William Levi Jobe (son of Edward J. Jobe and Isabelle Fincher) was born Abt. 1845 in Missouri, and died July 12, 1912 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He married Margaret Jane Guynn on July 16, 1868 in Linn Co Kansas, daughter of Milton Guynn and Jane ??.
1850 -Cole Co., Missouri Census (age 5 - listed as Levi W. Jobe - with parents)
1862 March 23, William enlisted in Co B., 10th Kansas Infantry.
1864 December 15 and 16, Casualty list, 21 Div. Det., A of Tenn. Engagements December 15 and 16, 1864 near Nashville, Tenn. reports Wm. L. Jobe, Pvt. Co b, 10th Kans, Vet. Vols., wounded-shoulder-severe". Signed K. Garrard, Brig. Genl., US Vols, Comd'g 21 Div., Det., A of Tenn.
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1864 -Dec 15, Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Madam, It becomes my painful duty to inform you that your son, William L. Jobe, of Co. B, 10th Kansas Infantry, was this day dangerously wounded in the back by a shell and the wounds are perhaps 15 inches in length! I hope they are not more than flesh wounds. I am not certain what the consequences may be. He is in the twelfth ward, Cumberland hospital, in this city. God bless him and spare him and return him to you again. T. R. Letter, U. S. C. Commission."
On the top of the letter head the following printed card appears to the left of which is a dive, a white-winged messenger of peace, to bear the said missive to that old and heart-broken mother as she patiently waits to hear northern home.
The U. S. Christian Commission sends this sheet as a messenger between the soldier and his home. Let it hasten to those who wait for tidings! Ah, yes, "let it hasten to those who wait for tidings." From their loved ones "at the front" some lying in hospital and suffering with excruciating pain, while others are starving to death in filthy prisons or being shot, wounded and bleeding by rebel bullets!
We can imagine the feelings of that dear old mother when she read that letter which informed her that her poor boy-her only boy. The idol of her heart—was "dangerously wounded" while gallantly defending the flag of his country; when treason was rampant and about to overthrow the government.! And today twenty-nine years after that letter was written we can see the effects of her tears as they fall upon that ___ while ____ ___ _____ read this sad news from her boy (rest is illegible)
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1865 May 3, William was mustered out due to injury in war. Kansas State Census (listed as Wm L, age 19, living with parents)
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UNION KANSAS VOLUNTEERS
10th Regiment, Kansas Infantry
Organized at Paola by consolidation of 3rd and 4th Kansas Infantry April 3, 1862. Attached to Dept. of Kansas to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. Missouri, to February, 1863. District of Rolla, Dept Missouri, to June, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to August, 1863. District of Kansas, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864. Alton, Ill., to August, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to November, 1864. Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division (Detachment), Army Tennessee, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Fort Scott, Kan., April, 1862, and duty there till June 4. Companies on Expedition into Indian Territory with 2nd Ohio Cavalry June 13-August 15. Locust Grove, C. N., July 3. Reconnoissance from Grand River to Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and Park Hill, and skirmishes July 14-17. Campaign against Coffey and Cockrell in Missouri August. Jackson County, Mo., September 15. Newtonia September 30. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie near Maysville October 22. Cane Hill October 28. Battle of Prairie Grove , Ark., December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-31. Moved to Springfield, Mo., January, 1863, and duty there till February 27. Near Mount Vernon till March 15. Operations against Shelby till April. Moved to Rolla, Mo., April 27, thence to St. Louis, Mo., June 4-8. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind., and return to St. Louis July 18. Moved to Kansas City, Mo., August, and duty there till January, 1864. Skirmish with Quantrell at Paola August 21, 1863 (Detachment). Company "I" detached at St. Louis, Mo., as provost guard July and August, 1863, rejoining at Kansas City. Company "K" at Topeka, Kan., September to November, 1863. Regiment moved to St. Louis, Mo., January, 1864, thence to Alton, Ill., and guard Military Prison there till August, 1864. Non-Veterans moved to St Louis, Mo., and mustered out August 19-20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies August 15, 1864. On duty at St. Louis, Mo., till October 20. Moved to Pilot Knob October 20-24, thence to Paducah, Ky., November 2-12, and to Nashville, Tenn., November 28-29. Temporarily attached to 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., January 4-7, 1865. Reconnoissance to Iuka, Miss., January 9. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 8-21. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there and in the District of Alabama till August. Mustered out August 30, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease.
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1868 -May (Linn Co., Kansas0
Decelaration for an Invalid Person (as sent to me by Freida Wells - see sources)
The following is quote verbatim from record:
"On this __day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty Eight personally appeared before me (1) Clerk of the (2) County County, a court of record within and for the county and state aforesaid WILLIAM L. JOBE, aged twenty-three years, a resident of the (3) Blooming Grove , County of Linn in the state of Kansas who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the idenfiied WILLIAM L. JOBE who (4) enlisted in the service of the United States at Mound City, Linn County in the State of Kansas on or about the 22nd day of March in the year 1862 as private in Company B commanded by Capt. William C. Jones in the 10th Regiment of (5) Infantry Kansas Volunteers commanded by Col. William (?) in the war of 1861 and was honourably discharged at Ft. Leavenworth in the State of Kansas on or about the 8th day of June in the year one thousand eight-hundred and sixty-five that while in the sevice aforesaid and in the line of duty (6)
"at Nashville, Tennessee on the 15th day of December 1864 in the Line of his duty and in an engagement with the enemy, he was struck in the head and the back at the same time with a shell which shell cut ___backbone four of his ribs and was blind for some time from the effects of blow on the head with the shell and he is not able to peform manual labor from the effects of the wound tho the ribs has ----together. But when he came to walk it causes misry and pain. "
That since leaving the said service, this applicant has resided int he county of Linn in the State of Kansas and his occupation has been farming.
That prior to his entry into the service above named, he was a man of good, sound, physical, health, being when enrolled (8) a farmer.
That now he is one-half disabled from abtaining his subsisence from manual labor in consequences of the above named injuries, recieved in the service of the United States.
Place of residence is Blooming Grove, Linn Co., Kansas."
1868 -July 16, William married Margaret Guynn in Linn Co, Kansas
1865-75, Between this time William and his family lived in California.
1875 -1875 Kansas State Census - Linn Co., Valley Township
JOBE, Margaret 1849 IND 26
, Susan 1869 KS 6 - should be age 3
, Cora 1872 KS 3 - should be 3 months
One does now know the whereabouts of William! He appears on the next census - so had to be just away! It is known that the family did move to California for a while - so William may have been there when this state census was taken.
