Andrew B. (probably Berrien) Hobby, son of Marmaduke Hobby and Jane Welch, born c. 1802 Georgia; died sometime after 1880 Georgia; married Lydia "Lidda" Sweat (also Lindy Swett) born c. 1801 South Carolina; Lindy Swett Hobby died sometime after 1880 Georgia.
Source for middle initial "B.": Heads of Families of Worth County (Georgia) When it was Organized: Given by the Hon. William Henderson, of Ocilla, who lived in the county at the time... and was for several years Sheriff of Worth (county): Second district: Andrew B. Hobby; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter IV. Towns; p. 50.
(Father of Andrew B. Hobby:
Marmaduke Hobby was one of the pioneers of Irwin county. He married Jane Welch. Their children were: Jesse, Andrew, Alexander, and Marmaduke "Duke"; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
In 1840 US Census, Marmaduke Hobby resides, with seven white people (no slaves) in District 690, Irwin county, Georgia.
Inferior Courts, Election Districts, Etc.: At January term (of the court), 1847, ... Jesse Hobby (son of Marmaduke), Jehu Fletcher and George Spring to mark and lay our road from... then to Jesse Hobby's and cross Little River near Jacob Marchant's, thence to Marmaduke Hobby's...; source: History of Irwin County, p. 175.)
In 1850 US Census, Andrew Hobby (1802 GA) resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby (c. 1801 S. Carolina), and their children: Berrien (1824 GA), Mary (1826 GA), Martha (1827 Alabama), Elizabeth (1830 GA), Jesse (1832 GA), James (1836 GA), Andrew (1837 GA), Margaret (1838 GA), and William (1841 GA), in Irwin county, Georgia; in 1860 US Census, Andrew and Lydia Hobby resided with their children: Martha (born Alabama), Elizabeth and James, in Isabella, Worth, Georgia; in 1870 US Census, Andrew and Lidda Hobby, resided with their daughter Martha Hobby, and Reuben Hobby (1846-1929), in Worth county, Georgia; in 1880 US Census, Andrew Hobby resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby, in Worth county, Georgia; no further US census data.
Andrew, son of old Marmaduke, married Lindy Swett. Their children were: Berrien, Jesse, James, William, Polly and Martha (also Elizabeth, Andrew and Margaret); source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
Andrew B. and Lydia "Lidda" (also Lindy) had:
1 Berrien Hobby born 1824; died 1889; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted March 4th 1862, surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII. Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
Private Berrien Hobby: While the company was in the breastworks at Deep Bottom, the Yankees made a furious charge and succeeded in carrying the works. When the charge was made a stalwart Yankee mounted the breastwork in front of Private Berrien Hobby, and making a thrust at him with his bayonet, succeeded in running it through Hobby's shirt bosom just below the neck. In making the thrust he lost hold of the gun, and Hobby's gun not having a bayonet on it, Hobby quickly seized the Yank's "fowling piece," and while he was drawing the bayonet out of his shirt the gentleman in blue was making strenuous efforts to fill his eyes with sand, which laudable and warlike undertaking he partially succeeded in accomplishing before Hobby got "things straightened out." Then, bringing the gun to a "charge,: Hobby made a dash for his foe and run him over the works and three others with him. Looking up and down the works, he saw the enemy pressing over them, and not a "rebel" in sight, but himself. Realizing the situation at a glance, he threw down his gun, "shucked" all extra weight and made a dash for liberty, while the bullets of the foe chopped and split up the zephyrs around his ears in a lively manner. Fortunately, he escaped without a scratch. In speaking of the affair afterwards Berrien said, "If they had all stayed as long as I did I'd be blessed if them Yankees ever would have cleaned us up!"; Source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 503.
Berrien, son of old Andrew, married Martha Dorminy. Their children: Jane, who died; John B., James W., B.A., Polly, Michael Micajah and Andrew Lott who married Easter Rouse. She died leaving: Lester, who married Mack Smith; Wright married Louise Smith; John married Eddy Bee Willis; Lula is single. He next married Ella Ward. Their children are: Luther, Claude, Lewis and Dora; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
2 Mary "Polly" Hobby born 30 October 1826; married John Cary "Jack" Sumner on 18 October 1857 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290, and Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900; Mary Hobby Sumner died 10 October 1875; buried Joseph Sumner Family Cemetery.
