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    1. Clifford Hobbs (1884-1918)
    2. Larry Whittington
    3. Carla, thanks for sending out the obituary for Clifford Hobbs that appeared in the October 3, 1918 issue of the Butler Herald. Her death was on September 29, 1918. The article mentioned several persons in her family: 1. It said she died in the home of Mrs. W. W. Douglass, her sister. Ida Hobbs, her half-sister, married Will W. Douglass. 2. It said she was deprived of a mother's love in early life. Her mother was Ellen (Watson) Hobbs who died on January 19, 1902. 3. It said her father, Mr. J. B. Hobbs, late of Columbus, met his death by accident about two years ago. Her father, James B. Hobbs was struck by a car in Columbus, GA on February 23, 1917 and died shortly thereafter since his death was reported in the Butler Herald on March 15, 1917. James B. Hobbs married Emma Hunter on November 3, 1864 and had two daughters (Ada and Ida) and four sons (Hardy, Ferney, Herschell, and Marchant). He married Ellen Watson on March 24, 1878 and had one son (Perry) and four daughters (Clifford, Mattie, Zippa, and Clinton). 4. It said she was survived by three sisters, Mrs. W.W. Douglass and Mrs. W.A. Childs, of Taylor County and Mrs. Ada Perkins, Box Springs. Also two brothers, F. Hobbs of Vera, Fla. and Herschell Hobbs of Columbus, Ga. Ida Hobbs, her half-sister, married Will W. Douglass. Clinton Hobbs, her sister, married Warren A. Childs. Ada Hobbs, her half-sister, married a Mr. Perkins. Her half-brothers were Ferney Hobbs and Herschell Hobbs. You note helped me identify Clinton's husband, Warren A. Childs, and find them in the 1920 and 1930 census. Likewise, it helped me to identify Ida's husband, Will W. Douglass, and find them in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 census. Thanks. Larry Whittington

    07/02/2005 08:06:20