Hoeflinger was born on September 13, 1832, in Obermarchtal, Kingdom of Württemberg.
[1] He moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1854.
Hoeflinger and his first wife, Antoinette, had five children before her death.
Hoeflingfer died of stomach cancer on September 21, 1880, and is buried in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Additionally, he was Mayor of Wausau, a member of the Wausau City Council and Treasurer of Marathon County, Wisconsin.