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History of Lawrence, ORANGE, and Washington Counties, Indiana
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers - Chicago, 1884

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           J . M. HOBSON, farmer, was born in Highland County, Ohio, March
        6, 1817. His father was JOSIAH HOBSON a native of North Carolina
        and a soldier in the war of 1812. His first wife was MARY TROP,
        who died after bearing seven children, four of whom are yet living.
        He married a second time, SARAH FOX, by whom he became the father
        of three children, all living. Both parents are now dead. J. M.
        HOBSON was raised on his father’s farm. January 2, 1840, he was
        married to SARAH WELLS.  Together they removed to Indiana in 1857,
        settling in Orange County, where MR. HOBSON now ownes a farm of 248
        acres.  Although exempted from military duty by reason of his age,
        MR. HOBSON, when he saw the peril of his country, volunteered his
        services for the preservation of the Union, and the summer of 1862,
        when Company D, Sixty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organ-
        ized, he was elected Second Lieutenant. His Company was engaged in
        the battle of Richmond, Ky.  MR. HOBSON was an active participant
        in the battles of Collierville, Tenn., Dallas, Ga., siege of
        Atlanta, with SHERMAN to the sea, up through the Carolinas, in the
        grand review at Washington, D. C., and in various skirmishes and
        engagements.  He was mustered out as First Lieutenant.  His wife
        dying July 2, 1871, MR. HOBSON married for his present wife, Mrs.
        LYDIA R. (WELLS) DAVIS, who is yet living.  To his first marriage
        were born three children - two sons and a daughter — and both sons
        served in Company A, Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The
        oldest son, SAMUEL M. was twice wounded.  He is now living in Pike
        County, Ind., and is married, with a family. The other son, WILLIAM
        H., lives in Orange County, is a farmer, is also married and has
        a family.  The daughter, ROSANNA, died when about three years old.
        MR. HOBSON is a Republican in politics, one of Paoli Township's
        best farmers, and both he and wife belong to the Methodist Epis-
        copal Church.  The HOBSONS are of English descent.

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