History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p.
700.

WILLIAM P. MOBBERLY, deceased, was born in Prince William County, Va.,
June 14, 1811.  His parents were John G. and Martha (Hardin) Mobberly,
natives of Maryland.  William P. was the eldest of eleven children. 
When he was some four years old he came with his parents to Nelson
County and settled near Bardstown.  He afterward moved with his parents
to Ohio County, Ky., and settled near Fordsville.  He remained on the
old homestead with his father until his marriage to Lucy Haynes, Nov.
26, 1835.  She was born in Ohio County, Ky., April 8, 1815.  She was a
daughter of William and Jane (McGuire) Haynes, natives of Virginia and
Anderson County, Ky., respectively.  After Mr. and Mrs. Mobberly were
married they moved to Daviess County, Ky., and settled in the timber of
Masonville Precinct, where his wife still resides and where he died,
July 29, 1872.  He was a Mason and had been a member for thirty years. 
He was also a member of the Baptist church.  He and wife had a family of
eleven children--John S., born Sept. 3, 1837, married Mary A. Martin,
and is a farmer in Owensboro; William H., born Sept. 14, 1838, remained
on the old home until twenty-three, when he went to Paducah, Ky., and
ran a tobacco factory for two years; he then returned to Daviess County
and married Nannie R. Yewell, April 29, 1869.  She was born in Daviess
County, Ky., and was a daughter of Harrison and Sarah (Lewis) Yewell,
old settlers of Daviess County, Ky.  After his marriage he went to
Meridian, Miss., and engaged in the wholesale liquor trade for eighteen
months.  He then settled on the old homestead, where he has since
resided.  He and wife are both members of the Baptist church.  Mr.
Mobberly is a Mason and a demitted member of the John J. Daveiss Lodge,
Masonville Precinct.  He owns half interest in a farm of 200 acres.  He
is engaged in raising tobacco, corn, hay, horse, cattle and hogs, but
pays special attention to the culture of tobacco.  In politics he is a
Democrat.  Emma R. was born May 16, 1840; died April 20, 1841.  James M.
was born July 7, 1841, and married Mollie Noel and resides at Long View,
Texas.  He was in Captain Noel's Confederate cavalry.  Samuel H. was
born Sept. 10, 1842, and married Laura Bennett.  He is manager of the
Stamboul plantation, Illawara postoffice, East Carroll Parish, La.  He
was a member of Noel's Kentucky Confederate cavalry.  Elizabeth, born
Feb. 5, 1846; died March 22, 1859.  Nannie J., born Nov. 25, 1847, is
the wife of Dr. F. M. McGruder.  Chas. L. was born May 2, 1851, and
married Sue Gordon.  Mary and Sarah (twins) were born Dec. 9, 1853. 
Sarah married J. F. Hite, May 21, 1872; they reside in Whitesville where
he has a drug store.  Mary married J. B. Burton Oct. 27, 1881.  They
reside on their farm in Boston Precinct.  Almarion, born March 14, 1858,
was formerly engaged in the drug business at Whitesville; he now owns
half interest in the old homestead farm, where he is engaged with his
brother in farming.  Mrs. Mobberly still survives her husband.  She is
now in the sixty-eighth year of her age.  She has been a member of the
Baptist church since nineteen years of age.  She is of Irish and English
descent, her grandfather having come from Ireland. 

Mobberly Hardin Haynes McGuire Martin Yewell Lewis Noel Bennett McGruder
Gordon Hite Burton
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