Polly, daughter of old Andrew, married Jack (John Cary) Sumner. Their children: Martha married Columbus Alford; Sophronia married Joel Mercer; Missouri married Tom Deese; Arkansas married John Pittman; Joseph married Judy Whiddon; John married Mary McCrary; she died. He next married Pearl Perkins; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
3 Martha Hobby born c. 1827 Alabama; source: 1850 and 1860 US Censuses; Martha Hobby married Daniel S. Sumner on 16 April 1876 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290; Martha Hobby Sumner died sometime after 1880 GA; no further data after 1880 US Census.
Martha, daughter of old Andrew, married Dan Sumner. They had no children; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
4 Elizabeth C. "Betsy" (Hobby) Hammond (c. 1831-before 1892); see findagrave link below.
5 Jesse (also Jessie) Hobby born c. 1832 GA; served in the Confederate States Army; Private; enlisted in Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry on 04 March 1862; wounded in the eye resulting in loss of sight, near Cedar Run, Virginia on 09 August 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 December 1862; surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source for military data: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill, and History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505; Jesse Hobby died 1897.
Jesse, son of old Andrew Hobby, married Amanda Vines. Their children: Elizabeth married Thomas Walker; Washington went to Florida; Daniel died; Ellen is single; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47; Liddy, daughter of Jesse, was burned to death in the field while burning grass (in c. 1870; source: webfamily).
6 James Newton Hobby (c. 1835-'36-1863); see findagrave link.
7 Andrew J. Hobby (1837-1863); see findagrave link.
8 Margaret Hobby (1838-unknown); see findagrave link.
9 William Hobby born 1841; died 1875; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted as a Private on 09 July 1861; absent on Surgeon's certificate of disability, looking to discharge in October 1861; source: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill; William Hobby was honorably discharged in 1864; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
William, son of old Andrew, married Elizabeth "Betsy" Willis, daughter of old Ben Willis. Their children: Daniel (James) married Martha Owens; Benjamin (Andrew) married Mary Whitley, daughter of George Whitley, sister of Wiley Whitley, Clerk of Superior Court of Ben Hill County; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
Source for middle initial "B.": Heads of Families of Worth County (Georgia) When it was Organized: Given by the Hon. William Henderson, of Ocilla, who lived in the county at the time... and was for several years Sheriff of Worth (county): Second district: Andrew B. Hobby; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter IV. Towns; p. 50.
(Father of Andrew B. Hobby:
Marmaduke Hobby was one of the pioneers of Irwin county. He married Jane Welch. Their children were: Jesse, Andrew, Alexander, and Marmaduke "Duke"; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
In 1840 US Census, Marmaduke Hobby resides, with seven white people (no slaves) in District 690, Irwin county, Georgia.
Inferior Courts, Election Districts, Etc.: At January term (of the court), 1847, ... Jesse Hobby (son of Marmaduke), Jehu Fletcher and George Spring to mark and lay our road from... then to Jesse Hobby's and cross Little River near Jacob Marchant's, thence to Marmaduke Hobby's...; source: History of Irwin County, p. 175.)
In 1850 US Census, Andrew Hobby (1802 GA) resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby (c. 1801 S. Carolina), and their children: Berrien (1824 GA), Mary (1826 GA), Martha (1827 Alabama), Elizabeth (1830 GA), Jesse (1832 GA), James (1836 GA), Andrew (1837 GA), Margaret (1838 GA), and William (1841 GA), in Irwin county, Georgia; in 1860 US Census, Andrew and Lydia Hobby resided with their children: Martha (born Alabama), Elizabeth and James, in Isabella, Worth, Georgia; in 1870 US Census, Andrew and Lidda Hobby, resided with their daughter Martha Hobby, and Reuben Hobby (1846-1929), in Worth county, Georgia; in 1880 US Census, Andrew Hobby resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby, in Worth county, Georgia; no further US census data.
