Jacob Nicolas Hofstetter, *

1839 - 1902  (62 years)

• Name	Jacob Nicolas Hofstetter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	16 Nov 1839	Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Sugar Creek, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, USA   [4]
  Residence	1870	Sugar Creek, East Union, Wayne, Ohio, USA   [7]
  Residence	1900	Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio, USA   [6]
  	Occupation: Farmer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	20 May 1902	Of Sugar Creek Twp., Wayne, OH   [5, 8]
  Burial	Kidron, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America   [5]
  Person ID	I6140	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Hofstetler,   b. 24 Jun 1799, , Berne, Switzerland d. 16 Mar 1891, Kidron, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Moser,   b. 2 Sep 1802, Moutier, , Switzerland d. 21 Aug 1899, , Wayne Co., OH, USA (Age 96 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1828	, , OH, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katherina C. Sommer,   b. 2 Mar 1843   d. 13 Mar 1901 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1861	, Wayne Co., OH, USA   [3]
  Children	1. David J. Hofstetter, *,   b. 27 Jun 1875, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America d. 5 Jun 1970, Kidron, Wayne County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Frances Hostettler,   b. Abt 1865, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mary Hostettler,   b. Abt 1866, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Emma Hostettler,   b. Abt 1868, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jacob Hostettler,   b. May, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Daniel J Hofstetter,   b. May 1877, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. William J Hofstetter,   b. Sep 1878, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Susan Hofstetter,   b. Dec 1882, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Adam Hofstetter,   b. Jan 1888, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Joel Hostettler,   b. Abt 1863, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Marriage	1866  [6]
  Family ID	F8306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob left a will and died on May 20, 1902 in Wayne Co., Ohio. This record is #10687 in which he left 8 children behind. Sons that might be his in the Probate Court Records are a David married to a Catherine with 8 children in 1896, a. married to Fanny with 2 children in 1895, and a John A. with 8 children who died in 1908.

  
  

• Sources

  [S655] Smith, Richard G., Probate Court Birth REcordsof Wayne Co., Ohio, 1867-1908, Vol.1 (Columbus Metrolpolitan Library). [S1539] Probate Court Records, Wayne County, Ohio Index (c1995, Wooster, Ohio). [S1538] Strock, Esther J., Ed., Wayne County Ohio Marriage Index, 1813-1898 (Wooster, OH: Wayne County Genealogical Society, c.1997). [S1540] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;). [S1541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S1534] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: 1332; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0159. 1900 United States Federal Census [S501] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: M593_1281; Page: 339A. 1870 United States Federal Census [S475] www.ancestry.com.