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PETER G. BOBB, deceased, whose portrait appears on the opposite page, was a well

known and much respected business man of Paxinos, Pa., and was born in Jackson

township, Northumberland County. September 28, 1842. He was a son of Michael M.

and Elizabeth (Gonsar) Bobb, of Jackson township, and grandson of Michael Bobb,

a native of Germany, who was the first of the family to locate in Jackson township.



  Michael M. Bobb, the father of our subject, was born September 28, 1812, at

Big Mahanoy, Pa. He grew to manhood in Lower Augusta and followed the trade of a

tailor there for about nine years. In 1852 he removed to Shamokin township,

locating at Snuff town, where he worked at the tailor trade and farming. He

later sold out and moved to Union County, near Mifflinburg, where he carried on

farming, but he subsequently moved to Rockefeller township, where he resided,

enjoying the fruits of his labor, until he departed this life at the age of

seventy-two years. His wife survived him nine years, dying at the age of

seventy-five. Mrs. Bobb was a daughter of Daniel Gonsar, a farmer of Jackson

township who lived to the age of sixty-two years. Our subject's parents were

members of the Lutheran Church. They had eleven children, namely: Mary Ann, now

deceased, who married J. A. Treats, a resident of Snufftown; Daniel, who

operates a planing mill in Sunbury, Pa.; Elizabeth, deceased, who married

William Biles of Mount Carmel, Pa.; Caroline, who was the wife of Jacob Dundore,

deceased, a cattle drover; Peter G., whose name heads these lines; Sarah, the

wife of C. Frederick Lindig, a resident of Lewisburg, Pa.; William W., deceased;

Michael, who died young; Franklin Pierce, who married Mary Bone, and now

operates a planing mill at East Lewisburg, Pa.; and Louisa, widow of James

Havens, who lives in Lewisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Bobb gave their children the

benefits of an education in the public schools.



  Peter G. Bobb lived at home until he was eighteen years of age, when he taught

school for two years, and then -clerked in a store at Paxinos for John Nesbit

for three years. He was married in 1865 to Mary Jane Fisher, a daughter of John

and Hannah (Yocum) Fisher, the former a miller of Paxinos. They became parents

of four children and the three youngest still brighten their mothers home:

Bessie, the first born, married John H. Kase, a farmer of Mayberry township,

Montour County; Carrie Belle; Alfred Cameron; and Mildred P. After 1867 our

subject went into the general merchandise business for himself at Paxinos and so

continued until 1868, when he sold out to Thomas Metz, and then he clerked for

three years. He was appointed postmaster of Paxinos and was not permitted to

relinquish his position for twenty-three years. He was also appointed ticket and

freight agent at Paxinos for the Northern Central Railroad in 1871, continuing

until 1894. He then started the business now operated by his son, and dealt in

farm implements of all kinds, harness, whips, coal and fertilizers, etc. He also

owned two farms in Ralpho township. Mr. Bobb departed this life on February 8,

1899, and the business which he placed on a firm basis is being successfully

conducted by his son, Alfred Cameron Bobb.

   

Politically Mr. Bobb was a firm adherent to the principles of the Republican

party, but was not an office-seeker. The Methodist Church found in him a worthy

and active member. He enlisted in June, 1863, in Company A, 28th Reg., Pa. Vol.

Inf., and was in service until June 27, 1863. Having lived in Paxinos for over

forty years and having attained a position of prominence in the community, his

success is often cited by his friends, who desire their children to emulate his

example.







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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)









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