Edward John Hoffmann
Edward was the oldest Hoffmann son. His niece Lillian said he loved to lavish his nephews and nieces with gifts. He was a cigar maker and later owned the Hoffmann House resort on Gull Lake near Brainerd, Minnesota. On December 20, 1940 he married Sadie (Sarah Elizabeth) Roscoe. He died one year after the Hoffmann family reunion at his resort.