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1880 LINN COUNTY, Kansas Census - Valley Township
JOBE, William 1843 MO-NC-NC
, Margaret 1849 IN-IN-IN
, Edna 1872 KS
, Cora 1875 KS
, James 1878 KS
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THE JOBE FAMILY
The Ohio Branch is Closely Related to the Missouri Branch W.L. Jobe of this city, presented us with a copy of the Jefferson City, (MO.) Daily Press, in which we find an interesting account of the Jobe Family; The author of the article is a cousin of William or plain Bill who has an army record that any man might be proud of. Bill is a Kansan from way back, upon whom there are no flies and does not doff his cap to the scions of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Ohio or old Missouri.
He is the old stump, root and sprout and "paddles his own Canoe" as happy as a lord: Capt. J. M. Jobe has recently been looking up some family history by correspondence and otherwise. Here is a letter received from a cousin in Ohio.
"Troy, O., February 25, 1900-Capt. J. M. Jobe, Park Place, Jefferson City, Mo.
My dear cousin;
Your to hand and will say I was so glad to read yourletter and get the photo, for I am proud of it; only wish I had one to send you , but just now am shy, will in due course of time get one and send you.
Now, your letter brings to mind my father knew your father well; have heard him speak of him and they closely related; we are all related to the Tiptons; old Gen Tipton who fought Sevier, was a noted general; my father' father lived to be 102 years old and died in Georgia; he was in three different wars and
had thirteen sons, seven of them were in the Rebel army and the six in the Union army, and there are only three of them dead. Capt. Sam Jobe, who commanded troop in cavalry at the battle of Shiloh and did it to perfection; was killed at the last battle of Seven Pines, he and his horse by a shell. It was said he was the finest looking man in the army. My father was one of the thirtheen men who was made a colonel of his regiment from a private soldier; was wounded fourteen times in action and was 89 years old when he died. A team of horses run away with him and threw him back out of his buggy, broke his back and two ribs and yet he lived more than seven weeks afterward and died then from the effects of one of the wounds, so the doctors all said. Seven of his brothers are doctors. Dr. Abraham Jobe lives at Elk Park, N.C., he is 88 years old; has been a practicing surgeon for over 59 years; was President Andrew Johnson's doctor all the time he was in congress and in the United States senate and while he was Vice-President and President, and attended him in his last illness when he died. If you ever see the picture of the death-bed scene of President Johnson you will see that the doctor is Abraham Jobe, and I
tell you he is a grand man; it is told by him that he never took a chew or a 1smoked or drank in his life, or swore an oath. This is his record I cannot say myself, for I will do both sometimes, see My other uncles live in Texas, Arkansas and Georgia-all doing well and are fine looking men. I have two
cousins living in Baltimore, one is named John A. Jobe and the other D. M. Jobe. Deputy warden of Virginia penitentary at Richmond Va. his name is Horace Jobe. I have an only brother John A. lives in Knoxville, Tenn; in wholesale book store. Miss Hattie Jobe, married Gov. Robt. L. Taylor, three time govenor of Tennessee and eight years a member of congress; he is a Democrat and fine
fellow. Miss Eunice Jobe married Frank W. McChensey, private Secretary of Gen Dole, President of the provisional government of Honolulu, H. L. and owns three fine sugar plantations. They are all good people, I being the only scrub in all the Jobe Lay-out yet I have been three times mayor of the city in
Tennessee where I was born and raised; was four years Railroad Comissioner; was one of the World's Fair comissioners at Chicago; was county judge one term and then captian in army. Do wish I could see you, dear people, and talk over all the Jobes; it would do me much good. Let me hear from you often. Love to your mother and yourself, I am your cousin,
CAPT. IKE T. JOBE , 121 W. Main Street, Troy, O.
The W. L. and J. M. Jobe mentioned at the beginning are brothers to my Great- Grandmother Sarah Ann Jobe.
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1893 -November 15, Pleasanton Hearld Pleasanton, KS.
--Hoke Smith has laely rejected the applications of Messrs. John W. Leeka and William L. Jobe –the former for a pension and the latter for an increase—two worthy and honorable old soldiers, who deserve and should be abundantly rewarded for their heroic service in defense of the flag; but so long as rebels and traitors are masked behind the national colors in Washington, it can hardly be expected that their applications will meet with a favorable response.
Mr. Jobe was seriously wounded by a shell in the left shoulder and back in the battle of Nashville, as will be his chaplain, T. R. Letter to his mother in this place:
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William Levi Jobe
Plesanton Hearld, July 12, 1912 Pleasanton, Kansas
Ralph Stone and wife of Fort Collins, Colo., who came to Kansas to lay to rest all that was mortal of William L. Jobe, father of Mrs. Stone, visited Saturday with Charles Brooks and family.
Ft. Collins Weekly Express
Thursday July 4, 1912
Ft. Collins, Colorado
WILLIAM L. JOBE SUCCUMBS TO PARALYSIS
William L. Jobe, aged 67, died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. E. Stone 312 Cherry street of paralysis. Mr. Jobe was a native of Missouri and was a widower. He had been in this section 47 years and was an old soldier, although not a member of the local post. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. R. E. Stone, James Jobe, Walter Jobe of this city. Mrs. Edna Snider, of Lost Springs, Wyo. and Jessie Jobe also of Lost Springs. The body will be taken to his former home in Plesanton, Kas. for burial.
More About William Levi Jobe:
Burial: Unknown, Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn Co Kansas.
Occupation: Laborer.
More About William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn:
Marriage: July 16, 1868, Linn Co Kansas.
Children of William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn are:
Isabelle Jobe, b. Abt. 1869, Kansas, d. 1874, Linn County Kansas.
Edna Jobe, b. Abt. 1872, Kansas, d. date unknown.
Cora May Jobe, b. January 06, 1875, Linn Co Kansas, d. February 22, 1954, California.
+James E. Jobe, b. March 09, 1878, Trading Post, Linn County Kansas, d. September 21, 1963, Mound City, Linn County Kansas.
Dollie Jobe, b. 1881, Linn County Kansas, d. 1881, Linn County Kansas.
Walter Jobe, b. 1883, Linn County Kansas, d. date unknown.
Ernest Jobe, b. 1886, Linn County Kansas, d. 1889, Linn County Kansas.
Jesse William Jobe, b. 1892, Linn County Kansas, d. Bet. March - April 1940.
son of Edward J Jobe and Isabelle Fincher. Served in Civil War, 10th Kans. Inf. Buried Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn County Kansas. William brother to Sarah Ann Jobe.
