Ezekiel B.
Hobbs
The deceased
was
one of the early
settlers
and he took an
active interest in that
organization
and his talk
upon the hardships and the
blessings of those
days
was always of
interest
to all and here
again will
be missed.
The
funeral
services
were held at
Hobbs Chapel (which was
named for him) and were
conducted
by Rev.
Hawkins
of New Hampton a former
pastor of the church
here
and the body laid to
rest
in the Hobbs Chapel
Cemetery
on Saturday March
17 at
four
o'clock.
Before
leaving for Hobbs Chapel,
the friends of the
deceased
gathered at his
home, where a chapter was
read by Elder Johnston
and
several
favorite songs
sung and then the solemn
procession, bearing the
body
to its
last resting
place passed slowly on as
if reluctant to leave
the
old home
where love
had dwelt.
At Hobbs
Chapel many friends
had
gathered and
awaited
with sad hearts the coming
of the body of their
friend
and
brother.
A
loving
and dutiful wife is
left alone in the old home
and
our
hearts goes out in
sympathy to her in her
loneliness.
Six
children,
all of whom
ministered as best they
could to father in his
last
illness,
remain to
mourn and they too are
lonely in heart and to
them
the old home is
broken
up. Their names
follow:
John Hobbs,
Mrs. Josie
Mumma, Mrs
Lydia
Gilpatrick, Mrs.
Rosella Chapman, Harvey
Hobbs and Elcana
Hobbs.
There
are
also
numerous
grandchildren
whose names we will
not
mention, excepting
Robert
Hobbs, a grandson,
whom
the deceased had raised as
his own child
and
who
came to visit him
while
lying in his last
illness. The grave
has
claimed
its own but
who could gaze
upon that
aged form,
resting so
sweetly
on
its snowy couch
and not feel sure that
this is not all, that he
who
gave us
life will
guide us onward in the
realms above.
His
first
wife (Lydia)
died
December 19, 1854, at the
age of 32 years, 9
months,
18 days. Their
children
were Henry Hobbs,
buried in Iowa and
an
infant daughter that
died
in
1854
and buried in
Hobbs
Cemetery (The other
six I
don't know
about)
His
second
wife (Lettissha)
was born
in Davison County
Tenn.
March 10, 1819 and
died in Harrison County
Mo. June 5, 1857.
Their
two
children Jim
Hobbs (I don't know about
him), the other one
and
its mother died
when
it was born.
His
third wife was nancy
Jane
and she died March 30,
1883
at the age of 45
years, 6
months.
They had ten
children and
six
were
still living at
the time
of their fathers
death. They
were:
Lydia
Ann
Gilpatrick, Alice Rosella
Chapman, Josie Mumma,
Harve,
Cain and John
Hobbs.
Those that
died before
their fathers death were:
Mary L.F.
daughter, died
July 15,
1860, age 7
months; Sara J.W.
daughter,
died August 31,
1862, age 5 months; Thomas
N. son, died October
3,
1871 age 1
year,
1month, 15 days; George B.
Hobbs son, was born
July
23, 1866 and died
April
27, 1906, age 39
years, 9
months, 4 days. His
fourth wife
(Beuna
Vista) and his last
wife didn't have any
children. She died
September
1,
1928 at the
age of 78 years, 1 month,
18
days.
author
unknown.
submitted
by:
Melody
Beery
source:
Personal
papers of
Jewell
Eisenbarger
IN
MEMORIAM
We
are
again called
to announce
the passing
away of one of
our old settlers.
Ezekiel
B.
Hobbs
was born in
Russell
County, VA on
March 30,
1822. In
the
year 1839
when only 16
years of age he was
converted and united with
the
M.E. church and
was
still
a faithful member of
this
faith until
called
higher.
In the
year
1844 he was united in
marriage
with Miss Lydia
Woodward
to which union
eight
children were
born
all having preceded
him to the Great
Beyond.
He
was
afterwards married to
Miss
Letitia Massengill as
his
second wife; then to
Miss Nancy Ballew; and on
Sept. 28, 1883 he was
united
in
marriage to Miss
Beuna Vista Shirley who
with loving tenderness
cared
for him
in his
reclining years, always
mindfull of his smallest
wants.
He
was
the
father
of nineteen
children, six
of whom are
still
living three boys,
Elcana
Hobbs of Horton,
Kan.
Harve of Brooklyn, Mo and
John of
Eagleville.
Three
daughters, namely
Mrs.
Martin Mumma of
Garnett,
Kan.,
Mrs. A. Chapman of
Ridgeway and Mrs. Cola
Gilpatrick who lives west
of
Eagleville,
these were
all here during
the last
illness of their
father.
In
the fall
of 1850 he
moved to
Gallatin, Davies
county,
Mo.,
and the year
following moved to
Harrison County and
settled
on a farm two
miles west
of Eagleville. He
afterward moved to
Ridgeway,
but not being
satisfied
there returned
to
Eagleville where he made
his home until the
time
of his death, whcih
occured at 4 o'clock on
Saturday afternoon March
17,
1910.
Uncle Zeke
as he was
usually called,
was a man
honored and
loved
by all who knew him
and a host of friends can
recall his loving
smile,
kind
words, and
friendly council and
advice with deep reverence
and love. He
was a
devout christian, a kind
loving husband and
indulgent
father and will
be
sadly missed by all who
knew him.
