Photo 7-FTA-22

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This is the August Hoffman farm just west of Mackinaw, Illinois. My great-grandfather bought the farm in 1885 for $5,118.65 from the Richard Sparks estate. My grandparents, August and Frances Hoffman, bought the farm from his father's estate in 1938 and moved back to Mackinaw from Prescott, Kansas, that year with their children. The farm is still owned and farmed by a Hoffman grandson today.

This is the Hoffman centennial farm just west of Mackinaw, Illinois. My great-grandfather bought the farm about 1875 and lived here with his family until his death in 1934. My grandfather, August Hoffman, bought the farm from his father's estate and moved his family to the farm in 1938. He lived here until his death in 1975. Today, the farm is owned and operated by a Hoffman grandson.

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