1850 -Cole Co., Missouri Census (age 5 - listed as Levi W. Jobe - with parents)
1862 March 23, William enlisted in Co B., 10th Kansas Infantry.
1864 December 15 and 16, Casualty list, 21 Div. Det., A of Tenn. Engagements December 15 and 16, 1864 near Nashville, Tenn. reports Wm. L. Jobe, Pvt. Co b, 10th Kans, Vet. Vols., wounded-shoulder-severe". Signed K. Garrard, Brig. Genl., US Vols, Comd'g 21 Div., Det., A of Tenn.
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1864 -Dec 15, Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Madam, It becomes my painful duty to inform you that your son, William L. Jobe, of Co. B, 10th Kansas Infantry, was this day dangerously wounded in the back by a shell and the wounds are perhaps 15 inches in length! I hope they are not more than flesh wounds. I am not certain what the consequences may be. He is in the twelfth ward, Cumberland hospital, in this city. God bless him and spare him and return him to you again. T. R. Letter, U. S. C. Commission."
On the top of the letter head the following printed card appears to the left of which is a dive, a white-winged messenger of peace, to bear the said missive to that old and heart-broken mother as she patiently waits to hear northern home.
The U. S. Christian Commission sends this sheet as a messenger between the soldier and his home. Let it hasten to those who wait for tidings! Ah, yes, "let it hasten to those who wait for tidings." From their loved ones "at the front" some lying in hospital and suffering with excruciating pain, while others are starving to death in filthy prisons or being shot, wounded and bleeding by rebel bullets!
We can imagine the feelings of that dear old mother when she read that letter which informed her that her poor boy-her only boy. The idol of her heart—was "dangerously wounded" while gallantly defending the flag of his country; when treason was rampant and about to overthrow the government.! And today twenty-nine years after that letter was written we can see the effects of her tears as they fall upon that ___ while ____ ___ _____ read this sad news from her boy (rest is illegible)
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1865 May 3, William was mustered out due to injury in war. Kansas State Census (listed as Wm L, age 19, living with parents)
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UNION KANSAS VOLUNTEERS
10th Regiment, Kansas Infantry
Organized at Paola by consolidation of 3rd and 4th Kansas Infantry April 3, 1862. Attached to Dept. of Kansas to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. Missouri, to February, 1863. District of Rolla, Dept Missouri, to June, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to August, 1863. District of Kansas, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864. Alton, Ill., to August, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to November, 1864. Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division (Detachment), Army Tennessee, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Fort Scott, Kan., April, 1862, and duty there till June 4. Companies on Expedition into Indian Territory with 2nd Ohio Cavalry June 13-August 15. Locust Grove, C. N., July 3. Reconnoissance from Grand River to Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and Park Hill, and skirmishes July 14-17. Campaign against Coffey and Cockrell in Missouri August. Jackson County, Mo., September 15. Newtonia September 30. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie near Maysville October 22. Cane Hill October 28. Battle of Prairie Grove , Ark., December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-31. Moved to Springfield, Mo., January, 1863, and duty there till February 27. Near Mount Vernon till March 15. Operations against Shelby till April. Moved to Rolla, Mo., April 27, thence to St. Louis, Mo., June 4-8. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind., and return to St. Louis July 18. Moved to Kansas City, Mo., August, and duty there till January, 1864. Skirmish with Quantrell at Paola August 21, 1863 (Detachment). Company "I" detached at St. Louis, Mo., as provost guard July and August, 1863, rejoining at Kansas City. Company "K" at Topeka, Kan., September to November, 1863. Regiment moved to St. Louis, Mo., January, 1864, thence to Alton, Ill., and guard Military Prison there till August, 1864. Non-Veterans moved to St Louis, Mo., and mustered out August 19-20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies August 15, 1864. On duty at St. Louis, Mo., till October 20. Moved to Pilot Knob October 20-24, thence to Paducah, Ky., November 2-12, and to Nashville, Tenn., November 28-29. Temporarily attached to 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., January 4-7, 1865. Reconnoissance to Iuka, Miss., January 9. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 8-21. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there and in the District of Alabama till August. Mustered out August 30, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease.
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1868 -May (Linn Co., Kansas0
Decelaration for an Invalid Person (as sent to me by Freida Wells - see sources)
The following is quote verbatim from record:
"On this __day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty Eight personally appeared before me (1) Clerk of the (2) County County, a court of record within and for the county and state aforesaid WILLIAM L. JOBE, aged twenty-three years, a resident of the (3) Blooming Grove , County of Linn in the state of Kansas who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the idenfiied WILLIAM L. JOBE who (4) enlisted in the service of the United States at Mound City, Linn County in the State of Kansas on or about the 22nd day of March in the year 1862 as private in Company B commanded by Capt. William C. Jones in the 10th Regiment of (5) Infantry Kansas Volunteers commanded by Col. William (?) in the war of 1861 and was honourably discharged at Ft. Leavenworth in the State of Kansas on or about the 8th day of June in the year one thousand eight-hundred and sixty-five that while in the sevice aforesaid and in the line of duty (6)
"at Nashville, Tennessee on the 15th day of December 1864 in the Line of his duty and in an engagement with the enemy, he was struck in the head and the back at the same time with a shell which shell cut ___backbone four of his ribs and was blind for some time from the effects of blow on the head with the shell and he is not able to peform manual labor from the effects of the wound tho the ribs has ----together. But when he came to walk it causes misry and pain. "
That since leaving the said service, this applicant has resided int he county of Linn in the State of Kansas and his occupation has been farming.
That prior to his entry into the service above named, he was a man of good, sound, physical, health, being when enrolled (8) a farmer.
That now he is one-half disabled from abtaining his subsisence from manual labor in consequences of the above named injuries, recieved in the service of the United States.
Place of residence is Blooming Grove, Linn Co., Kansas."
1868 -July 16, William married Margaret Guynn in Linn Co, Kansas
1865-75, Between this time William and his family lived in California.
1875 -1875 Kansas State Census - Linn Co., Valley Township
JOBE, Margaret 1849 IND 26
, Susan 1869 KS 6 - should be age 3
, Cora 1872 KS 3 - should be 3 months
One does now know the whereabouts of William! He appears on the next census - so had to be just away! It is known that the family did move to California for a while - so William may have been there when this state census was taken.
