May 1842	25 April 187_	"Co C 13th W VA INF" [Believed to be son of John Hoffman and Christena Zerkel]
Hoffman	Infant Son		8 June 1920	[Son of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush. Grave next to his sister Leona Mae Hoffman and his parents]
Hoffman	James R	1884	1964	[Son of Robert Hoffman and Charlotte Hart]
Hoffman	Nona W (Reed)	1885	1972	[married]
Hoffman	James Milford	26 March 1875	4 October 1958	[Son of Phillip Hoffman and Mary Margaret Cunningham]
Hoffman	Zora Jane (Roush)	1877	1930	[married]
Hoffman	John	1807	13 June 1879	[difficult to read, spouse of Christena Zerkel]
Hoffman	Leona May	1911	1915	[Dau of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush]
Hoffman	Louis Elmer	2 June 1878	15 October 1964	[Son of Phillip Hoffman and Mary M Cunningham]
Hoffman	Anna Rickard	15 October 1888	17 July 1980	[married 1906]
Hoffman	Marceline	1 March 1928	14 November 1945	[Son of George B Hoffman and Rhoda Rickard]
Hoffman	Millie Myrtie	10 July 1876]	5 April 1884	"Aged 7 Y 8 M 26 D" [Dau of Robert and Charlotte (Hart) Hoffman]
Hoffman	Moses M	18 January 1851	8 September 1921	[Son of John Hoffman and Elizabeth Rickard]
Hoffman	Susan J (Ball)	1856	1936	[married 1878]
Hoffman	Opal Faye	12 September 1905	24 December 1994	"AUNT" [Dau of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush]
Hoffman	Phillip	9 October 1841	26 February 1882	"Aged 40 Y 4 M 17 D" "FAREWELL" [Son of Samuel Hoffman and Sarah Roush, spouse of Mary Margaret Cunningham]
Hoffman	Phillip Edward	20 September 1882	25 September 1967	[Son of Phillip Hoffman and Mary M Cunningham, spouse of Sarah Virginia Roush]
Hoffman	Robert	1843	1917	"GRAND- FATHER" [Son of Samuel Hoffman and Sarah Roush]
Hoffman	Charlotte (Hart)	1851	1938	"GRAND-MOTHER" [married 1873]
Hoffman	Roy P	1900	1988	[Son of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush]
Hoffman	Mary G Bumgardner	1898	1988	[married 1922]
Hoffman	Samuel	1806	1878	[shared stone]
Hoffman	Sarah Roush	1816	1867	[shared stone]
Hoffman	Sarah Virginia (Roush)	15 June 1887	10 June 1977	[Spouse of Phillip E Hoffman, married Aug 21, 1907]
Kaylor	Fred	17 May 1899	28 May 1956	[Son of Michael Kaylor and Gwendolyn Hoffman, grandson of John D Hoffman and Catherine Finnicum]
Kaylor	Lilly	8 January 1903	1980	[married]
Layne	Archie Stanley	1886	1962	[Spouse of Dora C Hoffman]
Layne	Dora C (Hoffman)	1888	1932	[Dau of Robert Hoffman and Charlotte Hart, Spouse of Archie S Layne]
Layne	Ellen M	26 October 1918	1 November 1996	"GOD'S GIFT - HEAVEN'S TREASURE" [Dau of Dora C Hoffman and Archie S Layne]
Layne	Michael S	29 March 1949	24 November 1988	"GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY" "CPL US MARINE CORPS" "VIETNAM"
Layne	Robert E	28 March 1925	25 July 1925	[Son of Archie S Layne and Dora C Hoffman]
Lieving	Charley J	16 November 1909	8 March 1966	[Son of Elwood Lieving and Luella B Orlinger]
Lieving	Lethal L	1908	1989	"MARRIED OCT 5, 1929"
Lieving	Lewis R	1946
Long	Elson D	20 April 1939	12 October 1989	[shared stone]
Long	Sandra A	4 February 1943		[shared stone]
Long	Roger Lewis	4 January 1968	6 January 1968	"INFANT SON OF ELSON & SANDRA LONG"
Miller	Andrew	1868	22 September 1938	[married 1894]
Miller	Jennie Frances	16 April 1873	12 July 1953	[Dau of Calvin Hoffman and Emily Cunningham]
Miller	William C	1895	23 December 1918	"PVT US MARINE CORPS" "CPL US MARINE CORPS" [Son of Andrew and Jennie Miller]
