Fanny B. Hobbs was a daughter of Wilson and Zalinda (Williams) Hobbs. She was unmarried. The following obituary is somewhat charitable--it shaves several years off her age. She was 58 at the time of her death.
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 8, 1914
Miss Fannie Hobbs, forty-eight years old, sister of Mrs. Rufus Davis, who has been an inmate of East Haven asylum for many years, died at that place Tueseday night at 11 o'clock. The remains were brought to this city Wednesday evening and the funeral will be held from the Davis home this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Morton Pearson, of Indianapolis, and Miss Esther Cook, of this city. Friends of the family are invited. Interment will be made in Glencove cemetery. She leaves one sister and one brother, Mrs. Rufus Davis, of this city, and Harry Hobbs, of Denver, Col.
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 15, 1914
IN MEMORY OF FANNIE HOBBS
At Annapolis, Parke county, Indiana, in the early spring time of 1856, on the 13th day of March, there came into the family of Dr. and Zalinda Hobbs a little daughter to cheer and brighten life's pathway. They named her Fannie and as she grew and the years passed she shared the joys and pleasures of childhood with the brothers and sister, Mary, in the home circle. In the war of the '60s the doctor was commissioned a surgeon in General Coburn's brigade in the Army of the Cumberland. After the close of the war the father removed to Carthage, in Rush county, where they resided until 1873, when they came to Knightstown to make their final residence. Here Fannie again entered the public schools, making commendable progress in her studies and making many warm friends and acquaintances among the young people with whom she mingled. She was brought up under Christian influence in her home, where love and affection ruled in this quiet Quaker family.
When the society of friends built their church in town she was among the first members and took an active interest in organizing a Sunday School, where she became a teacher and was ever faithful. Hers was an active Christian life and a willing worker in the Society of Christian Endeavor, where she was interested and was always anxious for its success and prosperity and was ever a regular attendant at its meetings.
"I love Thy kingdom, Lord," found in her heart a ready expression and was manifested in her daily life and she ever rejoiced in His abiding presence in her soul. She lived in expectation of and was preparing for that "House, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," where she had gone doubtless to meet the loved ones and has joined "that innumerable company who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Her ancestors, both on the paternal and maternal line, were people prominent in this State, both in educational and religious lines.
She loved this world with his grand old forests, the fields and flowers, all had a charm as well as a testimony for the wisdom and goodness of Him who fashioned them all.
Sorrows came as well as the joys of life. Father, mother and four brothers passed into the shadows beyond. She, too, has gone, leaving only Mary and Harry of the once happy circle.
"Soon from us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee."
Fannie was a lover of her Bible, read it daily and treasured up its precious promises. In her conversation with her niece "she said she loved this world and its beauties around her, but was ready to obey the call of the Master and hoped to hear him say, 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.'"
The end came quietly and peacefully. She went to sleep and all unconsciously passed to the Beyond.
I.W.White
Knightstown, Ind., May 8, 1914
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 8, 1914
Miss Fannie Hobbs, forty-eight years old, sister of Mrs. Rufus Davis, who has been an inmate of East Haven asylum for many years, died at that place Tueseday night at 11 o'clock. The remains were brought to this city Wednesday evening and the funeral will be held from the Davis home this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Morton Pearson, of Indianapolis, and Miss Esther Cook, of this city. Friends of the family are invited. Interment will be made in Glencove cemetery. She leaves one sister and one brother, Mrs. Rufus Davis, of this city, and Harry Hobbs, of Denver, Col.
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 15, 1914
IN MEMORY OF FANNIE HOBBS
At Annapolis, Parke county, Indiana, in the early spring time of 1856, on the 13th day of March, there came into the family of Dr. and Zalinda Hobbs a little daughter to cheer and brighten life's pathway. They named her Fannie and as she grew and the years passed she shared the joys and pleasures of childhood with the brothers and sister, Mary, in the home circle. In the war of the '60s the doctor was commissioned a surgeon in General Coburn's brigade in the Army of the Cumberland. After the close of the war the father removed to Carthage, in Rush county, where they resided until 1873, when they came to Knightstown to make their final residence. Here Fannie again entered the public schools, making commendable progress in her studies and making many warm friends and acquaintances among the young people with whom she mingled. She was brought up under Christian influence in her home, where love and affection ruled in this quiet Quaker family.
When the society of friends built their church in town she was among the first members and took an active interest in organizing a Sunday School, where she became a teacher and was ever faithful. Hers was an active Christian life and a willing worker in the Society of Christian Endeavor, where she was interested and was always anxious for its success and prosperity and was ever a regular attendant at its meetings.
"I love Thy kingdom, Lord," found in her heart a ready expression and was manifested in her daily life and she ever rejoiced in His abiding presence in her soul. She lived in expectation of and was preparing for that "House, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," where she had gone doubtless to meet the loved ones and has joined "that innumerable company who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Her ancestors, both on the paternal and maternal line, were people prominent in this State, both in educational and religious lines.
She loved this world with his grand old forests, the fields and flowers, all had a charm as well as a testimony for the wisdom and goodness of Him who fashioned them all.
Sorrows came as well as the joys of life. Father, mother and four brothers passed into the shadows beyond. She, too, has gone, leaving only Mary and Harry of the once happy circle.
"Soon from us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee."
Fannie was a lover of her Bible, read it daily and treasured up its precious promises. In her conversation with her niece "she said she loved this world and its beauties around her, but was ready to obey the call of the Master and hoped to hear him say, 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.'"
The end came quietly and peacefully. She went to sleep and all unconsciously passed to the Beyond.