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1880 LINN COUNTY, Kansas Census - Valley Township
JOBE, William 1843 MO-NC-NC
, Margaret 1849 IN-IN-IN
, Edna 1872 KS
, Cora 1875 KS
, James 1878 KS
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THE JOBE FAMILY
The Ohio Branch is Closely Related to the Missouri Branch W.L. Jobe of this city, presented us with a copy of the Jefferson City, (MO.) Daily Press, in which we find an interesting account of the Jobe Family; The author of the article is a cousin of William or plain Bill who has an army record that any man might be proud of. Bill is a Kansan from way back, upon whom there are no flies and does not doff his cap to the scions of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Ohio or old Missouri.
He is the old stump, root and sprout and "paddles his own Canoe" as happy as a lord: Capt. J. M. Jobe has recently been looking up some family history by correspondence and otherwise. Here is a letter received from a cousin in Ohio.
"Troy, O., February 25, 1900-Capt. J. M. Jobe, Park Place, Jefferson City, Mo.
My dear cousin;
Your to hand and will say I was so glad to read yourletter and get the photo, for I am proud of it; only wish I had one to send you , but just now am shy, will in due course of time get one and send you.
Now, your letter brings to mind my father knew your father well; have heard him speak of him and they closely related; we are all related to the Tiptons; old Gen Tipton who fought Sevier, was a noted general; my father' father lived to be 102 years old and died in Georgia; he was in three different wars and
had thirteen sons, seven of them were in the Rebel army and the six in the Union army, and there are only three of them dead. Capt. Sam Jobe, who commanded troop in cavalry at the battle of Shiloh and did it to perfection; was killed at the last battle of Seven Pines, he and his horse by a shell. It was said he was the finest looking man in the army. My father was one of the thirtheen men who was made a colonel of his regiment from a private soldier; was wounded fourteen times in action and was 89 years old when he died. A team of horses run away with him and threw him back out of his buggy, broke his back and two ribs and yet he lived more than seven weeks afterward and died then from the effects of one of the wounds, so the doctors all said. Seven of his brothers are doctors. Dr. Abraham Jobe lives at Elk Park, N.C., he is 88 years old; has been a practicing surgeon for over 59 years; was President Andrew Johnson's doctor all the time he was in congress and in the United States senate and while he was Vice-President and President, and attended him in his last illness when he died. If you ever see the picture of the death-bed scene of President Johnson you will see that the doctor is Abraham Jobe, and I
tell you he is a grand man; it is told by him that he never took a chew or a 1smoked or drank in his life, or swore an oath. This is his record I cannot say myself, for I will do both sometimes, see My other uncles live in Texas, Arkansas and Georgia-all doing well and are fine looking men. I have two
cousins living in Baltimore, one is named John A. Jobe and the other D. M. Jobe. Deputy warden of Virginia penitentary at Richmond Va. his name is Horace Jobe. I have an only brother John A. lives in Knoxville, Tenn; in wholesale book store. Miss Hattie Jobe, married Gov. Robt. L. Taylor, three time govenor of Tennessee and eight years a member of congress; he is a Democrat and fine
fellow. Miss Eunice Jobe married Frank W. McChensey, private Secretary of Gen Dole, President of the provisional government of Honolulu, H. L. and owns three fine sugar plantations. They are all good people, I being the only scrub in all the Jobe Lay-out yet I have been three times mayor of the city in
Tennessee where I was born and raised; was four years Railroad Comissioner; was one of the World's Fair comissioners at Chicago; was county judge one term and then captian in army. Do wish I could see you, dear people, and talk over all the Jobes; it would do me much good. Let me hear from you often. Love to your mother and yourself, I am your cousin,
CAPT. IKE T. JOBE , 121 W. Main Street, Troy, O.
The W. L. and J. M. Jobe mentioned at the beginning are brothers to my Great- Grandmother Sarah Ann Jobe.
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1893 -November 15, Pleasanton Hearld Pleasanton, KS.
--Hoke Smith has laely rejected the applications of Messrs. John W. Leeka and William L. Jobe –the former for a pension and the latter for an increase—two worthy and honorable old soldiers, who deserve and should be abundantly rewarded for their heroic service in defense of the flag; but so long as rebels and traitors are masked behind the national colors in Washington, it can hardly be expected that their applications will meet with a favorable response.
Mr. Jobe was seriously wounded by a shell in the left shoulder and back in the battle of Nashville, as will be his chaplain, T. R. Letter to his mother in this place:
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William Levi Jobe
Plesanton Hearld, July 12, 1912 Pleasanton, Kansas
Ralph Stone and wife of Fort Collins, Colo., who came to Kansas to lay to rest all that was mortal of William L. Jobe, father of Mrs. Stone, visited Saturday with Charles Brooks and family.
Ft. Collins Weekly Express
Thursday July 4, 1912
Ft. Collins, Colorado
WILLIAM L. JOBE SUCCUMBS TO PARALYSIS
William L. Jobe, aged 67, died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. E. Stone 312 Cherry street of paralysis. Mr. Jobe was a native of Missouri and was a widower. He had been in this section 47 years and was an old soldier, although not a member of the local post. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. R. E. Stone, James Jobe, Walter Jobe of this city. Mrs. Edna Snider, of Lost Springs, Wyo. and Jessie Jobe also of Lost Springs. The body will be taken to his former home in Plesanton, Kas. for burial.
More About William Levi Jobe:
Burial: Unknown, Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn Co Kansas.
Occupation: Laborer.
More About William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn:
Marriage: July 16, 1868, Linn Co Kansas.
Children of William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn are:
Isabelle Jobe, b. Abt. 1869, Kansas, d. 1874, Linn County Kansas.
Edna Jobe, b. Abt. 1872, Kansas, d. date unknown.
Cora May Jobe, b. January 06, 1875, Linn Co Kansas, d. February 22, 1954, California.
+James E. Jobe, b. March 09, 1878, Trading Post, Linn County Kansas, d. September 21, 1963, Mound City, Linn County Kansas.
Dollie Jobe, b. 1881, Linn County Kansas, d. 1881, Linn County Kansas.
Walter Jobe, b. 1883, Linn County Kansas, d. date unknown.
Ernest Jobe, b. 1886, Linn County Kansas, d. 1889, Linn County Kansas.
Jesse William Jobe, b. 1892, Linn County Kansas, d. Bet. March - April 1940.
son of Edward J Jobe and Isabelle Fincher. Served in Civil War, 10th Kans. Inf. Buried Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn County Kansas. William brother to Sarah Ann Jobe.
