The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 122

FRED T. HOFMANN.

Fred T. Hofmann, who is filling the position of county clerk of Kittitas county
and makes his home in Ellensburg, has long been identified with public service
here and his record is one over which there falls no shadow of wrong or
suspicion of evil, for he has always been most loyal to the interests entrusted
to his care. He was born in Portage, Columbia county, Wisconsin, January .15,
1881, a son of Fred F. and Bertha Frieda Hofmann, both of whom were natives of
Columbia county, where they were reared and married. The father is now engaged
in the hotel business at Wabasha, Minnesota, where he has resided for some
time.

Fred T. Hofmann pursued his early education in the public schools of La Crosse,
Wisconsin, and was afterward graduated from the high school at Wabasha,
Minnesota. He then entered the hotel business there and was actively engaged
along that line until July, 1905. Subsequently he became connected with the
National Cash Register Company as salesman, traveling in Washington, and he thus
represented that corporation until 1907. He came to Ellensburg in August, 1908,
and was employed by the dining car department of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company as manager of the eating house at this place for a year. In 1909 he was
appointed to the position of deputy county auditor and acted in that capacity
for two terms. He was next elected city clerk of Ellensburg and occupied the
office from January, 1913, until January, 1915, or for two terms, and later was
elected county clerk, in which position he is now serving for the second term.
His record in office is a most creditable one and his loyalty to duty is one of
his marked characteristics.

On the 23d of April, 1908, Mr. Hofmann was united in marriage to Miss Maybelle
A. Dorrance, of Swanville, Minnesota, a daughter of John A. and Cynthia E.
Dorrance. The children of this marriage are Helen Marion, Dorothy Blanche and
Elsbeth Maybelle.

Mr. Hofmann is well known in fraternal circles. He belongs to the Elks lodge No.
1102 at Ellensburg, also to Wapahasa Lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M., and to the
Royal Arch Chapter. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational
church of Lake City, Minnesota, and both are stanch supporters of the republican
party. Mr. Hofmann served as county clerk and ex-officio clerk of the superior
court. At the beginning of the war he volunteered for service in France, but was
rejected on account of defective hearing. He was afterward accepted by the Y. M.
C. A., but was not called for active service. As her husband had enlisted, and
having three children to take care of, Mrs. Hofmann then made the run for county
clerk, and was elected by the largest majority of any candidate having
opposition.

Both are very prominent in musical circles and are deeply interested in the art.
Mr. Hofmann has conducted what is known as Hofmann's Orchestra for several years
and in which he plays the violin. His wife is a fine pianist and also a
vocalist of more than ordinary ability. They are very prominently and favorably
known in Ellensburg, occupying an enviable position in social circles.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.