Nevada Genealogy Trails Carson City Hon. Theodore R Hofer Biography

HON. T. R. HOFER. ex-superintendent of the United Stales mint at Carson City. Nevada, and one of the most prominent men of the city, came to the state in 1869 from Washington, D. C. as one of the corps of clerks to open the mint at Carson City. He served first as a clerk, later as chief clerk, and then was made superintendent hy President Harrison. Mr. Hofer is a native of Maryland, having been born in Baltimore, May 24, 1853, and comes of German ancestry. His father was a dealer in hardware in Baltimore and became very successful. His family consisted of three sons, namely: Theodore Robert, Charles A., and Albert C.

Theodore R. Hofer was reared and educated in Baltimore, and was only sixteen when he located in Nevada, where for so many years he has pursued a successful business career. After twenty years of faithful service in the mint, Mr. Hofer was for some time cashier of the Bullion Bank of Carson City, and is now one of the largest insurance agents as well as one of the substantial mine-owners of the city. His mining interests are centered at Tonopah, one of the must productive mining districts in the state. His partner, Mr. Harris, attends to his interests in San Francisco under the title of Harris & Hofer, and the firm does a large and constantly increasing business. Since casting his first vote Mr. Hofer has always been a stanch Republican. Fraternally he has been a member of the Masonic order, the order of Elks as well as of the Knights of Pythias for Nevada, of which he is past supreme representative.

On July 23, 1872. he was married to Florence Evelyn Kingsley, a native of Eldorado county, California, and a daughter of Henry Kingsley, one of the prominent pioneers of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Hofer have one son and four daughters, namely: Theodore Robert, Jr., postmaster of Carson City; Ethelyn Dana, Hazel Adele, Gladys and Claire, all at home with their parents. Mrs, Hofer and her daughters are members of St. Paul's Episcopal church, and Mr. Hofer and the entire family are very important factors in the social life of the community. They have a beautiful home in Carson City, where all their friends are cordially welcomed and treated with that hospitality which is a characteristic of all the Hofer famHy.