BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Pages 503-504.

 
EDWARD L. HOBSON is one of six children born to Stephen and Margaret 
Hobson. The former was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, and the latter in 
Belmont county, same state. The father died in July, 1887, at the age of 
fifty-seven years. Their children are: Rebecca, died in 1889; Edward, 
Joseph, a prominent physician of Cleveland, Ohio; Alice, died in 1886; Mary 
and Clarence, both living with their mother. Edward L. was born March, 
1860, and was raised in Flushing, where his father was engaged in the 
mercantile business for twenty- five years. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hobson 
were members of the Society of Friends, and the family were members of the 
same by birthright. Edward obtained a good education, spending two terms at 
the Friends college, of Barnesville, in connection with other schooling. 
After leaving college he entered his father's store and continued in this 
business until 1889, since which time he has been engaged exclusively in 
the wool business. Mr. Hobson has been buying and selling wool more or less 
since 1878, but since he has given his time solely to this interest, he has 
increased his business until in the past year he bought the enormous 
quantity of 135,000 pounds of wool. In May, 1885, he was married to Miss 
Sarah Alma Mills, a daughter of Elias and Mary (Brown) Mills. Two children 
are the issue of this union: Harold A., born April 3, 1886, and Francis H., 
born June 30, 1889. Mr. Hobson is thoroughly informed in all the details of 
his business, and is rapidly coming to the front as one of the largest wool 
dealers of the state. Mrs. Hobson is a communicant of the Methodist 
Episcopal church of Flushing, and both she and her husband are prominent in 
the cultivated circles of Flushing and vicinity.