SLOFFER, FAMILY HISTORY as written by the local family
The Sloffer family has been in the Huntertown area for over 130 years. Aaron Sloffer I served in the Prussian Army. He left Wertenberg, Germany, after 1810, along with his wife and son Aaron II. He applied for citizenship in March 1831, and was granted it in 1838. They lived in Crise Co., New York, near Buffalo, until after the 1850 census, eventually settling in Eel River Township by the 1860 census. (I believe that the County in New York was probably Erie County, not Crise.)
Aaron Sloffer II and wife Elizabeth had one daughter and three sons. All the sons have had descendants in the Huntertown area. Daughter Elizabeth married George
Heiber.
The oldest son, William, was born in 1839 in New York, and married Rebecca (Miller). Aaron II married Susanna L. (Miller) (who were sisters), lived in Eel River Township on North County Line Rd., just east of the Sloffer homestead where Betty Merriman now lives.
Aaron Sloffer II Descendants
Sarah J. Sloffer, (A. H. Bosler)
Nellie Pepple, Verna Hatch
Edna Bosler Fulk, Howard Bosler
Edna Bosler Heiber, Horace Bosler
William Sloffer Descendants (Rebecca Miller)
Charles W. (Edith Bosler)
Ivan Glen, (Myrtle Zinn)
Everett (Dorothy Offord)
Charles, Lee, Art, Keith, Neil
John Sloffer Descendants, (Rebecca Hutsell)
Carl Sloffer, (Alice Hatch)
Walter Sloffer, (Marscell McComb)
Charlotte, Danford, Sam, Phil, Paul, David
Milo Sloffer, (Bertha Dunten)
Marie, Marscella, Hilda, Helen, John and Robert
Ada Sloffer
Stella Sloffer Montooth
1880 Census of Eel River Township, Allen Co., IN 179 D
Aaron Sloffer widower male, 39 born NY Farmer
Both parents born Germany
Sarah J. Sloffer daughter female, 16 born IN
Benjamin F. Sloffer son male, 14 born IN
Jacob I. Sloffer son male, 10 born IN
Father born NY, Mother born Ohio
Elizabeth Sloffer mother, widow female, 78 born GER
Both parents born Germany
SLOFFER BURIALS IN PERRY TOWNSHIP CEMETERY, HUNTERTOWN, IN
OLD SECTION:
SLOFFER, ADA ELLEN 1874-April 17, 1962
SLOFFER, ALICE A. 1877-1971 Carl L.
SLOFFER, CARL L. 1876-Aug. 6, 1966 Alice A.
SLOFFER, CHARLES W. 1862-1939 wife, Edith
with Harlan and Melvin
SLOFFER, EDITH E. 1864-1956 wife of Charles
SLOFFER, HARLAN P. 1896-1912 Melvin, Chas, Edith
SLOFFER, JOHN 1846-1919 Rebecca
SLOFFER, MELVIN J. 1889-1891 Chas, Edith, Harlan
SLOFFER, REBECCA J. 1849-1932 John
SLOFFER-MONTOOTH, STELLA May 9, 1871-March 20, 1905
Wife of Everett Montooth
SLOFFER, SUSANNAH Feb. 27, 1865 83Y 9M 3D
Wife of Aaron, Sr.
NEW SECTION:
SLOFFER, BERTHA B. DUNTEN 1888-July 15, 1983 Milo & John
SLOFFER, JOHN LEWIS 1914-1940 Milo & Bertha
SLOFFER, MILO C. 1884-1974 Bertha & John
SLOFFER, MARY ALFORD FREEMAN born 1903 Wife of George W.
FREEMAN, GEORGE W. 1894-1951 Mary
DESCENDANTS OF AARON SLOFFER
This is a probable descendant list for Aaron Sloffer. If there are errors here please e-mail us to make corrections. The information here is taken from several sources.