Miller	Robert H	1893	12 November 1924	"WEST VIRGINIA" "PVT 5th Co 2ND TR BN 159 DEPOT BRIG"
Miller	Roland H	1917	1938
Parsons	London Emilee	6 March 2011	5 April 2011	"LITTLE ONES TO HIM BELONG" [Dau of Brent Parsons and Hannah L Hoffman, granddau of Emil E and Deborah Hoffman]
Rickard	Lester R	18 September 1898	5 December 1988	[Son of Lura B Hoffman and Perry Rickard]
Rickard	Eunice May	26 June 1898	26 December 1973	[shared stone]
Rickard	Perry Alonzo	17 September 1874	27 April 1952	[Son of Joseph Richard and Sarah Fry]
Rickard	Lura Bell (Hoffman)	25 November 1880	10 July 1905	[Dau of Philip Hoffman and Mary M Cunningham[ [married Nov 9, 1898]
Rickard	Reuben	1875	1938	[married 1898]
Rickard	Artie M	1880	1956	[Dau of Robert Hoffman and Charlotte Hart]
Rickard	Velma M	1912	2005	"SISTERS" [Daughters of Reuben Rickard and Artie Hoffman]
Rickard	Mary E	1911	1989	"SISTERS" [Daughters of Reuben Rickard and Artie Hoffman]
Roush	Brian Anthony	1973	2010	[Son of Ernie Roush and Barbara Clarke]
Roush	Caroline Hoffman	1854	1894	"WIFE OF M C ROUSH" [McKendrie Cain/Kane Roush]
Roush	Dawn R	1962	2011	[metal marker]
Roush	Ernie L	12 July 1938	28 May 2001	"IN GOD'S CARE"
Roush	George Washington	22 February 1933	16 December 1995	"A2C US AIR FORCE" "KOREA"
Roush	H Blaine	11 June 1943		[shared stone]
Roush	Celia S	12 November 1944	7 July 2001	[shared stone]
Roush	James A	1847	1933	[married 5 Jan 1885]
Roush	Ida F	1864	1931	[Dau of David Hoffman and Deborah V Smith]
Roush	James C	12 April 1922	25 September 1998	"MARRIED NOV 9, 1946"
Roush	Gertrude C	14 November 1924		"PARENTS OF MARLENE, BOB & KIM"
Roush	Jerome A	14 February 1964	3 August 1983	"OUR BELOVED SON"
Roush	Jesse	1901	1948	[Son of Westley Roush and Littie Weaver]
Roush	Lieulo Cunningham	1903	1976	[Dau of John Cunningham and Viola Roush] [married 1923]
Roush	Jesse Jr	3 July 1930	11 September 1930	[Son of Jesse Roush and Lula Cunningham]
Roush	Lisa Kay		1971	"LOVED"
Roush	Moses	1837	1913	"OUR PARENTS" [Son of Anthony Roush and Catherine Hoffman]
Roush	Lovina (Hoffman)	1837	1907	[Dau of John Hoffman and Christena Zirkel]
Roush	Okey Wildie	31 March 1877	2 May 1940	[Son of Moses Roush and Lovina Hoffman]
Roush	Alma May Pickens	17 August 1875	1950	"BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE" [Dau of Richard Pickens and Elmira Lyons] [married Feb 9, 1899]
Roush	Oris Edgar	14 July 1884	26 November 1943	[Son of Henry Roush and Sarah Riffle]
Roush	Oscar Milton	6 March 1924	10 April 2010	"S2 US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II" [Son of Jess Roush and Lieula Cunningham]
Roush	Betty	23 April 1925	3 November 1992	"MARRIED AUG 15, 1924"
Roush	Raymond A	12 April 1891	19 December 1958	"WEST VIRGINIA" "PFC 46 INFANTRY" "WORLD WAR I"
Roush	Taylor C	30 December 1885	4 October 1946	[married May 26, 1920]
Roush	Alta A (Blessing)	24 January 1896	29 January 1969	[married May 26, 1920]
Roush	Wallace H	December 1860	June 1940	[Son of Moses Roush and Lovina Hoffman]
Rust	Howard W	1916	1985	[shared stone]
Rush	Margedus E "MARTIE"	1920	1976	[shared stone]
Schmidt	Frances V Roush	13 December 1924	26 October 1985
Siegrist	Samuel Philip	30 August 1864	23 January 1922	[Son of Washington Siegrist and Katherine Hoffman]
Siegrist	Cora L Caldwell	1866		"HIS WIFE"
Siegrist	Washington	1836	1909	[shared stone]
Siegrist	Catharine (Hoffman)	1837	1917	"HIS WIFE" Dau of Samuel Hoffman and Sarah Roush]
