9 Children: 3 died in infancy, Jesse Hobbs, died at 14y old, William, Thomas B, Melvin B Sr., Guy L, Nellie (Clark), Minnie (Click), Guy Hobbs.
Laid to rest next to wife Jane Leavell Hobbs.
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"John P. Hobbs was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion and lost a limb in the battle of Chicamauga, TN. Clinton H. Hobbs was also a soldier in the same war. "
Biography of Clinton Howard HOBBS from Part I, History Section of Tipton County, Indiana History, 1914, by Marvin W. Pershing.
Clinton H. Hobbs...
....Agriculture has been an honored vocation from the earliest ages and as a usual thing men of honorable and humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry. The free, outdoor life of the farm has a decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood and no greater blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring labor of the fields. It has always been the fruitful field from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country, and the majority of our nation's scholars and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and are indebted to its early influence for the distinction which they have attained.
....Clinton H. Hobbs, retired farmer in Madison township, was born in Tipton county, Indiana, December 20, 1843, the son of Levi and Cynthia (Bowles) Hobbs. His father was a native of Virginia, while his mother was a native of Ohio. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Iby L. deceased, who was the wife of John W. Cook, Elmina, wife of Eli Houser, of Madison township; Clinton H., of Tipton; Martin M., of Hobbs Station; Miranda J., who died in childhood; William B., of Tipton; Ann Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of Jeremiah Ressler; and Preston L., of Hobbs Station, a merchant. The father of the subject of this sketch was reared in Virginia on a farm, and came to Indiana in 1837. For a short time he followed the profession of teaching, and taught several terms in Marion and Tipton counties. Being of a thrifty turn of mind, he saved his money and invested in land, until at the time of his death in 1863, at the age of fifty-six, he owned seventy acres of land in Tipton. His wife died on May 25, 1892, at the advanced age of seventy-six. He and his wife were both loyal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church and contributed liberally of their substance to its support.
....The paternal grandparents of the subject were Absalom and Susan Hobbs, both being natives of Virginia and lived in Lee county, that state, where they died at middle age. He was a farmer and was twice married. To the first union there were born eight children, Job, Absalom, William, Henry, Levi, John, Rebecca and Mary. His second wife was a Miss Olinger, and they also reared a large family of children, Jacob B., Vincent, Clinton, Caleb, Joshua, David C., and Peggy Ann.
....The maternal grandfather was William Bowles and his wife was Anna Martin. They came from Ohio to Indiana many years before the Civil war and settled in Marion county. Later they moved to Huntington county, where they both died. He was a mechanic, a wood workman and also operated a farm. They raised a large family, John, Henry, Llewellyn, William, Cinthia, Martha, Jane, Sophronia, Mary, Ann and Charlotte.
....Clinton H. Hobbs was born and reared in Tipton county, and has spent his entire life, of more that three score and ten, in the county where he was born. He was reared under the paternal roof and received all his education in the old-fashioned subscription schools. His father was his first teacher. He lived at home until he was grown, working on his father's farm until his marriage, after which he rented a farm in Madison township, his father-in-law's farm, and operated this tract of land for three years, then moved back to his father's farm, buying the interest of some of the heirs. After operating this farm for a number of years, he bought a farm in Cicero township of forty acres, to which he added eighty acres more, making one hundred and twenty acres in all. He still owns this farm, for which he has been offered two hundred dollars per acre. He can remember when any farm land in this locality could be bought for ten dollars per acre, or even less. He moved into Tipton on the 8th day of March, 1911, and owns a fine resident at No. 433 North Independence street, where he and his wife are now living a retired life.
....On January 11, 1866, Mr. Hobbs was united in marriage to Losada Jane Leavell, the daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Thornburg) Leavell. Nine children have been born to this union: Nellie A., Minnie M., Thomas B., Melvin W., Jesse T. and Guy Fulton, and three who died in infancy. Nellie A. married Alva Foster, and they live in Madison township; Minnie married J. R. Click, and they also live in Madison township and have two children, Leah and John H.; Thomas B. married Margaret Ford, and lives in Tipton. They have two living children, Mary Jane and Anna V.; Melvin W. married Frances Simpson, and they reside in Tipton, and are the parents of three children, William S., Cynthia I. and Melvin W.; Jesse T. died at the age of fifteen; Guy Fulton, who is a practicing physician in Indianapolis, married Gertrude Neville.
....Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hobbs belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and have always been loyal members of that denomination. Fraternally, he is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons. He was a soldier in the Civil war, belonging to Company C., One Hundred and First Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about eight months, being discharged on account of disability. He belongs to the James Price Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Politically, he is a supporter of the Republican party, but has never held any public office, though he was road supervisor of his township for two terms.
....Mrs. Hobbs was born in Madison township, Tipton county, Indiana, on August 13, 1846. Her father was a native of Kentucky and her mother of Tennessee, and were early settlers of Tipton. Her father died in 1869 and her mother in 1894. They were the parents of seven children, John W., Martha R., Losada J., Nancy V., Sarah E., Mary E. and Josephine.
.....The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hobbs was Robert Leavell and his wife's maiden name was Sarah Leavell, they being second cousins and natives of Kentucky. They raised a family of several children, James, Ezekiel, Benjamin, Caroline, Sarah, Melinda, Nancy, Elizabeth and Mary.
....The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hobbs were William and Martha (Bradshaw) Thornburg, natives of Tennessee. Their children were John, Benjamin, William, Frances, Mary Ann, Melinda and Betsy. The parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs were among the oldest pioneer families of the county. They used to haul their grain to Lafayette in what was then known as old "schooner" wagons, wagons which were near relatives to the old "Conestoga" wagons of the East. Their nearest market was Lafayette at this time, and all produce had to be hauled there for sale.
....The success attained by Mr. Hobbs in his business affairs has been greatly owing to his steady persistence, strict integrity and excellent judgement, qualities which have also won for him the esteem and confidence of the public to a marked degree. Personally, he is a man of quiet and unassuming disposition, though genial and friendly in his relations to others, and he has for many years enjoyed a wide acquaintance and large press throughout Tipton County.
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Laid to rest next to wife Jane Leavell Hobbs.
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"John P. Hobbs was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion and lost a limb in the battle of Chicamauga, TN. Clinton H. Hobbs was also a soldier in the same war. "
Biography of Clinton Howard HOBBS from Part I, History Section of Tipton County, Indiana History, 1914, by Marvin W. Pershing.
Clinton H. Hobbs...
....Agriculture has been an honored vocation from the earliest ages and as a usual thing men of honorable and humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry. The free, outdoor life of the farm has a decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood and no greater blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring labor of the fields. It has always been the fruitful field from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country, and the majority of our nation's scholars and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and are indebted to its early influence for the distinction which they have attained.
....Clinton H. Hobbs, retired farmer in Madison township, was born in Tipton county, Indiana, December 20, 1843, the son of Levi and Cynthia (Bowles) Hobbs. His father was a native of Virginia, while his mother was a native of Ohio. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Iby L. deceased, who was the wife of John W. Cook, Elmina, wife of Eli Houser, of Madison township; Clinton H., of Tipton; Martin M., of Hobbs Station; Miranda J., who died in childhood; William B., of Tipton; Ann Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of Jeremiah Ressler; and Preston L., of Hobbs Station, a merchant. The father of the subject of this sketch was reared in Virginia on a farm, and came to Indiana in 1837. For a short time he followed the profession of teaching, and taught several terms in Marion and Tipton counties. Being of a thrifty turn of mind, he saved his money and invested in land, until at the time of his death in 1863, at the age of fifty-six, he owned seventy acres of land in Tipton. His wife died on May 25, 1892, at the advanced age of seventy-six. He and his wife were both loyal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church and contributed liberally of their substance to its support.
....The paternal grandparents of the subject were Absalom and Susan Hobbs, both being natives of Virginia and lived in Lee county, that state, where they died at middle age. He was a farmer and was twice married. To the first union there were born eight children, Job, Absalom, William, Henry, Levi, John, Rebecca and Mary. His second wife was a Miss Olinger, and they also reared a large family of children, Jacob B., Vincent, Clinton, Caleb, Joshua, David C., and Peggy Ann.
