When Elizabeth Longenecker was born on 27 July 1800, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Guth Longenecker, was 25 and her mother, Sarah H Mock, was 25. She married Henry Mellinger Hoke on 15 February 1820, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 17 November 1876, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76.