BIO:  William H. Hoke, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Jackson Township, Pg 118

WILLIAM H. HOKE, son of Henry and Annie (Hershey) Hoke, was born in Jackson 
Township, October 26, 1846.  His early days were passed on the farm and in 
attending the district school until nineteen.  In the spring of 1869 he began 
life on his own responsibility, and in 1874 purchased his present homestead of 
138 acres.  This farm is noted for its iron ore, a number of shafts having been 
sunk, and is productive in wheat, corn and Havana and Connecticut tobacco.  Mr. 
Hoke also gives considerable attention to the culture of Italian bees, and finds 
a ready market for several hundred pounds of honey annually.  August 23, 1868, 
Mr. Hoke married Sarah, daughter of Peter and Catherine (Wiest) Spangler, to 
which union the following children have been born:  Phares Henry, Alice Jane, 
Lilly Ann, William Edward, Emma Elverta (an infant daughter), Naomi Sarah, Nettie 
Savilla, Lucy Viola and Ada Anna.  Mr. and Mrs. Hoke are members of the Emanuel 
Reformed Church, of which Mr. H. has been organist since 1879.