Andrew, son of old Marmaduke, married Lindy Swett. Their children were: Berrien, Jesse, James, William, Polly and Martha (also Elizabeth, Andrew and Margaret); source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
Andrew B. and Lydia "Lidda" (also Lindy) had:
1 Berrien Hobby born 1824; died 1889; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted March 4th 1862, surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII. Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
Private Berrien Hobby: While the company was in the breastworks at Deep Bottom, the Yankees made a furious charge and succeeded in carrying the works. When the charge was made a stalwart Yankee mounted the breastwork in front of Private Berrien Hobby, and making a thrust at him with his bayonet, succeeded in running it through Hobby's shirt bosom just below the neck. In making the thrust he lost hold of the gun, and Hobby's gun not having a bayonet on it, Hobby quickly seized the Yank's "fowling piece," and while he was drawing the bayonet out of his shirt the gentleman in blue was making strenuous efforts to fill his eyes with sand, which laudable and warlike undertaking he partially succeeded in accomplishing before Hobby got "things straightened out." Then, bringing the gun to a "charge,: Hobby made a dash for his foe and run him over the works and three others with him. Looking up and down the works, he saw the enemy pressing over them, and not a "rebel" in sight, but himself. Realizing the situation at a glance, he threw down his gun, "shucked" all extra weight and made a dash for liberty, while the bullets of the foe chopped and split up the zephyrs around his ears in a lively manner. Fortunately, he escaped without a scratch. In speaking of the affair afterwards Berrien said, "If they had all stayed as long as I did I'd be blessed if them Yankees ever would have cleaned us up!"; Source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 503.
Berrien, son of old Andrew, married Martha Dorminy. Their children: Jane, who died; John B., James W., B.A., Polly, Michael Micajah and Andrew Lott who married Easter Rouse. She died leaving: Lester, who married Mack Smith; Wright married Louise Smith; John married Eddy Bee Willis; Lula is single. He next married Ella Ward. Their children are: Luther, Claude, Lewis and Dora; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
2 Mary "Polly" Hobby born 30 October 1826; married John Cary "Jack" Sumner on 18 October 1857 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290, and Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900; Mary Hobby Sumner died 10 October 1875; buried Joseph Sumner Family Cemetery.
Polly, daughter of old Andrew, married Jack (John Cary) Sumner. Their children: Martha married Columbus Alford; Sophronia married Joel Mercer; Missouri married Tom Deese; Arkansas married John Pittman; Joseph married Judy Whiddon; John married Mary McCrary; she died. He next married Pearl Perkins; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
3 Martha Hobby born c. 1827 Alabama; source: 1850 and 1860 US Censuses; Martha Hobby married Daniel S. Sumner on 16 April 1876 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290; Martha Hobby Sumner died sometime after 1880 GA; no further data after 1880 US Census.
Martha, daughter of old Andrew, married Dan Sumner. They had no children; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
4 Elizabeth C. "Betsy" (Hobby) Hammond (c. 1831-before 1892); see findagrave link below.
5 Jesse (also Jessie) Hobby born c. 1832 GA; served in the Confederate States Army; Private; enlisted in Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry on 04 March 1862; wounded in the eye resulting in loss of sight, near Cedar Run, Virginia on 09 August 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 December 1862; surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source for military data: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill, and History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505; Jesse Hobby died 1897.
Jesse, son of old Andrew Hobby, married Amanda Vines. Their children: Elizabeth married Thomas Walker; Washington went to Florida; Daniel died; Ellen is single; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47; Liddy, daughter of Jesse, was burned to death in the field while burning grass (in c. 1870; source: webfamily).
6 James Newton Hobby (c. 1835-'36-1863); see findagrave link.
7 Andrew J. Hobby (1837-1863); see findagrave link.
8 Margaret Hobby (1838-unknown); see findagrave link.
9 William Hobby born 1841; died 1875; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted as a Private on 09 July 1861; absent on Surgeon's certificate of disability, looking to discharge in October 1861; source: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill; William Hobby was honorably discharged in 1864; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
William, son of old Andrew, married Elizabeth "Betsy" Willis, daughter of old Ben Willis. Their children: Daniel (James) married Martha Owens; Benjamin (Andrew) married Mary Whitley, daughter of George Whitley, sister of Wiley Whitley, Clerk of Superior Court of Ben Hill County; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
Andrew B. (probably Berrien) Hobby, son of Marmaduke Hobby and Jane Welch, born c. 1802 Georgia; died sometime after 1880 Georgia; married Lydia "Lidda" Sweat (also Lindy Swett) born c. 1801 South Carolina; Lindy Swett Hobby died sometime after 1880 Georgia.
