John Robert Hoobler,Missouri Pioneer
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John Robert Hoobler was born March 19, 1852, Rockville, Adams Co., OH to
John Reynolds and Ann Marie Tibbits Hoobler.  He came to Dallas Co. and
married Missouri Ann Gregg on June 27, 1872 in Dallas Co., MO.  Missouri
Ann was born Feb 20, 1848 in Dallas Co. and died January 20, 1874 in Red
Top, Dallas Co., MO..  John was a farmer and nurseryman, proprietor of
Midway Nursery at RedTop, MO..John and Missouri had Effie Viola Hoobler
born March 28, 1873 in Dallas Co., MO..After the death of his wife,
Missouri, he married Malissa Jane Agee, daughter of William Oliver and Mary
Elizabeth Verdot Agee of Dallas Co., MO..  John and Malissa were married
February 5, 1880, Dallas Co., MO where they raised their family.  John
purchased land in the County of Dallas, September 10, 1886 on a Swamp Land
Patent.  The 1900 Dallas County Census shows them living in Jackson
Township with the following children:  Flora M., Ida M., Henry H., William
A., Myrlie, Ona D., Ruth B.!  Articles about John's nursery, listed in the
Buffalo Reflex, November 2, 1905 issue as "J. B. Hoobler & Son", tell of
his taking orders for fruit trees in Buffalo.  Buffalo Reflex, February 6,
1908 article tells of bills being printed for an auction, 10 miles south of
Buffalo to sell his personal property on February 14 with him intending to
move to Oklahoma.  A family personal letter states that he had traded his
farm there in Red Top of 100 acres for a farm of 160 acres in Hooker, Texas
Co., OK..  In 1908 their family moved to Hooker, Oklahoma.

Thank you, Nancy Norris 5118 S. 247th West Goddard, Kansas 67052