Private Chester Bromily Hoke of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Chester Bromily Hoke of New York (20 April 1847 - 26 March 1913)

Army records refer to him as "Bromily Hoke."

Enlisted from Montgomery County, NY on 14 April 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Discharged 16 June 1865 in Charleston, SC.
After his service, Private Hoke worked as a laborer at cook Maria Miller's household and as a porter at Hotel Mohawk in Canajoharie, NY

1910 Federal Census: listed as "Mulatto"

His grave is at Canajoharie Falls Cemetery in Canajoharie, NY.

Chester Bromley Hoke's grave at Canajoharie Falls Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177212269/chester-bromley-hoke

Family

1 Daughter, mother unknown: Isabelle Hoke Dukins

Married Elizabeth Ann Phillips, 1893

3 more children: Chester, Phillip, Robert

Bibliography

https://udemancipationproject.wordpress.com/resources/family-histories/bromily-hokee/