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Descendants of Benjamin F. Kirkhoff

Generation No. 2

2. FRANK² KIRKHOFF (BENJAMIN F.¹) was born 1829 in Bucks Co., PA?, and died Unknown in Eau Clair, WI. He married (1) CORDELIA. She died Unknown. He married (2) REBEKAH GEORGE Bef. 1854 in Crawford Co, Ohio, daughter of MICHAEL GEORGE and MARY A.. She was born Abt. 1832 in Crawford Co.,Ohio, and died Unknown in Eau Clair, WI.

Notes for FRANK KIRKHOFF:
1870 Census - Wisconsin - Eau Claire County - Pleasant Valley -
PostOffice:Eau Claire - Page 8 - 5 August 1870 - Lines 16~23

Kirkoff, FD(?) - 41(Age) - M/W - Farmer - 500(value of real estate) -
200(value of personal estate) - Born:New Jersey
--------, Rebecca - 38(Age) - F/W - KeepingHouse - Born:Ohio (Rebekah in my babybook)
--------, Caroline - 15(Age) - F/W - Born:Ohio
--------, ?????? - 12(Age) - F/W - Born:Wisconsin
--------, Minnie - 10(Age) - F/W - Born:Wisconsin
--------, Frank - 8(Age) - M/W - Born:Wisconsin
--------, Sumner - 4(Age) - M/W - Born:Wisconsin
--------, Martha - 1(Age) - F/W- Born:Wisconsin

Sumner B. Kirkhoff, of Eau Claire, has been one of the leading men of
this county for years, was born here on Jun 19, 1866, the son of Frank
and Ada (Hughes) Kirkhoff. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and
during the civil war enlisted in Company E, 13th Pennsylvania regiment,
volunteer infantry, and was a brave and efficient soldier. At the
expiration of his army service he came to Eau Claire with his wife in
1865, and besides our subject, Sumner B., one daughter, Hannah, was the
only other child born to them. Hannah has been twice married, her first
husband was Mr. Hathaway, a veteran of the civil war, by whom she had
four children: Percy S., Grace R., Maud and George E. Percy S. married
Della Fety and they have two children, Loy and Verne. Grace R. married
Charles Deans, and they have two children, Dorothy and Warren. Maud is
now Mrs. George Selick. George E. is a teacher at West Salem, Wis. He
married Miss Burgie Worthington, and they have one son, Parker.

Her second husband is C. L. Beardsly (whose sketch appears elsewhere in
this volume).

Benjamin F. Kirkhoff, grandfather of Sumner B., was born in New Jersey,
and when a small boy his parents moved to Bucks county, Pennsylvania,
and thence to Crawford county, Ohio, where he followed the occupation
of machinist and blacksmith, and was married to Miss Rebecca George,
daughter of Michael George, an old and respected resident of the
county. They had a family of six children, viz: Caroline J., Sarah E.,
Minnie E., Frank L., Sumner B., and Martha L. These were all born in
Mineral, Penn.

Sumner B. Kirkhoff was for twenty-three years successfully engaged in
farming and during ten years of that time he conducted a blacksmith shop
in the town of Pleasant Valley, and for the past nine years he has been
Deputy State Game Warden. He was County Superintendent of the Poor for
two years, and served four years in the City Council of Eau Claire. He
is a member of the Modern Woodmen and the Beavers.

In October, 1889, Mr. Kirkhoff married Miss Clara Smith, of Pleasant
Valley, and they have four children, viz: Warren O., Helen R., Sumner
B., Jr., and Harris S., all born in Eau Claire.

-Transcribed from the "History of Eau Claire County Wisconsin, 1914,"
pages 760-761

Other Civil War Service:
Francis B. Kirkhoff, Mineral Point, WI 30th Volunteer Inf. Co. E
Mustered In 8/21/1862, assigned to Co C 4/18/1894 rejoined,
Transferred to Co. E 12/11/1864, Mustered out, 8/22/1865

More About FRANK KIRKHOFF:
Burial: Unknown, Eau Clair, WI

More About REBEKAH GEORGE:
Burial: Unknown, Eau Clair, WI

Children of FRANK KIRKHOFF and REBEKAH GEORGE are:

	i.	CAROLINE J³ KIRKHOFF, b. 1855; d. Unknown.
	ii.	SARAH E. KIRKHOFF, b. 1858; d. Unknown.
3.	iii.	MINNIE E. KIRKHOFF, b. 1860, Mineral Point, WI; d. Unknown.
	iv.	FRANK L. KIRKHOFF JR., b. 1862; d. Unknown.
4.	v.	SUMNER BARNES KIRKHOFF, b. June 19, 1866, Eau Clair, WI; d. Unknown, Valley City, ND.
	vi.	MARTHA L. KIRKHOFF, b. 1869; d. Unknown.

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