Andrew B. HOBBY was born 1802 in Burke, County Georgia, and died 1868 in Irwin County, Georgia. He was the son of Marmaduke Jesse HOBBY Sr and Jane WELCH.
Lydia SWEAT was born 1802 in South Carolina, and died 1880 in Irwin County, Georgia.
Children of Lydia SWEAT and Andrew B. HOBBY are:
Berrien HOBBY was born 1824 in Irwin County, Georgia, and died AFT 1872. He married Martha DORMINY 2 Feb 1852 in Irwin County, Georgia. She was born 18 Nov 1829 in Irwin County, Georgia, and died 23 Dec 1912.
Mary HOBBY was born 1827 in Irwin County, Georgia, and died 10 Oct 1875 in Worth County, Georgia. She married John C. SUMNER 15 Oct 1857 in Worth County, Georgia. He was born 15 Jan 1827 in Irwin County, GA, and died 18 Sep 1915.
Martha HOBBY was born 1827 in Irwin County, Georgia. She married Danial S. SUMNER 16 Apr 1876 in Worth County, Georgia.
Elizabeth HOBBY was born 1829 in Irwin County, Georgia. She married William R. HAMMONDS 14 Mar 1867 in Worth County, Georgia.
Jesse HOBBY was born 28 Jul 1832 in Irwin County, Georgia, and died 6 Apr 1897 in Worth County, Georgia. He married Mary Amanda VINES 30 Mar 1854 in Worth County, Georgia. She was born Feb 1840 in Lee County, Georgia, and died Aft. 1915 in Florida.
Andrew Joseph HOBBY was born 1837 in Irwin County, Georgia, and died Jun 1863. He married Matilda Catherine Elminey SIMPSON 5 Jul 1860 in Worth County, Georgia.
Margarette HOBBY was born 1840 in Irwin County, Georgia. She married George FLETCHER.
William HOBBY was born 9 Sep 1841 in Irwin County, Georgia, and died 8 Dec 1875. He married Elizabeth WILLIS 25 Oct 1866 in Worth County, Georgia, daughter of Benjamin J WILLIS V and Sarah Sallie SUMNER. She was born 4 Dec 1841, and died 19 Oct 1914.
ix. James Newton HOBBY was born 1835 in Irwin County, Georgia, and died 8 Mar 1863 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He married Catherine E. HENDERSON 15 Feb 1862 in Worth County, Georgia. She was born 15 Nov 1844, and died 10 Feb 1897.
Tifton Gazette
March 29, 1912
Vol. XXI No. 47
THE HOBBY FAMILY
Marmaduke Hobby was one of the pioneers of Irwin county. He married
Jane Welch. Their children were: Jesse, Andrew, Alexander, and
Marmaduke. Jesse, son of old Duke, married Polly Marchant. Their
children were: Betsy married jim Paulk; she became the mother of Dan,
Robert, John B.D., and Frank Paulk.
Rachel married Zara Paulk; she died, leaving Jesse, George F. and
others well known throughout the county. Jane married Richard Tucker;
Tempy married Hiram Tucker; Judy married Dick Tucker, son of old Joh;
Sarah married John Tucker, son of Elisha; Issaac married Katherine
Tucker, daughter of Elisha; Duke, another son of Jesse, married Betsy
Paulk, daughter of Jacob Paulk, a sister of Mrs. Jehu Fletcher of
Mystic; Margaret, another daughter of Jesse, married George Fletcher,
son of "Sandy Jim"; both died. Jake, son of Jesse, went to Florida.
Tom, son of Jesse, went to Texas. Mary and Lizzie, youngest daughters
of Jesse.
Andrew, son of old Marmaduke, married Lindy Swett. Their children
were: Berrien, Jesse, Jim, William, Polly and Martha.
Berrien, son of Andrew, married Martha Dorminy. Their children were:
Jane, who died; John B., James W., B.A., Polly, Michael Micajah and
Andrew Lott who married Easter Rouse. She died leaving: Lester, who
married mack Smith; Wright married Louise Smith; John married Eddy Bee
Willis; Lula is single. He next married Ella Ward. Their children are:
Luther, Claud, Lewis and Dora.
John B., son of Berrien, married Bee Rouse. Their children are: Otis
and Nellie, single, and Cora Lee, who married Homer Youngblood.
James W., son of Berrien, married Nannie Harding. Their children are
May Bird married Elija Stevens; Annie married Allison Turner; John B.,
Carl, Thelma single.
B.A., son of Berrien, married Anna Fillyaw. Their children: Bernice
married William Lumpkins; Dennis married Willie Belle Cummins; Willis,
Polly, Andrew, Mercer, Liddy and Effie, single.
Polly, daughter of Berrien, married Elbert Fletcher of Irwinville.
(All in the Fletcher group)
Michael Micajah married Hattie Beckham. He died, leaving William and
George.
Jesse, son of Andrew Hobby, married Amanda Vines. Their children:
Elizabeth married Thomas Walker; Washington went to Florida; Daniel
died; Ellen is single.
Liddy, daughter of Jesse, was burned to death in the field while
burning grass.
Hiram, son of Jesse, married Martha Young. Their children: Catherine
married L.G. Eldridge; Jesse married Alfred Waters; William married
Cora Waters; Robert, Ellen, Estelle and Hiram, single.
Jefferson, son of Jesse, married Fannie Rutland. Their children:
Joseph married Jennie Young; Eveline married Jerry Jeter; he died; she
next married D. Lumpkin; Morris married Sarah Beckham; Anna married
Meredy Eldridge; Florence, David, Elizabeth, Julia, Clarence, Clyde,
Mary Alice are single.
Mary, daughter of Jesse, married T.R.Hayes. Their children were:
Georgia, Amanda, Andrew, Richard and Lulu; all are in Texas.
Ellen, daughter of Jesse, married Jesse Branch, son of "Poplar Stick
Bill". Their children are Millard and Carrie, both single.
George, son of Jesse, married Minnie Brown. Their children are Andrew,
Lee, Jesse, Hansford, Mabel, Gordon, all single.
Jim, son of old Andrew, married Kate Henderson. He died, leaving
Sally, who married Wiley Russell.
William, son of old Andrew, married Betsy Willis, daughter of old Ben
Willis. Their children: Daniel married Martha Owens; Benjamin married
Mary Whitley, daughter of George Whitley, sister of Wiley Whitley,
Clerk of Superior Court of Ben Hill County.
Polly, daughter of old Andrew, married Jack Sumner. Their children :
Martha married Columbus Alford; Sophronia married, Joel Mercer;
Missouri married Tom Deese; Arkansas married John Pittman; Joseph
married Judy Whiddon; John married Mary McCrary; she died. He next
married Pearl Perkins.
Martha, daughter of Andrew, marred Dan Sumner. They had no children.
Andrew, son of old Andrew, married Kate Simpson. He died, leaving one
child, Morris, who died also.
Betsy, daughter of old Andrew, married William Hamons. Their children
are: Andrew and Verna, both single.
Alexander Hobby, brother to Jesse and Andrew, married Nancy Brown.
Their children were: Betsy, who married George McCranie; polly married
Valentine Potts, father of Sheriff Potts , of Worth County. Susan
married Bob Ford; he died; she next married Ben Sykes; Isaac married
Hattie Simpson; Jim married Nancy Hilll; Jesse married Eliza Simpson;
Burrell married Kate Culpepper; Katie married Prof. William Royal, of
Mystic; Samantha married George Hawkins; William died; Lucretia
married Willima Halll; Jane married Cornelius McCorvey.
Duke, son of old Marmaduke, married Alice.
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