The
funeral services were
conducted
with his request
by Rev. Hawkins at Hobbs
Chapel, who preached a
comforting
and appropriate
discourse from Acts
11-24. For he was a
good
man and
full of the
Holy Ghost and of
Faith.
While
waiting
for Rev. Hawkins
arrival,
who was attending
conference at Maryville
when
sent for. The
Rev.
A.L. Johnson read the 23
Psalm and a few
favorite
hymns were sung at the
home.
Interment took
place
at the Hobbs
graveyard. The
bereaved
wife and
children
have the
sympathy of the
community.
Source:
The
Harrison County
Democrat,
1910
Submitted
by:
Melody
Beery
mbeery@grm.net
Mrs.Ezekiel
B.
Hobbs
Mrs.
Ezekiel Hobbs, an aged
lady of Eagleville, Mo
passed
away at
a hospital
in St. Joseph Saturday
evening where she had
been
taken on Friday
for
the purpose of treating a
dislocated and broken
hip
caused by
falling. Aunt
Vista
had been a resident
of North Harrison since
early
childhood,
coming with her
parents, Daniel and
Americas
Shirley, in 1851
from Kentucky.
She had reached the
age of
77 years. She was
one
of
six children of which
only one survives, Mis
Elizabeth Shirley, of
Eagleville.
F.Y.
Cramer drove to St.
Joseph
Saturday evening
for
the
body and funeral
services were held at the
M.E. church of
Eagleville
Monday
afternoon,
conducted by
Rev. Cooper,
of New Hampton, assisted
by a
step-grandson,
Rev. Pres
Mathis. The services
were
well attended by
a large
crowd which spoke of the
esteem in which she was
held. Interment
was
on
the old Shirley
homestead
near Eagleville
where
her father and
mother
were
buried.
submitted
by: Melody
Beery
mbeery@grm.net
source: Personal papers of
Jewell
Eisenbarger
Hubbard,
Indiana
Indianna
Hubbard nee White,
was
born in Washington
county,
Indiana, Sept.3rd,
1818. She was
married to Levi Hubbard
March
10th,
1836.
She united with church in
the year 1838, and in
1855
she and her
husband
settled near Blooomfield,
Davis county,
Iowa.
Remaining there
two years
they finally
located in
Harrison County, Mo., near
the place
where
she died. She
became a member of the
Dunkeson Grove church and
what
is
now known as the
Mt. Gilead
congregation. She
remained a
consistent
member of the
church until her death
which occurred August
31st,
1891, aged 73
years
less 2 days.
More than 50 years of
her
life were spent in
the
service of her
Master. She leaves
an aged
husband, nearly 75
years
old,
and two sons and
eight
daughters to mourn her
loss. Sister
Hubbard
lived to raise all
of her children to
womanhood and manhood,
except
three- two
girls and a boy
who died in infancy.
But what is better
than
this, she
lived to
see them all in the church
of her
choice.
M.S.
Gillidett
submitted by: Melody
Beery
mbeery@grm.net
Source: Bethany
Republican Sept. 10, 1891,
pg.6
Hook,
Vergie
Vergie
Onlee
oldest
daughter of Charley
and
Della Smith was
born
in Harrison County
December7, 1896 and
departed from this life at
her home in
Washington
Township August 31,
1930 aged 31
years,
eight months
and
24 days. Vergie was a
very
fortunate girl by being
born in a Christian
homeand was taught
from
her childhood days to
be very obediant and
ambitious.
She was
blessed by an
unusually good memory and
was very
quick to
learn.
She decided
to prepare herself to be a
school
teacher and after
completing the eighth
grade attended college at
Maryville
and at the age
of 16 began teaching
in the rural
schools.
She proved to be one
of
Harrison county's best
teachers
and taught in the
country for nine
years.
She was also
taught
from childhood to
be a regular attendant at
church and Sunday
School
and when
very young
began doing her part
to carry on our
Masters
work by being
teacher
in Sunday School
and any
part that was asked of her
to do, and at
the
age
of 15 she made her
confession in a meeting
held by the Rev. Mr.
McKensie
and united with
the Mt. Olive church where
she remained a
faithful
member
until her
death.
On December
23, 1922 she was
united in
marriage to
Robert
Hook, and to this
union
one son was born, Paul;
whom she idolized
and
being
one of our most
loyal
homemakers devoted
her
time in making her
home
an
ideal
Christian home for her
husband and son.
She
also thought of
her
father, mother, brothers
and sister,never to
busy
to help them in any way
possible
for her
to.
Vergie's
passing from this life was
a
great shock
to her loved
ones, friends and
neighbors, as she was
taken
suddenly sick at
11:00
o'clock and passed away at
2:00 o'clock the
following,
only being sick
three hours. She
will be
greatly missed,
especially
in her home and
community
and in her
Sunday School where she
was teacher of the
women's
class.
Those
left
to mourn her
death are her broken
hearted
husband and four
year old
son, mother,one
sister
Ruby Campbell, two
brothers,
Hanford and
Stanley, and an aged
grandfather, Will Glenn,
besides
a host of
relatives
and
friends. She was
predeceased by her
father,who
departed
this
life six months previous
to Vergies death and an
infant
brother.
Funeral
services
were held at Mt.
Olive Christian Church on
Monday
September 1 at
2:30p.m. in charge was the
Rev. Wm.M. Stanley of
the
Ridgeway
Christian
Church. Interment
was in the Wesley Chapel
Church.
Submitted
by: Melody
Beery
mbeery@grm.net
Source: personal papers of
Clara E.
Fish
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