He attended high school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and what is now Lawrence University.
In addition, he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
[citation needed] In 1890, Wolff married Helen K. Bettelhauser.
Wolff eventually settled in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, where he died on April 1, 1919.
[3] Additionally, he was Chairman (similar to Mayor) of Rhine from 1896 to 1906 and a member of the Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors from 1886 to 1906, serving as chairman from 1895 to 1904.