William Levi Jobe (son of Edward J. Jobe and Isabelle Fincher) was born Abt. 1845 in Missouri, and died July 12, 1912 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He married Margaret Jane Guynn on July 16, 1868 in Linn Co Kansas, daughter of Milton Guynn and Jane ??.
1850 -Cole Co., Missouri Census (age 5 - listed as Levi W. Jobe - with parents)
1862 March 23, William enlisted in Co B., 10th Kansas Infantry.
1864 December 15 and 16, Casualty list, 21 Div. Det., A of Tenn. Engagements December 15 and 16, 1864 near Nashville, Tenn. reports Wm. L. Jobe, Pvt. Co b, 10th Kans, Vet. Vols., wounded-shoulder-severe". Signed K. Garrard, Brig. Genl., US Vols, Comd'g 21 Div., Det., A of Tenn.
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1864 -Dec 15, Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Madam, It becomes my painful duty to inform you that your son, William L. Jobe, of Co. B, 10th Kansas Infantry, was this day dangerously wounded in the back by a shell and the wounds are perhaps 15 inches in length! I hope they are not more than flesh wounds. I am not certain what the consequences may be. He is in the twelfth ward, Cumberland hospital, in this city. God bless him and spare him and return him to you again. T. R. Letter, U. S. C. Commission."
On the top of the letter head the following printed card appears to the left of which is a dive, a white-winged messenger of peace, to bear the said missive to that old and heart-broken mother as she patiently waits to hear northern home.
The U. S. Christian Commission sends this sheet as a messenger between the soldier and his home. Let it hasten to those who wait for tidings! Ah, yes, "let it hasten to those who wait for tidings." From their loved ones "at the front" some lying in hospital and suffering with excruciating pain, while others are starving to death in filthy prisons or being shot, wounded and bleeding by rebel bullets!
We can imagine the feelings of that dear old mother when she read that letter which informed her that her poor boy-her only boy. The idol of her heart—was "dangerously wounded" while gallantly defending the flag of his country; when treason was rampant and about to overthrow the government.! And today twenty-nine years after that letter was written we can see the effects of her tears as they fall upon that ___ while ____ ___ _____ read this sad news from her boy (rest is illegible)
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1865 May 3, William was mustered out due to injury in war. Kansas State Census (listed as Wm L, age 19, living with parents)
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UNION KANSAS VOLUNTEERS
10th Regiment, Kansas Infantry
Organized at Paola by consolidation of 3rd and 4th Kansas Infantry April 3, 1862. Attached to Dept. of Kansas to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. Missouri, to February, 1863. District of Rolla, Dept Missouri, to June, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to August, 1863. District of Kansas, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864. Alton, Ill., to August, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to November, 1864. Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division (Detachment), Army Tennessee, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Fort Scott, Kan., April, 1862, and duty there till June 4. Companies on Expedition into Indian Territory with 2nd Ohio Cavalry June 13-August 15. Locust Grove, C. N., July 3. Reconnoissance from Grand River to Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and Park Hill, and skirmishes July 14-17. Campaign against Coffey and Cockrell in Missouri August. Jackson County, Mo., September 15. Newtonia September 30. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie near Maysville October 22. Cane Hill October 28. Battle of Prairie Grove , Ark., December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-31. Moved to Springfield, Mo., January, 1863, and duty there till February 27. Near Mount Vernon till March 15. Operations against Shelby till April. Moved to Rolla, Mo., April 27, thence to St. Louis, Mo., June 4-8. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind., and return to St. Louis July 18. Moved to Kansas City, Mo., August, and duty there till January, 1864. Skirmish with Quantrell at Paola August 21, 1863 (Detachment). Company "I" detached at St. Louis, Mo., as provost guard July and August, 1863, rejoining at Kansas City. Company "K" at Topeka, Kan., September to November, 1863. Regiment moved to St. Louis, Mo., January, 1864, thence to Alton, Ill., and guard Military Prison there till August, 1864. Non-Veterans moved to St Louis, Mo., and mustered out August 19-20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies August 15, 1864. On duty at St. Louis, Mo., till October 20. Moved to Pilot Knob October 20-24, thence to Paducah, Ky., November 2-12, and to Nashville, Tenn., November 28-29. Temporarily attached to 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., January 4-7, 1865. Reconnoissance to Iuka, Miss., January 9. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 8-21. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there and in the District of Alabama till August. Mustered out August 30, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease.
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1868 -May (Linn Co., Kansas0
Decelaration for an Invalid Person (as sent to me by Freida Wells - see sources)
The following is quote verbatim from record:
"On this __day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty Eight personally appeared before me (1) Clerk of the (2) County County, a court of record within and for the county and state aforesaid WILLIAM L. JOBE, aged twenty-three years, a resident of the (3) Blooming Grove , County of Linn in the state of Kansas who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the idenfiied WILLIAM L. JOBE who (4) enlisted in the service of the United States at Mound City, Linn County in the State of Kansas on or about the 22nd day of March in the year 1862 as private in Company B commanded by Capt. William C. Jones in the 10th Regiment of (5) Infantry Kansas Volunteers commanded by Col. William (?) in the war of 1861 and was honourably discharged at Ft. Leavenworth in the State of Kansas on or about the 8th day of June in the year one thousand eight-hundred and sixty-five that while in the sevice aforesaid and in the line of duty (6)
"at Nashville, Tennessee on the 15th day of December 1864 in the Line of his duty and in an engagement with the enemy, he was struck in the head and the back at the same time with a shell which shell cut ___backbone four of his ribs and was blind for some time from the effects of blow on the head with the shell and he is not able to peform manual labor from the effects of the wound tho the ribs has ----together. But when he came to walk it causes misry and pain. "
That since leaving the said service, this applicant has resided int he county of Linn in the State of Kansas and his occupation has been farming.
That prior to his entry into the service above named, he was a man of good, sound, physical, health, being when enrolled (8) a farmer.
That now he is one-half disabled from abtaining his subsisence from manual labor in consequences of the above named injuries, recieved in the service of the United States.
Place of residence is Blooming Grove, Linn Co., Kansas."
1868 -July 16, William married Margaret Guynn in Linn Co, Kansas
1865-75, Between this time William and his family lived in California.
1875 -1875 Kansas State Census - Linn Co., Valley Township
JOBE, Margaret 1849 IND 26
, Susan 1869 KS 6 - should be age 3
, Cora 1872 KS 3 - should be 3 months
One does now know the whereabouts of William! He appears on the next census - so had to be just away! It is known that the family did move to California for a while - so William may have been there when this state census was taken.
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1880 LINN COUNTY, Kansas Census - Valley Township
JOBE, William 1843 MO-NC-NC
, Margaret 1849 IN-IN-IN
, Edna 1872 KS
, Cora 1875 KS
, James 1878 KS
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THE JOBE FAMILY
The Ohio Branch is Closely Related to the Missouri Branch W.L. Jobe of this city, presented us with a copy of the Jefferson City, (MO.) Daily Press, in which we find an interesting account of the Jobe Family; The author of the article is a cousin of William or plain Bill who has an army record that any man might be proud of. Bill is a Kansan from way back, upon whom there are no flies and does not doff his cap to the scions of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Ohio or old Missouri.
He is the old stump, root and sprout and "paddles his own Canoe" as happy as a lord: Capt. J. M. Jobe has recently been looking up some family history by correspondence and otherwise. Here is a letter received from a cousin in Ohio.
"Troy, O., February 25, 1900-Capt. J. M. Jobe, Park Place, Jefferson City, Mo.
My dear cousin;
Your to hand and will say I was so glad to read yourletter and get the photo, for I am proud of it; only wish I had one to send you , but just now am shy, will in due course of time get one and send you.
Now, your letter brings to mind my father knew your father well; have heard him speak of him and they closely related; we are all related to the Tiptons; old Gen Tipton who fought Sevier, was a noted general; my father' father lived to be 102 years old and died in Georgia; he was in three different wars and
had thirteen sons, seven of them were in the Rebel army and the six in the Union army, and there are only three of them dead. Capt. Sam Jobe, who commanded troop in cavalry at the battle of Shiloh and did it to perfection; was killed at the last battle of Seven Pines, he and his horse by a shell. It was said he was the finest looking man in the army. My father was one of the thirtheen men who was made a colonel of his regiment from a private soldier; was wounded fourteen times in action and was 89 years old when he died. A team of horses run away with him and threw him back out of his buggy, broke his back and two ribs and yet he lived more than seven weeks afterward and died then from the effects of one of the wounds, so the doctors all said. Seven of his brothers are doctors. Dr. Abraham Jobe lives at Elk Park, N.C., he is 88 years old; has been a practicing surgeon for over 59 years; was President Andrew Johnson's doctor all the time he was in congress and in the United States senate and while he was Vice-President and President, and attended him in his last illness when he died. If you ever see the picture of the death-bed scene of President Johnson you will see that the doctor is Abraham Jobe, and I
tell you he is a grand man; it is told by him that he never took a chew or a 1smoked or drank in his life, or swore an oath. This is his record I cannot say myself, for I will do both sometimes, see My other uncles live in Texas, Arkansas and Georgia-all doing well and are fine looking men. I have two
cousins living in Baltimore, one is named John A. Jobe and the other D. M. Jobe. Deputy warden of Virginia penitentary at Richmond Va. his name is Horace Jobe. I have an only brother John A. lives in Knoxville, Tenn; in wholesale book store. Miss Hattie Jobe, married Gov. Robt. L. Taylor, three time govenor of Tennessee and eight years a member of congress; he is a Democrat and fine
fellow. Miss Eunice Jobe married Frank W. McChensey, private Secretary of Gen Dole, President of the provisional government of Honolulu, H. L. and owns three fine sugar plantations. They are all good people, I being the only scrub in all the Jobe Lay-out yet I have been three times mayor of the city in
Tennessee where I was born and raised; was four years Railroad Comissioner; was one of the World's Fair comissioners at Chicago; was county judge one term and then captian in army. Do wish I could see you, dear people, and talk over all the Jobes; it would do me much good. Let me hear from you often. Love to your mother and yourself, I am your cousin,
CAPT. IKE T. JOBE , 121 W. Main Street, Troy, O.
The W. L. and J. M. Jobe mentioned at the beginning are brothers to my Great- Grandmother Sarah Ann Jobe.
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1893 -November 15, Pleasanton Hearld Pleasanton, KS.
--Hoke Smith has laely rejected the applications of Messrs. John W. Leeka and William L. Jobe –the former for a pension and the latter for an increase—two worthy and honorable old soldiers, who deserve and should be abundantly rewarded for their heroic service in defense of the flag; but so long as rebels and traitors are masked behind the national colors in Washington, it can hardly be expected that their applications will meet with a favorable response.
Mr. Jobe was seriously wounded by a shell in the left shoulder and back in the battle of Nashville, as will be his chaplain, T. R. Letter to his mother in this place:
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William Levi Jobe
Plesanton Hearld, July 12, 1912 Pleasanton, Kansas
Ralph Stone and wife of Fort Collins, Colo., who came to Kansas to lay to rest all that was mortal of William L. Jobe, father of Mrs. Stone, visited Saturday with Charles Brooks and family.
Ft. Collins Weekly Express
Thursday July 4, 1912
Ft. Collins, Colorado
WILLIAM L. JOBE SUCCUMBS TO PARALYSIS
William L. Jobe, aged 67, died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. E. Stone 312 Cherry street of paralysis. Mr. Jobe was a native of Missouri and was a widower. He had been in this section 47 years and was an old soldier, although not a member of the local post. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. R. E. Stone, James Jobe, Walter Jobe of this city. Mrs. Edna Snider, of Lost Springs, Wyo. and Jessie Jobe also of Lost Springs. The body will be taken to his former home in Plesanton, Kas. for burial.
More About William Levi Jobe:
Burial: Unknown, Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn Co Kansas.
Occupation: Laborer.
More About William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn:
Marriage: July 16, 1868, Linn Co Kansas.
Children of William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn are:
Isabelle Jobe, b. Abt. 1869, Kansas, d. 1874, Linn County Kansas.
Edna Jobe, b. Abt. 1872, Kansas, d. date unknown.
Cora May Jobe, b. January 06, 1875, Linn Co Kansas, d. February 22, 1954, California.
+James E. Jobe, b. March 09, 1878, Trading Post, Linn County Kansas, d. September 21, 1963, Mound City, Linn County Kansas.
Dollie Jobe, b. 1881, Linn County Kansas, d. 1881, Linn County Kansas.
Walter Jobe, b. 1883, Linn County Kansas, d. date unknown.
Ernest Jobe, b. 1886, Linn County Kansas, d. 1889, Linn County Kansas.
Jesse William Jobe, b. 1892, Linn County Kansas, d. Bet. March - April 1940.
son of Edward J Jobe and Isabelle Fincher. Served in Civil War, 10th Kans. Inf. Buried Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn County Kansas. William brother to Sarah Ann Jobe.
