JOSEPH HOFFMAN	was born at Rochester, New York, in 1852, and fired on the 
New York Central four years, his father being the oldest engineer on that 
road.  He came to Michigan in 1873 and has run the “M.S. Smith” for Alger, 
Smith & Co.  In 1882 he was married to Miss Mary Baker, at Black River, 
Alcona County, where they now reside.	

(Bibliography:  “History of the Lake Huron Shore and Its People with 
Illustrations & Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Pioneers”, 
1883, Chicago, Page 278)