George Edward Hobbs (1871-1949)

George Edward Hobbs

Son of William M. Hobbs & Sarah Ann Graves

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.

Grace Adkins (1887-1972)

Grace Adkins

Daughter of Marcellus Adkins & Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Grace Adkins

Grace Adkins was born November 20, 1887 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the youngest of four children born to Martelle Adkins and Harriet Artesia Wickliffe.  She was raised on the family farm in Boggess.

Grace married William Henry Feiler on December 29, 1909 in Madisonville, Kentucky.  She was 22 years old and he was 25 years.  William was born on December 11, 1884 in Kentucky, the son of Frederick G. Feiler and Cinderella Laffoon.  They were the parents of three children:

Fred                born in 1912
William           born in 1914
Charlie           born in 1928

William registered for the draft for World War I on September 12, 1918.  At that time, he and Grace were living in Clay, Webster County, Kentucky, where William was employed as a bookkeeper for the West Kentucky Coal Company.  He was described as a tall man, of medium build, with grey eyes and dark hair.

By 1920, the Feiler family was living in a home on Adams Street in Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky.  William was employed as a shipping clerk for a coal company.  They moved to Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky by 1930, where William continued his employment as a shipping clerk for a coal yard.

William Henry Feiler died on June 5, 1955 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 67 years old at his death.  Grace outlived her husband by almost 17 years.  Grace Adkins Feiler died on May 7, 1972, at the age of 84, in the same city.



Notes for Grace Adkins

Birth:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Marriage:  Ancestry.com, FamilyTree Grace Adkins

Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Number: 401-90-4702; Issue State: Kentucky; Issue Date: 1973.


Notes for William Henry Feiler

Birth, Occupation, Physical Description, and Residence in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.  Registration Location: Webster County, Kentucky; Roll: 1653847; Draft Board: 0.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Sturgis, Union, Kentucky; Roll: T625_600; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 438.

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place:  Paducah,  McCracken,  Kentucky;  Roll: 768; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 619.0.

Death:  Ancestry.com, FamilyTree Grace Adkins

 

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe (1850-1934)

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Daughter of John Davis Wickliffe and Rachel Oates Boggess

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe was born August 23, 1850 in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  She was the seventh child born to John D. Wickliffe, but the thirteenth born to Rachel Oates Boggess Wickliffe.

Harriet married Marcellus Adkins on March 12, 1879 in the county of her birth.  She was 28 years old and he was 24 years.  Marcelle was born on May 30, 1854, in the same county.  He was the son of Sanders Monroe Adkins, and Lucinda Bell, both of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

After their marriage, Marcellus and Hattie settled on a farm in Boggess, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  They relocated to Greenville, in Muhlenberg County, sometime before 1920, where Marcellus was working at a saw mill.  They were the parents of four children:

Ruby              born February 1880
Forrest            born November 15, 1881
Iola                  born June 28, 1884
Grace             born November 1887

Marcellus Adkins died on March 19, 1927, at the age of 72, shortly after suffering a stroke.  He was living in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Harriet survived her husband by just seven years.

Harriet Artesia Wickliffe Adkins died on February 3, 1934.  At the time of her death, she had been living with her son, Forrest, in a home on Cherry Street in Greenville.  Her death resulted from an arterial aneurysm.  She was 82 years old at her death.

Forrest Adkins, Iola Adkins Moore, Harriet Wickliffe Adkins, Louise Moore Martin (baby), Ruby Adkins Taggert

Iola, Ruby, & Grace Adkins

Notes for Harriet Artesia Wickliffe

Birth:  Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.

Marriage:  Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Original data: See extended description for original data sources listed by county.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.

Notes for Marcellus Adkins

Birth and Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.

Residence and Occupation in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place:  Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T9_435; Family History Film: 1254435; Page: 81.2000;            Enumeration District: 135; Image: 0369.

Residence and Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place:  Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky;  Roll: T625_593; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 422.