1850 -Cole Co., Missouri Census (age 5 - listed as Levi W. Jobe - with parents)
1862 March 23, William enlisted in Co B., 10th Kansas Infantry.
1864 December 15 and 16, Casualty list, 21 Div. Det., A of Tenn. Engagements December 15 and 16, 1864 near Nashville, Tenn. reports Wm. L. Jobe, Pvt. Co b, 10th Kans, Vet. Vols., wounded-shoulder-severe". Signed K. Garrard, Brig. Genl., US Vols, Comd'g 21 Div., Det., A of Tenn.
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1864 -Dec 15, Nashville, Tenn.
Dear Madam, It becomes my painful duty to inform you that your son, William L. Jobe, of Co. B, 10th Kansas Infantry, was this day dangerously wounded in the back by a shell and the wounds are perhaps 15 inches in length! I hope they are not more than flesh wounds. I am not certain what the consequences may be. He is in the twelfth ward, Cumberland hospital, in this city. God bless him and spare him and return him to you again. T. R. Letter, U. S. C. Commission."
On the top of the letter head the following printed card appears to the left of which is a dive, a white-winged messenger of peace, to bear the said missive to that old and heart-broken mother as she patiently waits to hear northern home.
The U. S. Christian Commission sends this sheet as a messenger between the soldier and his home. Let it hasten to those who wait for tidings! Ah, yes, "let it hasten to those who wait for tidings." From their loved ones "at the front" some lying in hospital and suffering with excruciating pain, while others are starving to death in filthy prisons or being shot, wounded and bleeding by rebel bullets!
We can imagine the feelings of that dear old mother when she read that letter which informed her that her poor boy-her only boy. The idol of her heart—was "dangerously wounded" while gallantly defending the flag of his country; when treason was rampant and about to overthrow the government.! And today twenty-nine years after that letter was written we can see the effects of her tears as they fall upon that ___ while ____ ___ _____ read this sad news from her boy (rest is illegible)
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1865 May 3, William was mustered out due to injury in war. Kansas State Census (listed as Wm L, age 19, living with parents)
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UNION KANSAS VOLUNTEERS
10th Regiment, Kansas Infantry
Organized at Paola by consolidation of 3rd and 4th Kansas Infantry April 3, 1862. Attached to Dept. of Kansas to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Dept. of Kansas, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. Missouri, to February, 1863. District of Rolla, Dept Missouri, to June, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to August, 1863. District of Kansas, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864. Alton, Ill., to August, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to November, 1864. Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division (Detachment), Army Tennessee, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Fort Scott, Kan., April, 1862, and duty there till June 4. Companies on Expedition into Indian Territory with 2nd Ohio Cavalry June 13-August 15. Locust Grove, C. N., July 3. Reconnoissance from Grand River to Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and Park Hill, and skirmishes July 14-17. Campaign against Coffey and Cockrell in Missouri August. Jackson County, Mo., September 15. Newtonia September 30. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Old Fort Wayne or Beattie's Prairie near Maysville October 22. Cane Hill October 28. Battle of Prairie Grove , Ark., December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-31. Moved to Springfield, Mo., January, 1863, and duty there till February 27. Near Mount Vernon till March 15. Operations against Shelby till April. Moved to Rolla, Mo., April 27, thence to St. Louis, Mo., June 4-8. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind., and return to St. Louis July 18. Moved to Kansas City, Mo., August, and duty there till January, 1864. Skirmish with Quantrell at Paola August 21, 1863 (Detachment). Company "I" detached at St. Louis, Mo., as provost guard July and August, 1863, rejoining at Kansas City. Company "K" at Topeka, Kan., September to November, 1863. Regiment moved to St. Louis, Mo., January, 1864, thence to Alton, Ill., and guard Military Prison there till August, 1864. Non-Veterans moved to St Louis, Mo., and mustered out August 19-20, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies August 15, 1864. On duty at St. Louis, Mo., till October 20. Moved to Pilot Knob October 20-24, thence to Paducah, Ky., November 2-12, and to Nashville, Tenn., November 28-29. Temporarily attached to 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., January 4-7, 1865. Reconnoissance to Iuka, Miss., January 9. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 8-21. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there and in the District of Alabama till August. Mustered out August 30, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease.
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1868 -May (Linn Co., Kansas0
Decelaration for an Invalid Person (as sent to me by Freida Wells - see sources)
The following is quote verbatim from record:
"On this __day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty Eight personally appeared before me (1) Clerk of the (2) County County, a court of record within and for the county and state aforesaid WILLIAM L. JOBE, aged twenty-three years, a resident of the (3) Blooming Grove , County of Linn in the state of Kansas who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the idenfiied WILLIAM L. JOBE who (4) enlisted in the service of the United States at Mound City, Linn County in the State of Kansas on or about the 22nd day of March in the year 1862 as private in Company B commanded by Capt. William C. Jones in the 10th Regiment of (5) Infantry Kansas Volunteers commanded by Col. William (?) in the war of 1861 and was honourably discharged at Ft. Leavenworth in the State of Kansas on or about the 8th day of June in the year one thousand eight-hundred and sixty-five that while in the sevice aforesaid and in the line of duty (6)
"at Nashville, Tennessee on the 15th day of December 1864 in the Line of his duty and in an engagement with the enemy, he was struck in the head and the back at the same time with a shell which shell cut ___backbone four of his ribs and was blind for some time from the effects of blow on the head with the shell and he is not able to peform manual labor from the effects of the wound tho the ribs has ----together. But when he came to walk it causes misry and pain. "
That since leaving the said service, this applicant has resided int he county of Linn in the State of Kansas and his occupation has been farming.
That prior to his entry into the service above named, he was a man of good, sound, physical, health, being when enrolled (8) a farmer.
That now he is one-half disabled from abtaining his subsisence from manual labor in consequences of the above named injuries, recieved in the service of the United States.
Place of residence is Blooming Grove, Linn Co., Kansas."
1868 -July 16, William married Margaret Guynn in Linn Co, Kansas
1865-75, Between this time William and his family lived in California.
1875 -1875 Kansas State Census - Linn Co., Valley Township
JOBE, Margaret 1849 IND 26
, Susan 1869 KS 6 - should be age 3
, Cora 1872 KS 3 - should be 3 months
One does now know the whereabouts of William! He appears on the next census - so had to be just away! It is known that the family did move to California for a while - so William may have been there when this state census was taken.
