Jacob Hoke

Jacob Hoke (March 17, 1825 – December 26, 1893) was a nineteenth-century American merchant and businessman in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. His personal observations and diary entries formed the basis for one of the earliest classic accounts of the Gettysburg Campaign during the American Civil War.

He was also a prolific writer of widely circulated religious materials for the United Brethren Church. Provided by Wikipedia