Jacob Hoke and Margaretta McClellan

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Husband Jacob Hoke ¹

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           Born: 17 Mar 1825 - McConnellsburg, Fulton Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1893 2
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         Father: Henry Hoke (      -1873) 1
         Mother: Sarah Eyster (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1850 3

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   Other Spouse: Annie Mehaffey (      -Aft 1905) 3 - 1880 3

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Wife Margaretta McClellan ³

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           Born:  - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA
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           Died: 1875 3
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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Hoke

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He was educated in the schools of his native village, and at the age of twelve years he engaged as a clerk in a country store, where he remained until May, 1841, when he came to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. At Chambersburg he was employed in various mercantile establishments until August, 1848, when he engaged in business on the northeast corner of the Public Square, in partnership with David Oaks, under the firm name of Oaks & Hoke. This partnership lasted only two years, and was followed by the firms of Hoke and Kirkpatrick, J. & J. W. Hoke, J. Hoke & Co., and Hoke & Appenzellar. Mr. Hoke came to Franklin County without capital, but by strict economy he accumulated a few hundred dollars with which to begin business in a small way, and he lived to become the most extensive dry-goods dealer in Chambersburg. Slight as were his educational advantages, he was always a conscientious student and acquired a general knowledge of literature and theology that made him one of the most intelligent men in the community. When he came to Chambersburg, he united with the First United Brethren Church, and he was always an earnest worker in his denomination.
During the Civil War he was active in aiding the wounded belonging to both armies on the fields of Antietam and Gettysburg, after those severe battles, and in the Chambersburg hospitals. He kept a memorandum of dates and events that came under his observation during the war, and wrote for Public Opinion a series of forty-two articles that were afterward published in pamphlet form with the title of "Reminiscences of the War." This pamphlet appeared in 1884. Later Mr. Hoke published a more elaborate work entitled "The Great Invasion, or General Lee in Pennsylvania." He also wrote works of a religious character that were published by the United Brethren Publishing Company, at Dayton, Ohio, and had a large circulation. Among these were "The Higher Life," and "Clusters from Eschol." As a part of his church work, he conducted a large class every Thursday evening for a number of years for the study of the Bible. He was an intelligent and entertaining talker, and it was long remembered of this class that he led it in a realistic and delightful manner. In counsel, in prayer, in personal effort in evangelical work, and in hearty and generous contributions to benevolent enterprises, he held for many years the first place in the congregation of which he was a member. He loved warm, spiritual meetings, and never was happier than when helping the minister in such meetings. He would only consent to be a layman, nothing more, but preached frequently and was an entertaining lecturer. For a number of years, he delivered lectures for the benefit of schools, colleges and benevolent institutions on the invasion of Pennsylvania and the battle of Gettysburg, but ill health compelled him to abandon this work. He was president and treasurer of the Franklin County Bible Society, and for many years secretary and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Conference Branch Missionary Society. He was also a member of the General Board of Missions of the United Brethren Church.

In his last illness his wife cared for him so tenderly that, as he felt he was approaching the mysterious river, he asked that she should not leave him, and from that time, while he lived, she was with him day and night, to bathe his fevered lips and aching brow until all was over.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 264.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 265.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 266.