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Hobson, Ruth

Personal Information
Last Name Hobson
First Name Ruth
Middle Name
Maiden Name Kemp
Death Date 2/16/1899
Birth Date 2/8/1816
Obituary Source Martinsville Republican, March 2, 1899
Source Information Cemetery index/Friends Records
Cemetery West Union
Family Information
Spouse Jose Hobson (died 1894)
Survived By Two sons; 1 daughter; several grandchildren.
Other Age 83. "...died at her home near Monrovia...She was born in Chatham County, North Carolina...She was the daughter of Josiah and Dinah Kemp, both deceased...Married Jose Hobson 17 December 1836 and to them were born 9 children. She, her husband, and 4 children came to Indiana in the spring of 1864 and settled near Monrovia, where they lived, except for about 10 years spent in Iowa...[Since the death of her husband] she has lived with her daughter, Abigail R. Hunt."
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