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John Thomas Hobbs was born on September 10, 1842 in Columbus, Gilmer township, Adams county, IL, to John Rice and Martha Jane (Thomas) Hobbs. His parents were both born in Shelby county, KY, and moved to Adams county, IL. John Rice and Martha Jane were married on Nov. 1, 1835 in Adams county. Martha J. was born in 1818 - 1819 and died in November, 1863 in Columbus, Adams county, IL. John R. was born in 1818 - 1819 and died on July 13, 1864 in Nashville, Davidson county, TN. John T. was the 3rd child...
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John Thomas Hobbs was born on September 10, 1842 in Columbus, Gilmer township, Adams county, IL, to John Rice and Martha Jane (Thomas) Hobbs. His parents were both born in Shelby county, KY, and moved to Adams county, IL. John Rice and Martha Jane were married on Nov. 1, 1835 in Adams county. Martha J. was born in 1818 - 1819 and died in November, 1863 in Columbus, Adams county, IL. John R. was born in 1818 - 1819 and died on July 13, 1864 in Nashville, Davidson county, TN. John T. was the 3rd child of a family believed to have 9 children; Isaac H., Mary A., John T., Sarah E., Lucinda, Sharlotte A., James M., William H. and Thomas J. Not much is known of Sarah E., Lucinda or Sharlotte A. and it is believed that they died young and no written records of them have been located.
John was drafted into the 51th Illinois Infantry, Company D on Sept. 20, 1864 at Quincy, IL for a 1 year period and was mustered out as a private on Sept. 25, 1865. He was wounded in the right hip and lower back prior to May 29, 1865, when he left active service, and likely participated in the battle of Franklin, TN, Nov. 30, 1864 and the battle of Nashville, TN, Dec. 15-16, 1864.
After John was discharged from the army he moved to Kansas. On Oct. 3, 1866 he bought lots 376 & 377 in the town of Bacheller, later Milford, in Davis County, KS. On March 25, 1867 he bought the E 1/2, NE 1/4, Sec. 34, T12S, R7E, containing 80 acres, in Davis Co, on Humboldt Creek. He later applied for a homestead on the SE 1/4, Sec. 14, T13S, R7E, containing 160 acres, in Davis county and received the patent on May 15, 1880 (Patent #2804). The homestead was about 4 miles southeast of the original tract and about 1 mile southwest of the Chase family homestead, where Ellen Chase resided.
Sometime, probably between 1870-1873, John worked as a farrier for the US Army at Fort Harker in Ellsworth county, KS and at Ft. Riley in Geary county, KS. It is recorded that he worked on the horses of General Custer and the US 7th Cavalry Regiment.
John T. Hobbs married Ellen Chase on March 27, 1873 in Davis county, KS at the home of her brother, Flavius Josephus Chase. They had eight children; Charles Milton, George Rice, Laura Jane, Walter Justus, John William, Lottie Mable, Maude Ellen and Clarence Adolphus. In 1880, John & Ellen were living in Jackson township, Davis county(now Geary county), KS where he conducted the 1880 census in Jackson township, was on the school board and trustee for the township and in 1882 through 1883 he was a county commissioner. John & Ellen bought and sold land and by 1883 they owned 250 acres in Sections 27 & 34 near the original 80 acre tract.
In 1883 they sold the land in Davis county and moved to Dickinson county, KS. In 1884 they bought land in Willowdale township in Dickinson county. Their land and house was in Section 7, T12S, R1E (200 ac.) in Willowdale township and they also owned land in Section 13, T12N, R1W (160 ac.) in Lincoln township in Ottawa county. They lived in Dickinson county for the rest of their lives and made a living by farming. John was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic - Reed Post #383 at Vine Creek, KS. In 1904 they moved to Solomon, KS. John died on May 3, 1924 (Aged 81 years, 7 months, 23 days) in Soloman, KS and was buried in Prairie Mound cemetery.
From draft records; he was 5'7", had black hair, gray eyes and a dark complexion.
At some point, maybe while he was in the military, John contracted measles. Later in life, at least by 1889, this affected his vision and he may have been mostly blind in at least one eye.
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Humboldt Grange, No. 1149. Meets on the first and third Saturdays of each month, at Humboldt school house.
H. M. Johnson, Secretary; J. T. Hobbs, Master.
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This article is from the Thursday, July 29, 1875 issue of The Junction City Tribune, Junction City, KS.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
John T. Hobbs to Martha Tripp; s 2 se 4, sec. – 4, t 13, r 7; consideration $600.
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This article is from the Saturday, May 11, 1878 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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Township Officers Elected in Davis County.
JACKSON.
Trustee, J. T. Hobbs
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This article is from the Thursday, November 14, 1878 issue of The Junction City Tribune, Junction City, KS.
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Township Elections.
JACKSON.
Trustee- Jno T. Hobbs, no opposition.
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This article is from the Saturday, February 7, 1880 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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The Census.
The following gentlemen have been appointed enumerators for Davis county. The people will please make a note of it, and be ready to answer questions and be counted, on and after the first of June next.
District No. 52 John T. Hobbs, Junc. City.
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This article is from the Thursday, May 27, 1880 issue of The Junction City Tribune, Junction City, KS.
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
We are authorized to announce that John T. Hobbs is a candidate for the office of county commissioner in district No. 3.
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This article is from the Saturday, September 18, 1880 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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REBUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET
The nominee for commissioner of the third district is J. T. Hobbs, a farmer who lives on Humboldt creek. He is a solid, reliable and honorable man and knows how to manage his own business. A man who is successful in his private affairs is the best to manage the business of the public.
