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

[page 597]

    N. E. HOBART, a leading agriculturist of Pilot Township, has been
    a resident of Cherokee County since 1879.  He was born in Orange
    County, Vermont, April 11, 1825.  His parents, CALEB and LYDIA
    (PACKARD) HOBART, were natives of the State of Massachusetts.  The
    father was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, and naturally
    the son spent his early years at work in the mills; the educational
    advantages he received were afforded by the common schools.  Not con-
    tent with the limited business opportunities offered in New England,
    Mr. HOBART emigrated to Wisconsin, settling in Winnebago County, where
    he remained two years; he then removed to Waupaca County, Wisconsin,
    being one of the pioneers of that county.  In 1876 he went to Ontagamie
    County, Wisconsin, and lived there three years engaged in the lumber
    trade.  In 1879 he came to Cherokee County and purchased eight acres
    of land; he was prosperous in this undertaking, and later added forty
    acres to the land first bought; he has place it under good cultivation
    and has added many improvements in the way of buildings and planting
    trees.  The farm is divided into fields for convenience in raising
    cattle.  There is a marked air of thrift and prosperity about the
    HOBART farm which betokens the ability of the owner to follow agri-
    cultural pursuits successfully.  Mr. HOBART was married February 3,
    1850, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to Miss JANE AUGUSTA PARKER, the daughter
    of IRA and LETICIA (MILLEN) PARKER.  The parents were natives of New
    Hampshire, but removed to Oshkaosh, Wisconsin, where they were among
    the pioneers; they lived in Oshkosh from 1848 until death.  Mrs. HOBART
    is a woman of unusual intelligence, and was a successful teacher; she
    received her education at Keeseville, New York.  Both Mr. and Mrs.
    HOBART are worthy members of the Episcopal Church at Cherokee, and
    have the confidence and respect of all who know them.

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