Elder John Right Hobbs
Elder John Right Hobbs was born 4 Dec 1842 in Talladega County, Alabama, the son of Lewis Harrison Hobbs & Wincy Hannah Sides. He married Amanda A. Mayfield on 27 Feb 1868 and died 3 Jan 1911. They are buried side by side in Tidmore Cemetery, Martins Mill, Van Zandt County, Texas.
Information transcribed from "The Southland" Vol. XII. No 1; Waco, Texas; Established March, 1892. Furnished by Sibyl Creasey.
Among the substantial and useful citizens of Van Zandt County, loved and honored, is Mr. Hobbs. The family came from Alabama, where William Hobbs, his grandfather, who was a good old-time farmer, lived and died. Lewis Harrison Hobbs was the father of John R. Hobbs and was reared in Logan County, Kentucky, but died in Texas. He was a farmer and came to Texas in 1850 along with families of Rileys, Sides, etc., etc. He married Miss Wincey Sides, who was reared in Alabama. They were married in 1856 and became the parents of fourteen children. They died in Van Zandt County. He died January 15, 1874, she September 25, 1896. John R. was born in Talledega County, Alabama, on December 4, 1842. As will be seen therefore, he was 18 years old when he came to this County, where he was educated. He adopted the vocation of farming, and has engaged in it ever since he was large enough to perform its required duties. February 27, 1868, he married Miss Amanda A. Mayfield, and they have three children. Elder Hobbs has therefore lived in Van Zandt County fifty-three years, and is universally regarded as a man of rare wisdom and great usefulness. He is a minister of the gospel, having been ordained to the gospel ministry in June, 1899, since which time he has been extra-ordinarily zealous in his ministerial work. He served in the Confederate army as a private soldier, and bore the hardships of a soldier life and well performed his duties as a good soldier. He has 156 acres in farm land near Mars, is happy and contented, and in many respects furnishes a good model for the rising generation around him. He is prudent, wise and generous. He has a good constitution and it is to be hoped that he may be spared for many years to perform the services into which he was so tardy in entering. He is loved and honored by his neighbors and is doing great good in the religious development of the country in which he lives.
Elder John Right Hobbs
Elder John Right Hobbs was born 4 Dec 1842 in Talladega County, Alabama, the son of Lewis Harrison Hobbs & Wincy Hannah Sides. He married Amanda A. Mayfield on 27 Feb 1868 and died 3 Jan 1911. They are buried side by side in Tidmore Cemetery, Martins Mill, Van Zandt County, Texas.
Information transcribed from "The Southland" Vol. XII. No 1; Waco, Texas; Established March, 1892. Furnished by Sibyl Creasey.
Among the substantial and useful citizens of Van Zandt County, loved and honored, is Mr. Hobbs. The family came from Alabama, where William Hobbs, his grandfather, who was a good old-time farmer, lived and died. Lewis Harrison Hobbs was the father of John R. Hobbs and was reared in Logan County, Kentucky, but died in Texas. He was a farmer and came to Texas in 1850 along with families of Rileys, Sides, etc., etc. He married Miss Wincey Sides, who was reared in Alabama. They were married in 1856 and became the parents of fourteen children. They died in Van Zandt County. He died January 15, 1874, she September 25, 1896. John R. was born in Talledega County, Alabama, on December 4, 1842. As will be seen therefore, he was 18 years old when he came to this County, where he was educated. He adopted the vocation of farming, and has engaged in it ever since he was large enough to perform its required duties. February 27, 1868, he married Miss Amanda A. Mayfield, and they have three children. Elder Hobbs has therefore lived in Van Zandt County fifty-three years, and is universally regarded as a man of rare wisdom and great usefulness. He is a minister of the gospel, having been ordained to the gospel ministry in June, 1899, since which time he has been extra-ordinarily zealous in his ministerial work. He served in the Confederate army as a private soldier, and bore the hardships of a soldier life and well performed his duties as a good soldier. He has 156 acres in farm land near Mars, is happy and contented, and in many respects furnishes a good model for the rising generation around him. He is prudent, wise and generous. He has a good constitution and it is to be hoped that he may be spared for many years to perform the services into which he was so tardy in entering. He is loved and honored by his neighbors and is doing great good in the religious development of the country in which he lives.