I have a much earlier Richard D. Hobdy (m. Elizabeth Cotton) who had a son named Alexander Rush Hobdy. Alexander named a son Richard D. Hobdy. Are you sure about the name Arthur Hobdy? ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <TNSUMNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [TNSUMNER] Smith, Sumner & Macon Counties > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: lorieeverson > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.sumner/226.1.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > She married Richard D. Hobdy (son of Arthur Hobdy) 9/9/1888. The license > was filed for in Nashville. > We know they had a baby boy to die in 1889, and they disappeared. She had > 2 more children, Beuna Mae and Dohna, and died in 1895 when Beuna (my > gggrandmother) was 3. I have her death notice that says she was buried in > Parham Cemetery, and she was Catholic. He hired and eventually married > Belle Garrett in 1899, and returned to Nashville until his death in 1921. > Arbie's parents went to Galveston, Texas shortly before the 1900 storm, > and were never heard from again. They wanted to take the girls with them, > but Richard and Belle wouldn't agree. Richard and Belle never had > children, but the girls called Belle Mama, and her sisters were their > aunts. That's all I know. I have a lead on a daughter of one of the > aunts, but that's all. > We are definitely cousins through the Robert Hobdy line! > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNSUMNER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >