Edward Moore McCandless (1892-1971)

Edward Moore McCandless was born in 1892 in Kentucky.  He was the son of John William McCandless and Carrie Day Humphrey. 

Edward married Myrtle Hobbs on February 20, 1912 in Nelson County, Kentucky.  He was 20 years old and she was 16 years.  Myrtle was born on January 15, 1896 in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky, the daughter of George Edward Hobbs and Salena Knightly.

Myrtle passed away just five years after her marriage to Edward.  She died on March 5, 1917 in Nelson County, Kentucky, and was buried in Chaplin.

In 1920, Edward was living in Callensville, Pendleton County, Kentucky.  He was rooming with his married sister, Ethel Denny, and her husband, John.  Edward and John were both employed as laborers on a farm.

Edward remarried sometime between 1925 and 1930.  His new bride, Josephine Barnett, had been married once before as well. 

Josephine was born about 1893 in Kentucky.  Her first marriage was around 1917 and she had at least one child: 

Margrete Barnett         born 1925

In 1930, Edward, Josephine, and Margrete were living in Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky.  Edward was employed as a building carpenter and was also listed as a veteran of the World War.  He and his family lived near the home of Myrtle’s uncle, John Thomas Hobbs, and his wife, Sallie. 

    

Edward Moore McCandless died on November 29, 1971 at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, at the age of 79 years.  He was a widow at his death, indicating that Josephine died sometime between 1930 and 1971.

Notes for Myrtle Hobbs

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Marriage to Myrtle:  FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979

Notes for Edward Moore McCandless

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.  Certificate: 084576; Volume: 20671

Marriage to Myrtle:  Ancestry.com Family Tree for Myrtle Hobbs

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place:  Callensville,  Pendleton,  Kentucky; Roll: T625_595; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 154; Image: 215.

Residence & Occupation in 1930 & Marriage to Josephine:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Taylorsville, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: 776; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 363.0.

Notes for Josephine (maiden name unknown)

Birth:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Taylorsville, Spencer, Kentucky; Roll: 776; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 363.0.

  

Carroll Hobbs (1907-1909)

Carroll Hobbs

Son of George Edward Hobbs & Salena Knightly

Carroll Hobbs was born on June 8, 1907 in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.  He was the sixth of seven children born to George Edward Hobbs and Salena Knightly.  He was raised on the family farm in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.

Carroll only lived a short 22 months.  He died on April 1, 1909 in Chaplin, Nelson, Kentucky.

Notes for Carroll Hobbs

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com Family Tree for Carroll Hobbs

Dwight Hobbs (1902-1963)

Dwight Hobbs

Son of George Edward Hobbs & Salena Knightly

Dwight Hobbs was born on October 23, 1902 in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.  He was the fifth of seven children born to George Edward Hobbs and Salena Knightly.  He was raised on the family farm in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.

On November 23, 1923, Dwight married Anne Loreen Thomas in Nelson County, Kentucky.  He was 21 years old and she was 19 years.  Anne was born on March 30, 1904 in Kentucky.  They had at least four children:

            Leroy               born November 20, 1924

            Paul                 born March 26, 1926

            Wilma              born February 15, 1928

            Daniel              born April 25, 1932

After their marriage, Dwight and Anne lived in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  Around 1927, they moved their family to Nelson County, where Dwight was employed as a farm laborer.  They lived on Ashes Creek Road, near the home of Dwight’s sister, Alma Satterly and her husband, Clyde.

Dwight Hobbs died on November 20, 1963 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  He was 61 years old at his death.

Notes for Dwight Hobbs

Birth, Marriage & Death:  Ancestry.com Family Tree for Dwight Hobbs

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: 772; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 545.0.

Notes for Anne Loreen Thomas

Birth:  Ancestry.com Family Tree for Dwight Hobbs

Children:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.  Original data: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.

 

Alma Ruth Hobbs (1897-1980)

Alma Ruth Hobbs

Daughter of George Edward Hobbs & Salena Knightly

 

Alma Ruth Hobbs was born on October 15, 1897 in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.  She was the third of seven children born to George Edward Hobbs and Salena Knightly.  She was raised on the family farm in Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky.

Alma married Clyde Everett Satterly around 1920 in Nelson County, Kentucky.  She was 21 years old and he was 30 years.  Clyde was born on February 26, 1889 in Kentucky, the son of Jack Satterly and Sallie Monroe. 

Clyde and Alma raised their children on a farm on Ashes Creek Road in Nelson County, Kentucky.  They were the parents of at least four children:

            Edward Randolph          born 1921

            Pauline                           born June 5, 1925

            Mary Emogene                born 1929

            Alice M.                         born July 11, 1933

Alma Ruth Hobbs Satterly died on January 28, 1980 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.  She was 84 years old at her death.  Clyde died just two months after.  Clyde Everett Satterly died on March 17, 1980 in the same place.  He was 91 years old.

Notes for Alma Ruth Hobbs

Birth & Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Number: 307-28-6028; Issue State:  Indiana; Issue Date: Before 1951.

Notes for Clyde Everett Satterly

Birth & Death:  Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.  Number: 303-16-0478; Issue State: Indiana; Issue Date: Before 1951.

Occupation & Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5,  Nelson,  Kentucky; Roll: 772; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 544.0.

 

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.