City: Memphis
HOFFA, Charles Bell, business man; born at Anvergose Plantation, Grenada Co., Miss., July 11, 1866; son of Jacob Melchoir HOFFA of Pennsylvania and Elizabeth Donelson (Martin) HOFFA of Mississippi; father’s occupation, banker in New Orleans, planter in Mississippi, gathering stores and supplies for Confederate army; his maternal uncle was Jackson MARTIN, captain of Stanfords’ Battery in the civil war; maternal grandfather was Col. George M. MARTIN, aid de camp to Gen. Jackson and Gen. Coffee in the war of 1812-1815, served with distinction at the battle of New Orleans; educated at Grenada, Miss.; assistant manager and director of Memphis Queensware Co.; member of Chickasaw Club, Business Men’s Club and St. John’s Methodist church.
