Hugh Clay Shoff

Brief Life History of Hugh Clay

When Hugh Clay Shoff was born on 11 June 1873, in Maryland, United States, his father, Rudolph Reuben Shoff, was 30 and his mother, Mary Jane Thomas Adams, was 26. He married Lucinda A. Heffner about 1892, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Oakwood, Cecil, Maryland, United States for about 10 years and District 8, Cecil, Maryland, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1957, at the age of 84, and was buried in Cecil, Maryland, United States.

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Hugh Clay Shoff
1873–1957
Lucinda A. Heffner
1875–1952
Marriage: about 1892
John H. Shoff
1893–1894
Howard G Shoff
1895–1952
Howard S. D. Shoff
1895–1919
Chester Clay Shoff
1896–1970
Elmer Kennedy Shoff
1897–1898
Charles Andrew Shoff
1899–1965
Emerson C. Shoff
1900–1965
Mary C Shoff
1902–1983
Hugh Theodore Shoff
1902–1994
Virginia A Shoff
1904–1980
Shoff
1906–1906
Shoff
1906–1906
Shoff
1906–1906
Luther S. Shoff
1907–1972
Linnie May Shoff
1909–1987
Lily A Shoff
1911–1912
Violet M Shoff
1911–1994
Rosa A Shoff
1911–2000

Sources (11)

  • Hugh C Shott, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Hugh C. Shoff, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Hugh C. Shoff, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schoff .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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