George Edward Hobbs
George Edward “Ed” Hobbs was born September 20, 1871 in Nelson County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of five children born to William M. Hobbs and Sarah Graves. He was raised on the family farm in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.
Ed married Salena Knightly around 1893 in Nelson County, Kentucky. He was 22 years old and she was 18 years. Salena was born on June 4, 1874 in Owen County, Kentucky, the daughter of Elija Knightly and Melly Smith.
After their marriage, the couple made their home on a farm in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky. Ed and Salena had seven children:
Grace born October 20, 1893
Myrtle born January 15, 1896
Alma Ruth born October 15, 1897
Arleigh born 1900
Dwight born October 23, 1902
Carroll born June 8, 1907
William G. born April 1910
Robert born 1911
Salena Knightly Hobbs died on May 17, 1922 in Nelson County, Kentucky, at the age of 47. The cause of death listed was pulmonary tuberculosis. She was buried in Chaplin.
Sometime after the death of his wife, Ed found employment as a salesman for the Standard Oil Company. In 1930 he was rooming with the William Redman family in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
George Edward Hobbs died on June 5, 1949 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at the age of 77 years. The cause of death listed was coronary thrombosis and bronchial pneumonia. He was buried in Chaplin, Kentucky.
Notes for George Edward “Ed” Hobbs
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Marriage, Residence & Occupation in 1900: Year: 1900; Census Place: Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: T623_546; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 95.
Residence & Occupation in 1930: Year: 1930; Census Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky; Roll: 743; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 839.0.
Notes for Salena Knightly
Birth & Death: Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
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