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1880 LINN COUNTY, Kansas Census - Valley Township
JOBE, William 1843 MO-NC-NC
, Margaret 1849 IN-IN-IN
, Edna 1872 KS
, Cora 1875 KS
, James 1878 KS
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THE JOBE FAMILY
The Ohio Branch is Closely Related to the Missouri Branch W.L. Jobe of this city, presented us with a copy of the Jefferson City, (MO.) Daily Press, in which we find an interesting account of the Jobe Family; The author of the article is a cousin of William or plain Bill who has an army record that any man might be proud of. Bill is a Kansan from way back, upon whom there are no flies and does not doff his cap to the scions of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Ohio or old Missouri.
He is the old stump, root and sprout and "paddles his own Canoe" as happy as a lord: Capt. J. M. Jobe has recently been looking up some family history by correspondence and otherwise. Here is a letter received from a cousin in Ohio.
"Troy, O., February 25, 1900-Capt. J. M. Jobe, Park Place, Jefferson City, Mo.
My dear cousin;
Your to hand and will say I was so glad to read yourletter and get the photo, for I am proud of it; only wish I had one to send you , but just now am shy, will in due course of time get one and send you.
Now, your letter brings to mind my father knew your father well; have heard him speak of him and they closely related; we are all related to the Tiptons; old Gen Tipton who fought Sevier, was a noted general; my father' father lived to be 102 years old and died in Georgia; he was in three different wars and
had thirteen sons, seven of them were in the Rebel army and the six in the Union army, and there are only three of them dead. Capt. Sam Jobe, who commanded troop in cavalry at the battle of Shiloh and did it to perfection; was killed at the last battle of Seven Pines, he and his horse by a shell. It was said he was the finest looking man in the army. My father was one of the thirtheen men who was made a colonel of his regiment from a private soldier; was wounded fourteen times in action and was 89 years old when he died. A team of horses run away with him and threw him back out of his buggy, broke his back and two ribs and yet he lived more than seven weeks afterward and died then from the effects of one of the wounds, so the doctors all said. Seven of his brothers are doctors. Dr. Abraham Jobe lives at Elk Park, N.C., he is 88 years old; has been a practicing surgeon for over 59 years; was President Andrew Johnson's doctor all the time he was in congress and in the United States senate and while he was Vice-President and President, and attended him in his last illness when he died. If you ever see the picture of the death-bed scene of President Johnson you will see that the doctor is Abraham Jobe, and I
tell you he is a grand man; it is told by him that he never took a chew or a 1smoked or drank in his life, or swore an oath. This is his record I cannot say myself, for I will do both sometimes, see My other uncles live in Texas, Arkansas and Georgia-all doing well and are fine looking men. I have two
cousins living in Baltimore, one is named John A. Jobe and the other D. M. Jobe. Deputy warden of Virginia penitentary at Richmond Va. his name is Horace Jobe. I have an only brother John A. lives in Knoxville, Tenn; in wholesale book store. Miss Hattie Jobe, married Gov. Robt. L. Taylor, three time govenor of Tennessee and eight years a member of congress; he is a Democrat and fine
fellow. Miss Eunice Jobe married Frank W. McChensey, private Secretary of Gen Dole, President of the provisional government of Honolulu, H. L. and owns three fine sugar plantations. They are all good people, I being the only scrub in all the Jobe Lay-out yet I have been three times mayor of the city in
Tennessee where I was born and raised; was four years Railroad Comissioner; was one of the World's Fair comissioners at Chicago; was county judge one term and then captian in army. Do wish I could see you, dear people, and talk over all the Jobes; it would do me much good. Let me hear from you often. Love to your mother and yourself, I am your cousin,
CAPT. IKE T. JOBE , 121 W. Main Street, Troy, O.
The W. L. and J. M. Jobe mentioned at the beginning are brothers to my Great- Grandmother Sarah Ann Jobe.
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1893 -November 15, Pleasanton Hearld Pleasanton, KS.
--Hoke Smith has laely rejected the applications of Messrs. John W. Leeka and William L. Jobe –the former for a pension and the latter for an increase—two worthy and honorable old soldiers, who deserve and should be abundantly rewarded for their heroic service in defense of the flag; but so long as rebels and traitors are masked behind the national colors in Washington, it can hardly be expected that their applications will meet with a favorable response.
Mr. Jobe was seriously wounded by a shell in the left shoulder and back in the battle of Nashville, as will be his chaplain, T. R. Letter to his mother in this place:
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William Levi Jobe
Plesanton Hearld, July 12, 1912 Pleasanton, Kansas
Ralph Stone and wife of Fort Collins, Colo., who came to Kansas to lay to rest all that was mortal of William L. Jobe, father of Mrs. Stone, visited Saturday with Charles Brooks and family.
Ft. Collins Weekly Express
Thursday July 4, 1912
Ft. Collins, Colorado
WILLIAM L. JOBE SUCCUMBS TO PARALYSIS
William L. Jobe, aged 67, died Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. E. Stone 312 Cherry street of paralysis. Mr. Jobe was a native of Missouri and was a widower. He had been in this section 47 years and was an old soldier, although not a member of the local post. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. R. E. Stone, James Jobe, Walter Jobe of this city. Mrs. Edna Snider, of Lost Springs, Wyo. and Jessie Jobe also of Lost Springs. The body will be taken to his former home in Plesanton, Kas. for burial.
More About William Levi Jobe:
Burial: Unknown, Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn Co Kansas.
Occupation: Laborer.
More About William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn:
Marriage: July 16, 1868, Linn Co Kansas.
Children of William Levi Jobe and Margaret Jane Guynn are:
Isabelle Jobe, b. Abt. 1869, Kansas, d. 1874, Linn County Kansas.
Edna Jobe, b. Abt. 1872, Kansas, d. date unknown.
Cora May Jobe, b. January 06, 1875, Linn Co Kansas, d. February 22, 1954, California.
+James E. Jobe, b. March 09, 1878, Trading Post, Linn County Kansas, d. September 21, 1963, Mound City, Linn County Kansas.
Dollie Jobe, b. 1881, Linn County Kansas, d. 1881, Linn County Kansas.
Walter Jobe, b. 1883, Linn County Kansas, d. date unknown.
Ernest Jobe, b. 1886, Linn County Kansas, d. 1889, Linn County Kansas.
Jesse William Jobe, b. 1892, Linn County Kansas, d. Bet. March - April 1940.
son of Edward J Jobe and Isabelle Fincher. Served in Civil War, 10th Kans. Inf. Buried Linnville Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn County Kansas. William brother to Sarah Ann Jobe.
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