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This article is from the Saturday, October 2, 1880 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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John T. Hobbs has dug into his coal bed about thirty feet and finds a vein of fourteen inches of a fair kind of coal. Underneath it is a ledge of solid rock, and underneath that every indication of another coal vein. The vein above the rock widens the further in they go. Mr. Hobbs will bring in a wagon load and have it tested. Several of the neighbors along Humboldt are digging quite enthusiastically, and it is to be hoped that the interest born of that coon hunt may result in making all rich.
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This article is from the Saturday, December 31, 1881 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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The Board of County Commissioners met on Monday. Present, W. B. Lowe, First district; Adam Beigert, Second district and John T. Hobbs, Third district. The first business being the organization, Capt. Lowe nominated Mr. Hobbs for chairman, Mr. Hobbs nominated Capt. Lowe. A ballot resulted as follows: Hobbs 2, Lowe 1. Mr. Hobbs was declared elected chairman during his term of office. ------. The Board will meet again Feb. 14, to canvass the vote of the township elections.
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This article is from the Saturday, January 14, 1882 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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We have witnessed the burning of Davis county coal in an open grate in Clarke's banking house; which is now being taken from the Humboldt coal mine by Mr. Hobbs. The appearance of things at this writing is very encouraging. There is a vein of combustible lignite, ten inches thick, with coal mixed through it. The vein grows thicker and better as the tunnel proceeds. We hope Mr. Hobbs will make a thorough investigation of this promising enterprise while he has it in hand.
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This article is from the Thursday, January 26, 1882 issue of The Junction City Tribune, Junction City, KS.
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Humboldt is on the up-grade. John T. Hobbs has had a boy added to his household, and Wm. S. Clarke has had a girl.
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This article is from the Saturday, July 15, 1882 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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School district No. 34 holds its first district meeting March 19, at the residence of John T. Hobbs.
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This article is from the Friday, March 9, 1883 issue of the Junction City Republican, Junction City, KS.
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DAVIS COUNTY.
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING.
What the Farmers Say.
J. T. Hobbs, P. O., Junction City.
--Mr. Hobbs came from Illinois 17 years ago and commenced without lucre or cattle—nothing but brains and muscle—to make for himself a home and independence in the State of his adoption. He now owns 250 acres in section 34-12-7; 100 acres of it is bottom land, 30 acres timber, one acre orchard, and 70 acres are under cultivation. He has 30 head of cattle, 20 head of hogs, several horses, farm implements, etc. He sold 24 head of cattle this spring, 2 years old, average $29 per head; he also sold 16 fat hogs. Corn planted by the 5th of May, plowed 3 to 4 times, averaged 50 bushels. Wheat, 16 acres, drilled, averaged 24 1/2 bushels per acre. Oats averaged 50 bushels per acre. Potatoes, 60 bushels on ½ acre.
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This article is from the Friday, June 29, 1883 issue of the Junction City Republican, Junction City, KS.
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Statement of claims allowed and ordered paid by Board of Commissioners at the July session 1883.
J. T. Hobbs, services co. commissioner, $42.00
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This article is from the Friday, July 20, 1883 issue of the Junction City Republican, Junction City, KS.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORTS
District No. 34, organized this year, elected Amos Hands director Gail Howard treasurer, and John T. Hobbs clerk – first election. Levy five mills for building and ten mills for teachers wages, ordered a four months school. Assessed valuation $8,080.
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This article is from the Saturday, August 18, 1883 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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John T. Hobbs County Commissioner, guessed his wheat in the field at thirty-five bushels to the acre. It has since been threshed, and averages thirty-five and a half bushels machine measure.
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This article is from the Saturday, September 1, 1883 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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OVER THE HILLS TO McDOWELL.
Called at the residence of our County Commissioner, John T. Hobbs, who was out in the field. His wife, (I find the women generally know more than the men), posted me as follows: They own 240 acres, 50 acres improved, 25 head of cattle, horses, hogs, et., and a half an acre in orchard, some bearing; five years on the farm, a good stone residence and barn, everything neat and cozy, and in love with Kansas.
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This article is from the Saturday, September 22, 1883 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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COMMISSIONER'S PROCEEDINGS.
The Board of County Commissioner's met in regular session Monday, Oct. 1st, and continued in session three days. Present, John T. Hobbs, chairman; W. B. Lowe, Geo. A. Taylor, commissioners.
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This article are from the Friday, October 5, 1883 issue of the Junction City Republican, Junction City, KS.
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We regret to learn that Mr. Hobbs will not be a candidate for re-election to the office of county commissioner.
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This article are from the Friday, October 5, 1883 issue of the Junction City Republican, Junction City, KS.
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John T. Hobbs sold his farm on Humboldt last week for $3,800. He is looking for another.
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This article is from the Saturday, December 29, 1883 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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John T. Hobbs, late county commissioner, has purchased a farm on Buckeye, six miles north of Solomon, on the west line of Dickinson county. The neighbors up there will find him to be a first-class citizen.
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This article is from the Saturday, February 9, 1884 issue of The Junction City Weekly Union, Junction City, KS.
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John T. Hobbs
John T. Hobbs, early day resident of eastern Geary and one time county commissioner from that section, died Saturday at his home near Solomon. He had been blind for many years and was about ninety years old.
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This article is from the Thursday, May 8, 1924 issue of The Junction City Republican, Junction City, KS.
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