Fifth Generation

189. Jacob Yoder HOCH^6,8,53 was born on 26 Mar 1798 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 26 May 1878 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He was buried in Friedens Union Cemetery, Oley, PA. Jacob was the next owner of the Hoch Homestead. He started a brick making business and made the bricks for a barn on one part of the farm known as the "sacred oak" farm. He also made the brick for both houses on the farm after the acreage was devided for another Hoch family. The sacred oak farm house was built with Hoch bricks in 1880, and was then 129 acres large. Jacob continued in the brick business and by 1883 was producing 100,000 bricks per year. Many of the houses in Oley were built with Hoch bricks. He was also a farmer and served for some years as a school director of Oley. Jacob and Catherine also had a son DeTurk Hoch, an undated infant death.

Jacob Yoder HOCH and Catherine S. DETURCK were married in 1834. Catherine S. DETURCK^6,8,53,55 (daughter of George DETURCK and Catharine SCHMECK) was born on 19 Apr 1817 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She died on 14 May 1892 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She was buried in Friedens Union Cemetery, Oley, PA. Daughter of George DeTurck. Jacob Yoder HOCH and Catherine S. DETURCK had the following children:

542	i.	George HOCH6,7 was born on 7 May 1836 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 10 Sep 1837 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He was buried in Hoch-DeTurck Burial Ground, Oley Township, PA.
+543	ii.	Daniel D. HOCH.
+544	iii.	Susanna D. HOCH.
545	iv.	Mary Ann D. HOCH6,8,53 was born on 25 May 1843 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She died on 10 Nov 1916. She was buried in Friedens Union Cemetery, Oley, PA.
+546	v.	Catharine D. HOCH.
547	vi.	Sarah Amanda HOCH6,7 was born on 6 Dec 1849 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She died on 17 Aug 1851 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. She was buried in Hoch-DeTurck Burial Ground, Oley Township, PA.
548	vii.	Jacob D. HOCH6,8,53 was born on 23 Sep 1852 in Oley Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 5 Jan 1925. He was buried in Friedens Union Cemetery, Oley, PA.