Jacob M. Hofer

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. …