Smithson	Bonnie D	27 April 1946	17 May 2007	"MOM & MAWMAW" "TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER"
Spencer	Bertha		16 Nov 1876	"Dau of J H and C SPENCER"
Spencer	Effie		17 July 1878	"DAU OF J H and C SPENCER"
Spencer	James		16 September 1872	"SON OF J H and C SPENCER"
Spencer	John H	10 September 1844	29 August 1920	"GONE HOME" [Son of William Spencer and Mary Davis]
Spencer	Caroline	1846	1924	"HIS WIFE"
Staats	Beverly Kay	5 October 1945	25 October 2010	"SISTER" "TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER" [Dau of Stanley Eugene Staats and Helen]
Staats	Harry A	1915	1982	[married Apr 11, 1936]
Staats	Nora Frances (Hoffman)	1914	2003	[Dau of James Milford Hoffman and Zora Jane Roush]
Staats	Harry Blaine	1938	1958	"SON OF HARRY AND NORA" [Nora Frances Hoffman]
Staats	Infant Son		Dec 1948	"INFANT SON OF STANLEY & HELEN STAATS"
Staats	Stanley Eugene	31 December 1918	9 February 1994	"Precious Memories" "SGT US ARMY AIR FORCES" "WORLD WAR II"
Staats	Helen	3 November 1917	6 July 1986	"PARENTS OF BEVERLY, GLENVA, KAREN, MAX & CAROL"
Strange	Brittany A	23 July 1987	28 July 1987
Thomas	Hershel Guy Jr	1 August 1920	6 October 1975	"PVT US ARMY" "WORLD WAR II"
Thomas	Ruby L	18 June 1917	28 November 1999	"MOM GRANDMA PIMA AUNT" "A WONDERFUL PERSON"
Thompson	Robert Ray	1906	1981	[married Nov 28, 1928]
Thompson	Beatrice M (Hoffman)	1908	1998	[Dau of Louis E Hoffman and Anna Rickard]
Thompson	Waldon Ronald	1937	1953
Van Matre	Isabella Riley "BELLA"	1999	2004	"ASLEEP IN JESUS"
Zerkle	E M Eliza	3 May 1852	13 December 1892	"WIFE OF Wm J Zerkle"
Unidentified or unmarked graves:
				[3 unreadable stones]
	Eileen			[unreadable - given name of Eileen appears to be on stone]
				[large group of stone, belived to be Hoffman, are near the largest conifer in the cemetery. The very few readable stones are all of the Hoffman family]
				[Additional photo of unreadable stones near conifer tree]
				[unreadable stone near conifer tree]
Hoffman				[unreadable stone near conifer tree]
				[unreadable stone near conifer tree]
				[unreadable names (left side of) conifer tree] [Inscription] "Sleep husband dear and take your rest. God called you home he thought it best. It was hard indeed to part with thee, But Christ's strong arm supported me."
				[unreadable stone near conifer tree, given name appears to be Margaret]

Comments:

Data in Red is not inscribed on the tombstone and has either been calculated based on death date or as a result of research on the individual.

If you have photos that we may add to this page, of tombstones or portraits of those buried here, or if you have any additions or corrections to the roster of burials listed above, please contact WVCPA at .

The following Hoffman Descendant List is associated with the tombstones and citations for this cemetery. This list is not meant to be definitive, but to simply assist those interested in relationships with others related to the Hoffman family name.

Easy Access. From New Haven, WV, head south on Co Rt 3/Main Street toward 6th St. Turn slight left onto New Haven-Sassafras/Union Campground Rd and go 0.8 mile. Take 1st left onto Broad run Rd and go 1.1 miles. Turn slight right onto Co Rt 9/3 – Quincy Run and go 1.3 miles. Cemetery in on right

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Updated: 16 June 2013