I.W.White
Knightstown, Ind., May 8, 1914
Fanny B. Hobbs was a daughter of Wilson and Zalinda (Williams) Hobbs. She was unmarried. The following obituary is somewhat charitable--it shaves several years off her age. She was 58 at the time of her death.
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 8, 1914
Miss Fannie Hobbs, forty-eight years old, sister of Mrs. Rufus Davis, who has been an inmate of East Haven asylum for many years, died at that place Tueseday night at 11 o'clock. The remains were brought to this city Wednesday evening and the funeral will be held from the Davis home this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Morton Pearson, of Indianapolis, and Miss Esther Cook, of this city. Friends of the family are invited. Interment will be made in Glencove cemetery. She leaves one sister and one brother, Mrs. Rufus Davis, of this city, and Harry Hobbs, of Denver, Col.
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 15, 1914
IN MEMORY OF FANNIE HOBBS
At Annapolis, Parke county, Indiana, in the early spring time of 1856, on the 13th day of March, there came into the family of Dr. and Zalinda Hobbs a little daughter to cheer and brighten life's pathway. They named her Fannie and as she grew and the years passed she shared the joys and pleasures of childhood with the brothers and sister, Mary, in the home circle. In the war of the '60s the doctor was commissioned a surgeon in General Coburn's brigade in the Army of the Cumberland. After the close of the war the father removed to Carthage, in Rush county, where they resided until 1873, when they came to Knightstown to make their final residence. Here Fannie again entered the public schools, making commendable progress in her studies and making many warm friends and acquaintances among the young people with whom she mingled. She was brought up under Christian influence in her home, where love and affection ruled in this quiet Quaker family.
When the society of friends built their church in town she was among the first members and took an active interest in organizing a Sunday School, where she became a teacher and was ever faithful. Hers was an active Christian life and a willing worker in the Society of Christian Endeavor, where she was interested and was always anxious for its success and prosperity and was ever a regular attendant at its meetings.
"I love Thy kingdom, Lord," found in her heart a ready expression and was manifested in her daily life and she ever rejoiced in His abiding presence in her soul. She lived in expectation of and was preparing for that "House, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," where she had gone doubtless to meet the loved ones and has joined "that innumerable company who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Her ancestors, both on the paternal and maternal line, were people prominent in this State, both in educational and religious lines.
She loved this world with his grand old forests, the fields and flowers, all had a charm as well as a testimony for the wisdom and goodness of Him who fashioned them all.
Sorrows came as well as the joys of life. Father, mother and four brothers passed into the shadows beyond. She, too, has gone, leaving only Mary and Harry of the once happy circle.
"Soon from us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee."
Fannie was a lover of her Bible, read it daily and treasured up its precious promises. In her conversation with her niece "she said she loved this world and its beauties around her, but was ready to obey the call of the Master and hoped to hear him say, 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.'"
The end came quietly and peacefully. She went to sleep and all unconsciously passed to the Beyond.
I.W.White
Knightstown, Ind., May 8, 1914
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 8, 1914
Miss Fannie Hobbs, forty-eight years old, sister of Mrs. Rufus Davis, who has been an inmate of East Haven asylum for many years, died at that place Tueseday night at 11 o'clock. The remains were brought to this city Wednesday evening and the funeral will be held from the Davis home this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Morton Pearson, of Indianapolis, and Miss Esther Cook, of this city. Friends of the family are invited. Interment will be made in Glencove cemetery. She leaves one sister and one brother, Mrs. Rufus Davis, of this city, and Harry Hobbs, of Denver, Col.
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, May 15, 1914
IN MEMORY OF FANNIE HOBBS
At Annapolis, Parke county, Indiana, in the early spring time of 1856, on the 13th day of March, there came into the family of Dr. and Zalinda Hobbs a little daughter to cheer and brighten life's pathway. They named her Fannie and as she grew and the years passed she shared the joys and pleasures of childhood with the brothers and sister, Mary, in the home circle. In the war of the '60s the doctor was commissioned a surgeon in General Coburn's brigade in the Army of the Cumberland. After the close of the war the father removed to Carthage, in Rush county, where they resided until 1873, when they came to Knightstown to make their final residence. Here Fannie again entered the public schools, making commendable progress in her studies and making many warm friends and acquaintances among the young people with whom she mingled. She was brought up under Christian influence in her home, where love and affection ruled in this quiet Quaker family.
When the society of friends built their church in town she was among the first members and took an active interest in organizing a Sunday School, where she became a teacher and was ever faithful. Hers was an active Christian life and a willing worker in the Society of Christian Endeavor, where she was interested and was always anxious for its success and prosperity and was ever a regular attendant at its meetings.
"I love Thy kingdom, Lord," found in her heart a ready expression and was manifested in her daily life and she ever rejoiced in His abiding presence in her soul. She lived in expectation of and was preparing for that "House, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," where she had gone doubtless to meet the loved ones and has joined "that innumerable company who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Her ancestors, both on the paternal and maternal line, were people prominent in this State, both in educational and religious lines.
She loved this world with his grand old forests, the fields and flowers, all had a charm as well as a testimony for the wisdom and goodness of Him who fashioned them all.
Sorrows came as well as the joys of life. Father, mother and four brothers passed into the shadows beyond. She, too, has gone, leaving only Mary and Harry of the once happy circle.
"Soon from us the light of day
Shall forever pass away;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee."
Fannie was a lover of her Bible, read it daily and treasured up its precious promises. In her conversation with her niece "she said she loved this world and its beauties around her, but was ready to obey the call of the Master and hoped to hear him say, 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.'"
The end came quietly and peacefully. She went to sleep and all unconsciously passed to the Beyond.
I.W.White
Knightstown, Ind., May 8, 1914
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