Hoffman, George
George Hoffman, insurance;
born in: St. Clair, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, August 26, 1875;
son of: Edward H. Hoffman and Caroline H. Hoffman, nee: Caroline H. Farson
education: public schools, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Manual Training School; Brown Preparatory School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Peirce Business College; classical work under private tutors;
married: Emily L. Hoffman, nee: Emily L. Leacock, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1900;
children: George Edward Hoffman, Emily Caroline Hoffman, William Viney Hoffman, Edward Herbert Hoffman.
With Philadelphia & Reading Railway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, general passenger agent's and 1st vice president's offices, 1896-1903;
with Security Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1903-10;
manager Northwestern National Life Insurance Company, 1910;
life insurance broker, 1911-16;
general manager Germania Life Insurance Company since Saturday, January 1, 1916.
Editor of The People, 1898-1905 (issued as a weekly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania);
secretary Pennsylvania Prohibition State Commission, 1895-1906, chairman 1 yr.;
candidate for secretary of internal affairs of Pennsylvania Prohibition ticket, 1906;
treasurer Illinois State Prohibition Executive Commission 2 yrs.
Member Chicago Life Underwriters' Association., Pennsylvania Society of Illinois
Clubs: Mid-Day Club, Illinois Athletic Club, German Club.
Office: 111 W. Monroe Street
Home: 1157 W. Farwell Avenue, 1917, 1919.
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917; Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 37.
