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Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina

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  Michael Hoke (1810-1844) — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, May 2, 1810. Member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1834-41. Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., September 9, 1844 (age 34 years, 130 days). Interment at Old White Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Franklin Hoke (1778-1844) and Barbara (Quickel) Hoke; brother of John Franklin Hoke (1820-1888); married, May 8, 1833, to Frances Burton; uncle of William Alexander Hoke; grandfather of Michael Hoke Smith.
  Political family: Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Franklin Hoke (1820-1888) — also known as John F. Hoke — of Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., May 30, 1820. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1850-55 (46th District 1850-53, 47th District 1854-55); member of North Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1860, 1865-66. Died in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., October 27, 1888 (age 68 years, 150 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Franklin Hoke (1778-1844) and Barbara (Quickel) Hoke; brother of Michael Hoke; married to Catherine W. Alexander; father of William Alexander Hoke; granduncle of Michael Hoke Smith.
  Political family: Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) — also known as Thomas R. R. Cobb — of Georgia. Born in Jefferson County, Ga., April 10, 1823. Lawyer; Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Shot and killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Stafford County, Va., December 13, 1862 (age 39 years, 247 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Mary Willis Cobb (who married John Milton Johnson); married 1844 to Marion McHenry Lumpkin (daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin; niece of Wilson Lumpkin); father of Marion Birdie Cobb (who married Michael Hoke Smith); nephew of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); uncle of Andrew Jackson Cobb; great-grandson of Howell Lewis; great-grandnephew of John Smith; great-granduncle of Howell Cobb Jr.; first cousin of Henry Rootes Jackson; second cousin twice removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin thrice removed of George Washington; third cousin of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin once removed of Thomas Chilton, William Parish Chilton, David Shelby Walker and Joshua Chilton; third cousin twice removed of Bushrod Washington; third cousin thrice removed of Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.; fourth cousin of James David Walker, Commodore Perry Chilton, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Shadrach Chilton; fourth cousin once removed of John Thornton Augustine Washington, Horace George Chilton and Arthur Bounds Chilton.
  Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; King-Cobb family of Georgia; Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Alexander Hoke (1851-1925) — also known as William A. Hoke; Alex Hoke — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., October 25, 1851. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1889-90; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1891-1904; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1905-21. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., September 13, 1925 (age 73 years, 323 days). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Franklin Hoke and Catharine Wilson (Alexander) Hoke; married, December 16, 1897, to Mary 'Mamie' McBee; nephew of Michael Hoke; first cousin once removed of Michael Hoke Smith.
  Political family: Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Hoke Smith Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) — also known as M. Hoke Smith — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Newton, Catawba County, N.C., September 2, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1911-21. Presbyterian. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., November 27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Hildreth Hosea Smith and Mary Brent (Hoke) Smith; married to Marion Birdie Cobb (daughter of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb); grandson of Michael Hoke; grandnephew of John Franklin Hoke; first cousin once removed of William Alexander Hoke.
  Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Hoke Smith High School (opened 1923 as junior high, became high school 1947, closed 1985), in Atlanta, Georgia, was named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Hoke Smith (built 1943 at Savannah, Georgia; scrapped 1967) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York World, March 5, 1893

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