Source for middle initial "B.": Heads of Families of Worth County (Georgia) When it was Organized: Given by the Hon. William Henderson, of Ocilla, who lived in the county at the time... and was for several years Sheriff of Worth (county): Second district: Andrew B. Hobby; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter IV. Towns; p. 50.
(Father of Andrew B. Hobby:
Marmaduke Hobby was one of the pioneers of Irwin county. He married Jane Welch. Their children were: Jesse, Andrew, Alexander, and Marmaduke "Duke"; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
In 1840 US Census, Marmaduke Hobby resides, with seven white people (no slaves) in District 690, Irwin county, Georgia.
Inferior Courts, Election Districts, Etc.: At January term (of the court), 1847, ... Jesse Hobby (son of Marmaduke), Jehu Fletcher and George Spring to mark and lay our road from... then to Jesse Hobby's and cross Little River near Jacob Marchant's, thence to Marmaduke Hobby's...; source: History of Irwin County, p. 175.)
In 1850 US Census, Andrew Hobby (1802 GA) resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby (c. 1801 S. Carolina), and their children: Berrien (1824 GA), Mary (1826 GA), Martha (1827 Alabama), Elizabeth (1830 GA), Jesse (1832 GA), James (1836 GA), Andrew (1837 GA), Margaret (1838 GA), and William (1841 GA), in Irwin county, Georgia; in 1860 US Census, Andrew and Lydia Hobby resided with their children: Martha (born Alabama), Elizabeth and James, in Isabella, Worth, Georgia; in 1870 US Census, Andrew and Lidda Hobby, resided with their daughter Martha Hobby, and Reuben Hobby (1846-1929), in Worth county, Georgia; in 1880 US Census, Andrew Hobby resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby, in Worth county, Georgia; no further US census data.
Andrew, son of old Marmaduke, married Lindy Swett. Their children were: Berrien, Jesse, James, William, Polly and Martha (also Elizabeth, Andrew and Margaret); source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
Andrew B. and Lydia "Lidda" (also Lindy) had:
1 Berrien Hobby born 1824; died 1889; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted March 4th 1862, surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII. Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
Private Berrien Hobby: While the company was in the breastworks at Deep Bottom, the Yankees made a furious charge and succeeded in carrying the works. When the charge was made a stalwart Yankee mounted the breastwork in front of Private Berrien Hobby, and making a thrust at him with his bayonet, succeeded in running it through Hobby's shirt bosom just below the neck. In making the thrust he lost hold of the gun, and Hobby's gun not having a bayonet on it, Hobby quickly seized the Yank's "fowling piece," and while he was drawing the bayonet out of his shirt the gentleman in blue was making strenuous efforts to fill his eyes with sand, which laudable and warlike undertaking he partially succeeded in accomplishing before Hobby got "things straightened out." Then, bringing the gun to a "charge,: Hobby made a dash for his foe and run him over the works and three others with him. Looking up and down the works, he saw the enemy pressing over them, and not a "rebel" in sight, but himself. Realizing the situation at a glance, he threw down his gun, "shucked" all extra weight and made a dash for liberty, while the bullets of the foe chopped and split up the zephyrs around his ears in a lively manner. Fortunately, he escaped without a scratch. In speaking of the affair afterwards Berrien said, "If they had all stayed as long as I did I'd be blessed if them Yankees ever would have cleaned us up!"; Source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 503.
Berrien, son of old Andrew, married Martha Dorminy. Their children: Jane, who died; John B., James W., B.A., Polly, Michael Micajah and Andrew Lott who married Easter Rouse. She died leaving: Lester, who married Mack Smith; Wright married Louise Smith; John married Eddy Bee Willis; Lula is single. He next married Ella Ward. Their children are: Luther, Claude, Lewis and Dora; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
2 Mary "Polly" Hobby born 30 October 1826; married John Cary "Jack" Sumner on 18 October 1857 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290, and Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900; Mary Hobby Sumner died 10 October 1875; buried Joseph Sumner Family Cemetery.
