Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Hobson, Aaron Donald 1864 - 
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Author: Jackson Morrow

AARON DONALD HOBSON.

   One of the leading citizens and representative farmers of Clay township,
Howard county, Indiana, is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this
brief review. His has been an eminently active and useful life, but the limited
space at the disposal of the biographer forbids more than a casual mention of
the leading events in his career, which, in our opinion, will suffice to show
what earnest endeavor and honesty of purpose rightly applied and persistently
followed will lead to—unqualified success.

   Aaron Donald Hobson was born near New London, Monroe township, Howard county,
April 10, 1864. His father was Elihu Hobson, who was a native of North Carolina,
and his mother was Sarah King, a native of Maryland. They came to Howard county
with their parents when both were quite young. When they grew up they married
and settled in this county, where they still reside. having reached an advanced
age. They reared a family of eight children, of whom our subject was the fifth
in order of birth. He was reared in Monroe township and lived at home until he
was twenty-four years old, assisting with the farm work and attending the
neighborhood schools at intervals, receiving a good common school and academic
education. He followed threshing for sixteen years and has since engaged in
farming exclusively. He owns twenty-seven acres of good land.

   Mr. Hobson was married in Howard county, November 24, 1887, to Addie M. Long,
who proved to be a most worthy helpmeet. She was the daughter of Robert M. Long,
an influential man in his community. After a faithful and happy life with the
subject, Mrs. Long was called to her reward June 14, 1896. Two children were
born to this union,—Russell M. and Mary F.

   Mr. Hobson was again married November 10, 1897, to Ida May Davis, a woman of
fine traits, the daughter of Ephraim Davis, of Tipton, Indiana, and to this
union one daughter has been born, who answers to the name of Edna May.

   Mr. Hobson has been a resident of Clay township since about 1890. He has
filled the responsible position as trustee of his township in a most creditable
manner since January 1, 1905. He is a member of the Friends church, and has
always been in league with the Republican party, and being a man well versed in
general political affairs and a public-spirited citizen, his influence is always
felt at local elections and he is looked upon as a man thoroughly in sympathy
with any movement looking to the betterment or advancement in any way of his
community, where he has always been regarded as a man of sterling honesty and
worth and worthy of the utmost confidence and respect, which his fellow citizens
have been free to accord owing to his upright and industrious life.



Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY INDIANA
BY
JACKSON MORROW, B. A.
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

(circa 1909)

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