It may be tough to find a grave for that time period, but I did find Mary Ann's Civil War pension application on Ancestry. That means that Henry was definitely in the Civil War. My suggestion is that if, after you search cemetery listings for him,you do not find, you might try getting the pension file or writing to the National Archives. This would tell you whether he died in the war. There "should" be an entire file on him although there isn't always. You can now request records online and the turnaround is speedy. The charge is nominal. http://www.archives.gov/ Old Shawnee Cemetery is listed at the Wyandotte County Historical Musuem but the link doesn't work. You might write or call. http://www.wycokck.org/gen/wyco_generated_pages/Trowbridge_Research_Library_m1019.html If you don't have the pension application, please let me know and I will mail off-list. You cannot attach on list. Good Luck, Patricia On 5/5/07, Joanne Gaudio < jgaudio@charter.net> wrote: > > I'm looking for information on the family of Henry T. Hoffman, born in MD > (1827), raised in Ohio, and living in Iowa before the Civil War. In 1870 > his wife, Mary Ann Sigler Hoffman (1827-1896, born in OH) and their two > children (born in OH) were living in Shawnee, Wyandotte Co., KS. I'm > especially trying to find out if Henry came to Kansas with them and died > there in Wyandotte Co. Florence (1852-?) married Samuel Beatte (1833-1921) > in Wyandotte Co. in 1875 and remained there. Albert (b. 1854) married Anna > Mary in Wyandotte Co. but ended up in Colorado. If anyone has any > information about this family, especially as to Henry's death and Florence's > death date, I'd really appreciate it. (Henry was the brother of my > great-great grandfather). Thanks. > Joanne Gaudio > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Pat - one more thing - your link to the Trowbridge Research Library was a great bonus because I could look at the Tax Roll Index for 1869-1905 and see that H.T. Hoffman was listed in 1870! Now, he could have died before the census, in which he did not appear with the family. But oddly, his wife's name, Mary A. Hoffman, was listed for 1869. I'm not familiar with local practices because I've done very little research in Kansas records, but in other states I know that it sometimes took time to get a man's name removed and his wife's name substituted. However, this had her name a year before it had his. Does this suggest anything to you or anyone else familiar with this type of Kansas record? Were they likely to list a man's name/initials when it was really "Mrs." whoever? Thanks Joanne Gaudio