....The maternal grandfather was William Bowles and his wife was Anna Martin. They came from Ohio to Indiana many years before the Civil war and settled in Marion county. Later they moved to Huntington county, where they both died. He was a mechanic, a wood workman and also operated a farm. They raised a large family, John, Henry, Llewellyn, William, Cinthia, Martha, Jane, Sophronia, Mary, Ann and Charlotte.
....Clinton H. Hobbs was born and reared in Tipton county, and has spent his entire life, of more that three score and ten, in the county where he was born. He was reared under the paternal roof and received all his education in the old-fashioned subscription schools. His father was his first teacher. He lived at home until he was grown, working on his father's farm until his marriage, after which he rented a farm in Madison township, his father-in-law's farm, and operated this tract of land for three years, then moved back to his father's farm, buying the interest of some of the heirs. After operating this farm for a number of years, he bought a farm in Cicero township of forty acres, to which he added eighty acres more, making one hundred and twenty acres in all. He still owns this farm, for which he has been offered two hundred dollars per acre. He can remember when any farm land in this locality could be bought for ten dollars per acre, or even less. He moved into Tipton on the 8th day of March, 1911, and owns a fine resident at No. 433 North Independence street, where he and his wife are now living a retired life.
....On January 11, 1866, Mr. Hobbs was united in marriage to Losada Jane Leavell, the daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Thornburg) Leavell. Nine children have been born to this union: Nellie A., Minnie M., Thomas B., Melvin W., Jesse T. and Guy Fulton, and three who died in infancy. Nellie A. married Alva Foster, and they live in Madison township; Minnie married J. R. Click, and they also live in Madison township and have two children, Leah and John H.; Thomas B. married Margaret Ford, and lives in Tipton. They have two living children, Mary Jane and Anna V.; Melvin W. married Frances Simpson, and they reside in Tipton, and are the parents of three children, William S., Cynthia I. and Melvin W.; Jesse T. died at the age of fifteen; Guy Fulton, who is a practicing physician in Indianapolis, married Gertrude Neville.
....Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hobbs belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and have always been loyal members of that denomination. Fraternally, he is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons. He was a soldier in the Civil war, belonging to Company C., One Hundred and First Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about eight months, being discharged on account of disability. He belongs to the James Price Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Politically, he is a supporter of the Republican party, but has never held any public office, though he was road supervisor of his township for two terms.
....Mrs. Hobbs was born in Madison township, Tipton county, Indiana, on August 13, 1846. Her father was a native of Kentucky and her mother of Tennessee, and were early settlers of Tipton. Her father died in 1869 and her mother in 1894. They were the parents of seven children, John W., Martha R., Losada J., Nancy V., Sarah E., Mary E. and Josephine.
.....The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hobbs was Robert Leavell and his wife's maiden name was Sarah Leavell, they being second cousins and natives of Kentucky. They raised a family of several children, James, Ezekiel, Benjamin, Caroline, Sarah, Melinda, Nancy, Elizabeth and Mary.
....The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hobbs were William and Martha (Bradshaw) Thornburg, natives of Tennessee. Their children were John, Benjamin, William, Frances, Mary Ann, Melinda and Betsy. The parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs were among the oldest pioneer families of the county. They used to haul their grain to Lafayette in what was then known as old "schooner" wagons, wagons which were near relatives to the old "Conestoga" wagons of the East. Their nearest market was Lafayette at this time, and all produce had to be hauled there for sale.
....The success attained by Mr. Hobbs in his business affairs has been greatly owing to his steady persistence, strict integrity and excellent judgement, qualities which have also won for him the esteem and confidence of the public to a marked degree. Personally, he is a man of quiet and unassuming disposition, though genial and friendly in his relations to others, and he has for many years enjoyed a wide acquaintance and large press throughout Tipton County.
