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STEPHEN F. HOBSON, a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of Salem Township, who resides on a farm of 160 acres located in Section 10, was born January 1, 1833, on his present farm, a son of James and Sarah (Ford) Hobson. The father of our subject was born three miles south of the latter's farm in Salem Township, and was a son of Joseph and Ann Hobson, who were pioneers of Jefferson County, Ohio. After his marriage with Sarah Ford, who was a daughter of Squire Stephen Ford, James Hobson resided on the farm now owned by his son Stephen. This land was entered from the government by his his father, who , in 1837, built the house which now stands on the place. James died here at the age of forty years and was buried in the old Salem Township cemetery. His wife died at the age of seventy-eight years and was buried in Union cemetery, of Richmond, and the children then removed the father's body to the same cemetery. James Hobson was a Quaker during his early life, but after his marriage became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. James and Sarah Hobson were the parents of the following children: Ann, Joseph, Ruth, James, Stephen F. and Letitia. Stephen F. Hobson was reared on his present farm and after completing his schooling, which was obtained in the schools of this district, he engaged in farming with his father until the time of his marriage in 1861. His marriage with Nancy Andrews, who was a daughter of William Andrews, resulted in the following issue: William, who resides in Iowa, where he was married; James, who married Annie Hague; John, who married Julia Cunningham; Joseph, who married Lena Ong, a daughter of Prof. L. Ong; Jennie Bell, who died aged two months; S. Frank; Thomas, who resides on the home farm in Salem Township, and married Constance Beebout; and Abraham Dana, who married Anna MacMillan, a daughter of George W. MacMillan. Mrs. Hobson died January 26, 1892, and was buried in the U.P. cemetery. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hobson is politically a Republican.  Return to Family Tales
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