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- Subject: Re: Hobart Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 From: BILL & MARTY SMITH' bsbmd(at)pennohio.com To: Glydie Ann Nelson' glydie(at)alaska.net
In Chapter IX on Vernon Township,
pages 381 and 382, we find the following:
Luman Hobart, son of Martin and Chloe (Jennings) Hobart, was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, February 7th.
His father was a native of Massachusetts, born October 13,
1779, and his mother a native of Vermont, born in 1783. They settled in Vernon, Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1834, on the land now owned by Isaac Morford. Ten years later they removed to Michigan, and in 1855 removed to New York State, where they died. They had a family of eleven children, their names all beginning with L, viz: Lorin, Lyman, Lester, Luman, Lucy, Lemuel, Lois, Lucius, Leonard, and Lewis; one died in infancy. Martin
Hobart was a commissioned officer in the War of 1812. Luman Hobart came to Trumbull county with his parents in the fall of 1834, and has always since resided in Vernon township. He married, July 4, 1837, Rebecca Splitstone, born in Vernon July 11, 1818, and has a family of six children: Mary L, born in 1838, now wife of A Brockway, residing in Mercer county, Pennsylvania; Oscar F, born 1840, married March 7, 1872, Elvira Mifford, of Oneida county, New York, and has two children, Idelma R and Sylvia J; Clinton, born 1842, married Marilla Johnston, of Pennsylvania; Thomas C, born 1844, married Lizzie Storier, of Vernon; Dudley, born 1846, married October 16, 1872, Lydia Bates, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and has three children, Sadie L, Albert C, and Ella
May; Lima O, born 1850, married JV Bates of Pennsylvania. Three of the sons, Oscar, Clinton, and Corwin, were members of Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio National guard, served four months and were discharged with their regiment. In 1852 Mr Luman Hobart made a trip to California, being one hundred and nine days in reaching San Francisco, owing to sickness and other drawbacks, and followed mining about two
years near Grass valley. On his homeward trip in October, 1854, when out about twenty-four hours the vessel struck a rock and sank. There were a large number of passengers aboard and many lives were lost. Mr Hobart fortunately saved his life, but lost nearly all of his effects. I live in Hermitage, PA, which isn't far from Vernon Twp. Actually, I was through there yesterday. Much history in this area is shared by Pennsylvania and Ohio. I checked an 1877 history of Mercer County, PA, which I have for some of these names. Especially the Brockway name is familiar in this area. If you have further questions, drop me a line.
Marty Smith
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