Polly, daughter of old Andrew, married Jack (John Cary) Sumner. Their children: Martha married Columbus Alford; Sophronia married Joel Mercer; Missouri married Tom Deese; Arkansas married John Pittman; Joseph married Judy Whiddon; John married Mary McCrary; she died. He next married Pearl Perkins; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
3 Martha Hobby born c. 1827 Alabama; source: 1850 and 1860 US Censuses; Martha Hobby married Daniel S. Sumner on 16 April 1876 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290; Martha Hobby Sumner died sometime after 1880 GA; no further data after 1880 US Census.
Martha, daughter of old Andrew, married Dan Sumner. They had no children; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
4 Elizabeth C. "Betsy" (Hobby) Hammond (c. 1831-before 1892); see findagrave link below.
5 Jesse (also Jessie) Hobby born c. 1832 GA; served in the Confederate States Army; Private; enlisted in Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry on 04 March 1862; wounded in the eye resulting in loss of sight, near Cedar Run, Virginia on 09 August 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 December 1862; surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source for military data: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill, and History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505; Jesse Hobby died 1897.
Jesse, son of old Andrew Hobby, married Amanda Vines. Their children: Elizabeth married Thomas Walker; Washington went to Florida; Daniel died; Ellen is single; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47; Liddy, daughter of Jesse, was burned to death in the field while burning grass (in c. 1870; source: webfamily).
6 James Newton Hobby (c. 1835-'36-1863); see findagrave link.
7 Andrew J. Hobby (1837-1863); see findagrave link.
8 Margaret Hobby (1838-unknown); see findagrave link.
9 William Hobby born 1841; died 1875; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted as a Private on 09 July 1861; absent on Surgeon's certificate of disability, looking to discharge in October 1861; source: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill; William Hobby was honorably discharged in 1864; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
William, son of old Andrew, married Elizabeth "Betsy" Willis, daughter of old Ben Willis. Their children: Daniel (James) married Martha Owens; Benjamin (Andrew) married Mary Whitley, daughter of George Whitley, sister of Wiley Whitley, Clerk of Superior Court of Ben Hill County; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
Source for middle initial "B.": Heads of Families of Worth County (Georgia) When it was Organized: Given by the Hon. William Henderson, of Ocilla, who lived in the county at the time... and was for several years Sheriff of Worth (county): Second district: Andrew B. Hobby; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter IV. Towns; p. 50.
(Father of Andrew B. Hobby:
Marmaduke Hobby was one of the pioneers of Irwin county. He married Jane Welch. Their children were: Jesse, Andrew, Alexander, and Marmaduke "Duke"; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
In 1840 US Census, Marmaduke Hobby resides, with seven white people (no slaves) in District 690, Irwin county, Georgia.
Inferior Courts, Election Districts, Etc.: At January term (of the court), 1847, ... Jesse Hobby (son of Marmaduke), Jehu Fletcher and George Spring to mark and lay our road from... then to Jesse Hobby's and cross Little River near Jacob Marchant's, thence to Marmaduke Hobby's...; source: History of Irwin County, p. 175.)
In 1850 US Census, Andrew Hobby (1802 GA) resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby (c. 1801 S. Carolina), and their children: Berrien (1824 GA), Mary (1826 GA), Martha (1827 Alabama), Elizabeth (1830 GA), Jesse (1832 GA), James (1836 GA), Andrew (1837 GA), Margaret (1838 GA), and William (1841 GA), in Irwin county, Georgia; in 1860 US Census, Andrew and Lydia Hobby resided with their children: Martha (born Alabama), Elizabeth and James, in Isabella, Worth, Georgia; in 1870 US Census, Andrew and Lidda Hobby, resided with their daughter Martha Hobby, and Reuben Hobby (1846-1929), in Worth county, Georgia; in 1880 US Census, Andrew Hobby resided with his wife, Lidda Hobby, in Worth county, Georgia; no further US census data.
