Jacob M. Hofer

Released
Date of birth:14. 12. 1892
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:South Dakota
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Jacob M. Hofer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a CO; classifed as 1A; sent to Camp Funston on July 20, 1918, where he was in CO detention camp; refused to carry rocks to build sidewalk (along with other COs); would have agreed to a farm furlough if offered it; interviewed by Special Bd. …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1917
Released: Jun 22, 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 25 years in prison, reduced to 1. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (June 22).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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