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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 423-424]

   O. B. FOBES, the present clerk of the courts for the county of
   Cherokee, was elected to such position in the autumn of 1888.
   He is making a reliable and highly efficient officer, and being
   prompt and willing to perform his duty, he has already won the
   universal admiration of his fellow-citizens, regardless of party
   lines. In his manner he is quiet and reserved, scarcely a true
   type of the office-holders of the modern day, who usually talk
   whether their words imply much or not. Mr. Fobes has been a res-
   pected citizen of the county since 1877.  He is a native of the
   State of New York, born in Genesee County, May 5, 1855. His par-
   ents are G. M. and EMILY (BLODGETT) FOBES, also natives of the
   State of New York, but of Scotch and English descent. In his
   infancy his parents removed to Iowa, settling at Decorah, Winne-
   shiek County, where the father engaged in the packing-house busi-
   ness and also owned a large tract of land. Nothing especially
   eventful marked the youthful days of Mr. FOBES. He attended the
   public schools, and when he had acquired a sufficient knowledge
   he engaged in teaching school, for which profession he seemed
   well fitted, and which he followed for fourteen years, the greater
   portion of the time in Cherokee County. He also engaged in agri-
   cultural pursuits in connection with his school-teaching, and
   now owns a finely cultivated quarter section of land near the
   stirring town of Marcus. Upon his election to the county clerk-
   ship, Mr. FOBES removed from his farm to Cherokee, where he has
   already won many friends who appreciate a good citizen, a genial
   gentleman, and the social friendship formed by the acquaintance
   of Mr. FOBES and his wife. January 10, 1883, he was united in
   marriage with Miss ALICE RUSSELL, a native of Hamilton County,
   New York, and a daughter of C. H. and JANE (WHITMAN) RUSSELL.
   Mrs. FOBES came to Iowa with her parents in the spring of 1879.
   Both Mr. and Mrs. FOBES are consistent and devoted members of
   the Christian Church. Politically our esteemed subject is a
   Republican, because in his judgment this party best represents
   the great principles of our self-governed people. The home cir-
   cle of Mr. and Mrs FOBES is blessed with one child, RUSSELL G.,
   born January 29, 1887.

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