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9 Children: 3 died in infancy, Jesse Hobbs, died at 14y old, William, Thomas B, Melvin B Sr., Guy L, Nellie (Clark), Minnie (Click), Guy Hobbs.
Laid to rest next to wife Jane Leavell Hobbs.
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"John P. Hobbs was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion and lost a limb in the battle of Chicamauga, TN. Clinton H. Hobbs was also a soldier in the same war. "
Biography of Clinton Howard HOBBS from Part I, History Section of Tipton County, Indiana History, 1914, by Marvin W. Pershing.
Clinton H. Hobbs...
....Agriculture has been an honored vocation from the earliest ages and as a usual thing men of honorable and humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry. The free, outdoor life of the farm has a decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood and no greater blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring labor of the fields. It has always been the fruitful field from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country, and the majority of our nation's scholars and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and are indebted to its early influence for the distinction which they have attained.
....Clinton H. Hobbs, retired farmer in Madison township, was born in Tipton county, Indiana, December 20, 1843, the son of Levi and Cynthia (Bowles) Hobbs. His father was a native of Virginia, while his mother was a native of Ohio. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Iby L. deceased, who was the wife of John W. Cook, Elmina, wife of Eli Houser, of Madison township; Clinton H., of Tipton; Martin M., of Hobbs Station; Miranda J., who died in childhood; William B., of Tipton; Ann Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of Jeremiah Ressler; and Preston L., of Hobbs Station, a merchant. The father of the subject of this sketch was reared in Virginia on a farm, and came to Indiana in 1837. For a short time he followed the profession of teaching, and taught several terms in Marion and Tipton counties. Being of a thrifty turn of mind, he saved his money and invested in land, until at the time of his death in 1863, at the age of fifty-six, he owned seventy acres of land in Tipton. His wife died on May 25, 1892, at the advanced age of seventy-six. He and his wife were both loyal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church and contributed liberally of their substance to its support.
....The paternal grandparents of the subject were Absalom and Susan Hobbs, both being natives of Virginia and lived in Lee county, that state, where they died at middle age. He was a farmer and was twice married. To the first union there were born eight children, Job, Absalom, William, Henry, Levi, John, Rebecca and Mary. His second wife was a Miss Olinger, and they also reared a large family of children, Jacob B., Vincent, Clinton, Caleb, Joshua, David C., and Peggy Ann.
....The maternal grandfather was William Bowles and his wife was Anna Martin. They came from Ohio to Indiana many years before the Civil war and settled in Marion county. Later they moved to Huntington county, where they both died. He was a mechanic, a wood workman and also operated a farm. They raised a large family, John, Henry, Llewellyn, William, Cinthia, Martha, Jane, Sophronia, Mary, Ann and Charlotte.
....Clinton H. Hobbs was born and reared in Tipton county, and has spent his entire life, of more that three score and ten, in the county where he was born. He was reared under the paternal roof and received all his education in the old-fashioned subscription schools. His father was his first teacher. He lived at home until he was grown, working on his father's farm until his marriage, after which he rented a farm in Madison township, his father-in-law's farm, and operated this tract of land for three years, then moved back to his father's farm, buying the interest of some of the heirs. After operating this farm for a number of years, he bought a farm in Cicero township of forty acres, to which he added eighty acres more, making one hundred and twenty acres in all. He still owns this farm, for which he has been offered two hundred dollars per acre. He can remember when any farm land in this locality could be bought for ten dollars per acre, or even less. He moved into Tipton on the 8th day of March, 1911, and owns a fine resident at No. 433 North Independence street, where he and his wife are now living a retired life.
....On January 11, 1866, Mr. Hobbs was united in marriage to Losada Jane Leavell, the daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Thornburg) Leavell. Nine children have been born to this union: Nellie A., Minnie M., Thomas B., Melvin W., Jesse T. and Guy Fulton, and three who died in infancy. Nellie A. married Alva Foster, and they live in Madison township; Minnie married J. R. Click, and they also live in Madison township and have two children, Leah and John H.; Thomas B. married Margaret Ford, and lives in Tipton. They have two living children, Mary Jane and Anna V.; Melvin W. married Frances Simpson, and they reside in Tipton, and are the parents of three children, William S., Cynthia I. and Melvin W.; Jesse T. died at the age of fifteen; Guy Fulton, who is a practicing physician in Indianapolis, married Gertrude Neville.
....Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hobbs belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and have always been loyal members of that denomination. Fraternally, he is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons. He was a soldier in the Civil war, belonging to Company C., One Hundred and First Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about eight months, being discharged on account of disability. He belongs to the James Price Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Politically, he is a supporter of the Republican party, but has never held any public office, though he was road supervisor of his township for two terms.
....Mrs. Hobbs was born in Madison township, Tipton county, Indiana, on August 13, 1846. Her father was a native of Kentucky and her mother of Tennessee, and were early settlers of Tipton. Her father died in 1869 and her mother in 1894. They were the parents of seven children, John W., Martha R., Losada J., Nancy V., Sarah E., Mary E. and Josephine.
.....The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hobbs was Robert Leavell and his wife's maiden name was Sarah Leavell, they being second cousins and natives of Kentucky. They raised a family of several children, James, Ezekiel, Benjamin, Caroline, Sarah, Melinda, Nancy, Elizabeth and Mary.
....The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hobbs were William and Martha (Bradshaw) Thornburg, natives of Tennessee. Their children were John, Benjamin, William, Frances, Mary Ann, Melinda and Betsy. The parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs were among the oldest pioneer families of the county. They used to haul their grain to Lafayette in what was then known as old "schooner" wagons, wagons which were near relatives to the old "Conestoga" wagons of the East. Their nearest market was Lafayette at this time, and all produce had to be hauled there for sale.
....The success attained by Mr. Hobbs in his business affairs has been greatly owing to his steady persistence, strict integrity and excellent judgement, qualities which have also won for him the esteem and confidence of the public to a marked degree. Personally, he is a man of quiet and unassuming disposition, though genial and friendly in his relations to others, and he has for many years enjoyed a wide acquaintance and large press throughout Tipton County.
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Laid to rest next to wife Jane Leavell Hobbs.
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"John P. Hobbs was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion and lost a limb in the battle of Chicamauga, TN. Clinton H. Hobbs was also a soldier in the same war. "
Biography of Clinton Howard HOBBS from Part I, History Section of Tipton County, Indiana History, 1914, by Marvin W. Pershing.
Clinton H. Hobbs...
....Agriculture has been an honored vocation from the earliest ages and as a usual thing men of honorable and humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry. The free, outdoor life of the farm has a decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterize true manhood and no greater blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring labor of the fields. It has always been the fruitful field from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country, and the majority of our nation's scholars and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and are indebted to its early influence for the distinction which they have attained.
....Clinton H. Hobbs, retired farmer in Madison township, was born in Tipton county, Indiana, December 20, 1843, the son of Levi and Cynthia (Bowles) Hobbs. His father was a native of Virginia, while his mother was a native of Ohio. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Iby L. deceased, who was the wife of John W. Cook, Elmina, wife of Eli Houser, of Madison township; Clinton H., of Tipton; Martin M., of Hobbs Station; Miranda J., who died in childhood; William B., of Tipton; Ann Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of Jeremiah Ressler; and Preston L., of Hobbs Station, a merchant. The father of the subject of this sketch was reared in Virginia on a farm, and came to Indiana in 1837. For a short time he followed the profession of teaching, and taught several terms in Marion and Tipton counties. Being of a thrifty turn of mind, he saved his money and invested in land, until at the time of his death in 1863, at the age of fifty-six, he owned seventy acres of land in Tipton. His wife died on May 25, 1892, at the advanced age of seventy-six. He and his wife were both loyal supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church and contributed liberally of their substance to its support.
....The paternal grandparents of the subject were Absalom and Susan Hobbs, both being natives of Virginia and lived in Lee county, that state, where they died at middle age. He was a farmer and was twice married. To the first union there were born eight children, Job, Absalom, William, Henry, Levi, John, Rebecca and Mary. His second wife was a Miss Olinger, and they also reared a large family of children, Jacob B., Vincent, Clinton, Caleb, Joshua, David C., and Peggy Ann.