Andrew, son of old Marmaduke, married Lindy Swett. Their children were: Berrien, Jesse, James, William, Polly and Martha (also Elizabeth, Andrew and Margaret); source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
Andrew B. and Lydia "Lidda" (also Lindy) had:
1 Berrien Hobby born 1824; died 1889; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted March 4th 1862, surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII. Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
Private Berrien Hobby: While the company was in the breastworks at Deep Bottom, the Yankees made a furious charge and succeeded in carrying the works. When the charge was made a stalwart Yankee mounted the breastwork in front of Private Berrien Hobby, and making a thrust at him with his bayonet, succeeded in running it through Hobby's shirt bosom just below the neck. In making the thrust he lost hold of the gun, and Hobby's gun not having a bayonet on it, Hobby quickly seized the Yank's "fowling piece," and while he was drawing the bayonet out of his shirt the gentleman in blue was making strenuous efforts to fill his eyes with sand, which laudable and warlike undertaking he partially succeeded in accomplishing before Hobby got "things straightened out." Then, bringing the gun to a "charge,: Hobby made a dash for his foe and run him over the works and three others with him. Looking up and down the works, he saw the enemy pressing over them, and not a "rebel" in sight, but himself. Realizing the situation at a glance, he threw down his gun, "shucked" all extra weight and made a dash for liberty, while the bullets of the foe chopped and split up the zephyrs around his ears in a lively manner. Fortunately, he escaped without a scratch. In speaking of the affair afterwards Berrien said, "If they had all stayed as long as I did I'd be blessed if them Yankees ever would have cleaned us up!"; Source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 503.
Berrien, son of old Andrew, married Martha Dorminy. Their children: Jane, who died; John B., James W., B.A., Polly, Michael Micajah and Andrew Lott who married Easter Rouse. She died leaving: Lester, who married Mack Smith; Wright married Louise Smith; John married Eddy Bee Willis; Lula is single. He next married Ella Ward. Their children are: Luther, Claude, Lewis and Dora; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
2 Mary "Polly" Hobby born 30 October 1826; married John Cary "Jack" Sumner on 18 October 1857 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290, and Georgia Marriages, 1851-1900; Mary Hobby Sumner died 10 October 1875; buried Joseph Sumner Family Cemetery.
Polly, daughter of old Andrew, married Jack (John Cary) Sumner. Their children: Martha married Columbus Alford; Sophronia married Joel Mercer; Missouri married Tom Deese; Arkansas married John Pittman; Joseph married Judy Whiddon; John married Mary McCrary; she died. He next married Pearl Perkins; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
3 Martha Hobby born c. 1827 Alabama; source: 1850 and 1860 US Censuses; Martha Hobby married Daniel S. Sumner on 16 April 1876 Worth county, Georgia; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XX. Family history and genealogy; p. 290; Martha Hobby Sumner died sometime after 1880 GA; no further data after 1880 US Census.
Martha, daughter of old Andrew, married Dan Sumner. They had no children; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
4 Elizabeth C. "Betsy" (Hobby) Hammond (c. 1831-before 1892); see findagrave link below.
5 Jesse (also Jessie) Hobby born c. 1832 GA; served in the Confederate States Army; Private; enlisted in Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry on 04 March 1862; wounded in the eye resulting in loss of sight, near Cedar Run, Virginia on 09 August 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 December 1862; surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on 09 April 1865; source for military data: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill, and History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505; Jesse Hobby died 1897.
Jesse, son of old Andrew Hobby, married Amanda Vines. Their children: Elizabeth married Thomas Walker; Washington went to Florida; Daniel died; Ellen is single; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47; Liddy, daughter of Jesse, was burned to death in the field while burning grass (in c. 1870; source: webfamily).
6 James Newton Hobby (c. 1835-'36-1863); see findagrave link.
7 Andrew J. Hobby (1837-1863); see findagrave link.
8 Margaret Hobby (1838-unknown); see findagrave link.
9 William Hobby born 1841; died 1875; served in the Confederate States Army, Company B, 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; enlisted as a Private on 09 July 1861; absent on Surgeon's certificate of disability, looking to discharge in October 1861; source: The WILLIS Family Genealogy by L. Hill; William Hobby was honorably discharged in 1864; source: History of Worth County, Georgia: for the first eighty years, 1854-1934; Chapter XXII; Worth in the war between the states; p. 505.
William, son of old Andrew, married Elizabeth "Betsy" Willis, daughter of old Ben Willis. Their children: Daniel (James) married Martha Owens; Benjamin (Andrew) married Mary Whitley, daughter of George Whitley, sister of Wiley Whitley, Clerk of Superior Court of Ben Hill County; source: Tifton Gazette (Georgia), March 29, 1912, Vol. XXI No. 47.
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