1. Aaron Sloffer b: in Germany
+ Elizabeth b: abt. 1804 in Germany
2. William Benjamin Sloffer b: abt. 1833 (one source said 1839)
+ Rebecca Miller b: 1837 of Butler Center, DeKalb Co., IN, prob.
born Ohio (sister to Susannah who married Aaron)
3. Charles W. Sloffer b: 1862 d: Dec. 26, 1939
married Oct. 21, 1886 in Ari, IN
+ Edith Emma Bowman b: Oct. 11, 1864 d: 1956
4. Melvin J. Sloffer b: Aug. 21, 1889
d: July 20, 1891
4. Ivan Glenn Sloffer b: Aug. 24, 1893
d: July 1981, married June 10, 1920
+ Myrtle Zinn b: Feb. 17, 1898
d: Feb. 1987
4. Harlan Page Sloffer b: Nov. 12, 1896
d: Feb. 27, 1912
4. Leah Elva Sloffer b: Nov. 12, 1896
married May 12, 1920
+ Howard Hatch
3. Ivan Glenn Sloffer
3. Everett D. Sloffer
+ Unknown Offord
4. Charles Sloffer
4. Lee Sloffer
4. Art Sloffer
4. Keith Sloffer
4. Neil Sloffer
2. Aaron Sloffer b: abt. 1841-2 married Dec. 29, 1861
+ Susannah Miller b: 1836 in Marion Co., Ohio d: Nov. 21, 1878
(sister to Rebecca who married William)
3. Sarah Jane Sloffer b: Dec. 4, 1863 d: April 20, 1943
married Dec. 18, 1884
+ Albertus Henry Bosler b: July 1, 1859
4. Carey Ethel Bosler b: Nov. 12, 1885
4. Nellie Ann Bosler b: Feb. 28, 1887
4. Vernie Leona Bosler b: April 29, 1888
4. Sylvia Eugenia Bosler b: Aug. 11, 1889
4. Alice Edith Bosler b: March 3, 1891
4. Zeno Myrtle Bosler b: Aug. 17, 1892
4. Eva Ivy Bosler b: Oct. 3, 1893
4. Elva Alberta Bosler b: Sept. 12, 1895
d: May 17, 1985 in Noble Co., IN
married Nov. 18, 1914 in Allen Co., IN
+ James Frederick Fulk b: Oct. 24,
1891 in Allen Co., IN
4. Erma Jane Bosler b: april 24, 1897
4. Gloyd Jerome Bosler b: July 6, 1898
4. Howard Aaron Bosler b: Nov. 27, 1899
4. Edna Rebecca Bosler b: Sept. 14, 1901
4. Horance George Bosler b: July7 10, 1903
3. Benjamin Franklin Sloffer b: abt. 1866 (1865-1951 tombs.)
d: 1951
+ Anna McCurdy
3. Jacob Isaiah Sloffer b: abt. 1870 d: 1950
+ Della McCurdy
+ Ada Leigh
2. Elizabeth Sloffer
+ George Heiber
2. John Sloffer b: 1846 d: Sept. 24, 1919 married Nov. 21, 1869
+ Rebecca J. Hutsell b: March 24, 1849 d: 1932
3. Nora Estella Sloffer b: May 9, 1871 d: March 20, 1905
+ Everett Montooth
3. Ada Ellen Sloffer b: Dec. 4, 1874 d: April 14, 1962
3. Carl Ira Sloffer b: Dec. 6, 1876 d: Aug. 6, 1966
married Aug. 19, 1908 in Allen Co., IN
+ Alice A. Hatch b: 1877 d: 1971
4. Walter Brenton Sloffer b: Dec. 10, 1915
+ Audrey Marscelle McComb
4. Martha Alice Sloffer b: Sept. 26, 1912
+ Delphis Martin b: Jan. 20, 1908
3. Milo Clyde Sloffer b: Aug. 21, 1884 d: Nov. 12, 1974
married Oct. 23, 1909 in Allen Co., IN
+ Bertha Beryl Dunten b: May 5, 1888 d: July 15,
1983 in Allen Co., IN
4. John Lewis Sloffer b: 1914 d: 1940
4. Marie Sloffer
+ Unknown Bosler
4. Helen Ilene Sloffer b: Jan. 25, 1918
married Feb. 14, 1938
+ Jay Stonestreet b: May 5, 1918
4. Hilda Sloffer married July 26, 1936
+ Paul Shively b: Sept. 6, 1913 in
Whitley Co., IN
4. Robert Jay Sloffer b: June 7, 1922
+ Unknown Gordon
4. Marcella Sloffer
+ Basil Boyer