....The maternal grandfather was William Bowles and his wife was Anna Martin. They came from Ohio to Indiana many years before the Civil war and settled in Marion county. Later they moved to Huntington county, where they both died. He was a mechanic, a wood workman and also operated a farm. They raised a large family, John, Henry, Llewellyn, William, Cinthia, Martha, Jane, Sophronia, Mary, Ann and Charlotte.
....Clinton H. Hobbs was born and reared in Tipton county, and has spent his entire life, of more that three score and ten, in the county where he was born. He was reared under the paternal roof and received all his education in the old-fashioned subscription schools. His father was his first teacher. He lived at home until he was grown, working on his father's farm until his marriage, after which he rented a farm in Madison township, his father-in-law's farm, and operated this tract of land for three years, then moved back to his father's farm, buying the interest of some of the heirs. After operating this farm for a number of years, he bought a farm in Cicero township of forty acres, to which he added eighty acres more, making one hundred and twenty acres in all. He still owns this farm, for which he has been offered two hundred dollars per acre. He can remember when any farm land in this locality could be bought for ten dollars per acre, or even less. He moved into Tipton on the 8th day of March, 1911, and owns a fine resident at No. 433 North Independence street, where he and his wife are now living a retired life.
....On January 11, 1866, Mr. Hobbs was united in marriage to Losada Jane Leavell, the daughter of Benjamin and Frances (Thornburg) Leavell. Nine children have been born to this union: Nellie A., Minnie M., Thomas B., Melvin W., Jesse T. and Guy Fulton, and three who died in infancy. Nellie A. married Alva Foster, and they live in Madison township; Minnie married J. R. Click, and they also live in Madison township and have two children, Leah and John H.; Thomas B. married Margaret Ford, and lives in Tipton. They have two living children, Mary Jane and Anna V.; Melvin W. married Frances Simpson, and they reside in Tipton, and are the parents of three children, William S., Cynthia I. and Melvin W.; Jesse T. died at the age of fifteen; Guy Fulton, who is a practicing physician in Indianapolis, married Gertrude Neville.
....Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hobbs belong to the Methodist Episcopal church and have always been loyal members of that denomination. Fraternally, he is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons. He was a soldier in the Civil war, belonging to Company C., One Hundred and First Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about eight months, being discharged on account of disability. He belongs to the James Price Post, Grand Army of the Republic. Politically, he is a supporter of the Republican party, but has never held any public office, though he was road supervisor of his township for two terms.
....Mrs. Hobbs was born in Madison township, Tipton county, Indiana, on August 13, 1846. Her father was a native of Kentucky and her mother of Tennessee, and were early settlers of Tipton. Her father died in 1869 and her mother in 1894. They were the parents of seven children, John W., Martha R., Losada J., Nancy V., Sarah E., Mary E. and Josephine.
.....The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hobbs was Robert Leavell and his wife's maiden name was Sarah Leavell, they being second cousins and natives of Kentucky. They raised a family of several children, James, Ezekiel, Benjamin, Caroline, Sarah, Melinda, Nancy, Elizabeth and Mary.
....The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hobbs were William and Martha (Bradshaw) Thornburg, natives of Tennessee. Their children were John, Benjamin, William, Frances, Mary Ann, Melinda and Betsy. The parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs were among the oldest pioneer families of the county. They used to haul their grain to Lafayette in what was then known as old "schooner" wagons, wagons which were near relatives to the old "Conestoga" wagons of the East. Their nearest market was Lafayette at this time, and all produce had to be hauled there for sale.
....The success attained by Mr. Hobbs in his business affairs has been greatly owing to his steady persistence, strict integrity and excellent judgement, qualities which have also won for him the esteem and confidence of the public to a marked degree. Personally, he is a man of quiet and unassuming disposition, though genial and friendly in his relations to others, and he has for many years enjoyed a wide acquaintance and large press throughout Tipton County.
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