Jonathan J. Hoke, shoemaker, Washington Township, was born in Washington Township, Dauphin County. Pennsylvania, 25 December 1825; son of Isaac Hoke and Catherine [Botts] Hoke.
The grandfather, Rudolph Hoke, was a native of Pennsylvania, and died in Washington Township, then Mifflin Township.
The father, Isaac Hoke, was born in Washington Township, then Mifflin Township, in 1804. He learned the trade of shoemaker and followed that occupation. He owned a farm in Jackson Township on which he lived for some years. After the death of his wife he went west and settled on a farm in Indiana. Afterwards he lived some time with his daughter, Emeline [Hoke] Shoop, and moved with her to Kansas. He returned to his old home and died at Elizabethville in 1893, aged eighty-nine years. His wife died many years ago and both are buried at Elizabethville. Their children were:
Mary Ann Hoke;
Jonathan Hoke;
Catherine Hoke;
William Hoke, deceased,
Elizabeth Hoke;
Sarah Hoke; and
Emeline Hoke, Mrs. Shoop.
Jonathan Hoke attended the subscription schools of his native township and when young learned the trade of shoemaker, and has followed that occupation most of his life. He was for some time employed in building the Summit Branch Railroad, received wages for his services at the rate of $1 per day. He was married, in Washington Township in 1857, to Miss Carrie E. Walter, and their children are:
Aaron D. Hoke; and
Catherine Hoke, died in infancy.
After marriage, Jonathan Hoke went to housekeeping in Elizabethville, where he has since resided, and where he owns.several lots. He is a Republican in politics, and has served as tax collector and in other offices. He was reared in the Reformed church.
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The above information was modified/edited from Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1896 by J. M. Runk and Company of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. A free download is available from the Internet Archive.
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Findagrave Memorial #23282068. Jonathan Hoke died on 2 May 1903 and is buried at the Matter Church Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
For unanswered questions about whether Jonathan Hoke served in the Civil War, see: