TAYLOR COUNTY, GA - OBITS Hobbs, Andrew J. 1904 ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: John Adams traceradams@cox.net Printed in The Taylor Tracer Nov. 2004 The Butler Herald Tuesday, February 9, 1904. MR. ANDREW J. HOBBS, DEAD Mr. Andrew J. Hobbs died at the residence of his son, Mr. J.J. Hobbs, No. 1418, Tenth Avenue at an early hour Monday morning of last week, after an illness of only thirty-six hours. He was taken with congestive chill Saturday night and was unconscious until his death. Mr. Hobbs was 72 years of age and was a veteran of the civil war in which he served in the Forty Sixth Georgia regiment, and was a gallant soldier. He was of the Primitive Baptist faith. He is survived by five sons, Messrs.. J.I., G.T., and Allie Hobbs, of Columbus, Mr. J.A. Hobbs, of Hogansville, Ga., and Mr. Virgil Hobbs near Butler. His daughters are Mrs. Mollie Stewart, of Putnam, Ga., and Mrs. C.J. Woodall of Kissimmee, Fla. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. A. Parks, of Houston county, Ga. The remains were taken to Prosperity church, 12 miles south of Butler, where the funeral took place Tuesday, the interment being in the family burying ground. Additional notes: Larry Whittington Andrew J. Hobbs, born 20 Feb 1833 in Crawford County. He was the son of James Hobbs and Rebecca Merchant. He married Mary Ann Johnson on 1 Jan 1854 in Taylor County. Entries on Ancestry.com show they had 11 children. The sons listed in the Butler Herald article match well with the Ancestry records: J. I. = Jonathan J., G.T. = George T., Allie = Eli, J.A. = James A., Virgil = Homer V. Andrew J. Hobbs had a younger sister, Adeline Hobbs (the A. Parks in the article?). His older sister, Elizabeth A. Hobbs, is my g-g-grandmother. She married James Whittington in Crawford County on 26 Jul 1836, and named one of her sons Andrew J. Military Service: 46th Reg Co B. which was raised from Schley County and known as Schley Rifles. Hobbs, A. J.- private August 31, 1862 . Discharged at Charleston, S. C., on account of total deafness, April 17, 1863 . (Born in Crawford County, Ga. February 20, 1833.) He filed for pension in Taylor Co.