Antainette HOBART

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"Norman Hobart came to Illinois in 1833 locating in Rushville, where he lived until his marriage to Ura Eaton Holiday, (sic -Ed) after which he came to Hancock County, where he located in Fountain Green Township. Mr. Hobart purchased a farm in Carthage township on which he made his home part of the time, and partly in Carthage, where he owned a carding machine. Later he bought the old grist mill on Crooked Creek, which he rebuilt, making a steam flouring mill of it, also adding a saw mill which he operated for a number of years. He then moved the mill to Carthage, operating it as a grist mill, then purchased a farm of eighty acres, one mile from Carthage, which he farmed until his death, December 13, 1878. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years, being a local preacher in that church.
He was a public-spirited man and gave his support to the Republican Party, though he was never an aspirant for office. Norman Hobart was a prosperous man of his day and was an important factor in building up the community in which he lived. He assisted in building the first wagon road from Fountain Green to Carthage. His remains were laid to rest in the Carthage Cemetery. His wife was a native of Kentucky and came to Illinois at an early day. This worthy couple were the parents of fourteen children, only two of which are now living." (Isaac and Mariah -Ed) --Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, Hobart Publishing Company, Chicago, 1907



During the afternoon of 27 Jun 1844 an armed mob in blackface overwhelmed the forces guarding the jail in Carthage, Illinois where LDS founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were being held. The mobbers stormed the jail, shot and killed the Smith brothers, and severely wounded an associate, John Taylor. Until recently, we had no information as to whether any of the three Hobart brothers living near Carthage during that period had any connection to the murders.

Joseph Johnstun is an historical analyst from Fort Madison, Iowa, which is about twenty-five miles from Carthage. He is one of the leading scholars on Nauvoo, Illinois, (Nauvoo was the nexus of the Latter Day Saints from 1839 until 1845 -Ed) and is widely considered to be the expert on the murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. According to Johnstun, writing to us in January of 2019:

"Gary- I am pleased to tell you that your family were not participants in the murders of the Smith brothers; however, they were involved in the events surrounding them in a very important and meaningful way. When the shooting commenced at the jail, Norman and his brother Joshua heard it on their farm four miles south of Carthage. They immediately headed to town. Upon their arrival, they discovered their brother Jonas was one of the guards at the jail during the attack, and considering the scene, Joshua said that it wouldn't do to leave the bodies lying in the jail and yard. So the brothers fashioned stretchers and began carrying them to a hotel on the other side of town owned by Artois Hamilton. Thankfully, Hamilton's neighbor came by with a wagon, and they were able to take the bodies that way. Once at the hotel, Joshua and Norman cleaned and shaved the men, and otherwise prepared the bodies for their journey to Nauvoo the following morning."

Norman married Ura Eaton HOLLADAY 16 Feb 1834, Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois. Ura (daughter of Moses HOLLADAY and Celia SKIRVIN) was born 02 Jul 1816, Gallatin Co., Kentucky; died 06 Apr 1883, Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois; was buried Old Carthage Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

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1900 US Census in Wakeency, Trego, Kansas as widow

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Some of the following background information is excerpted from Hobart History and Genealogy, 1632-1956, compiled by Ethel Hobart Carothers. Later facts are supported by My Ancestors, by Irene Hobart, published in the Carthage Republican, February 8, 1933. Jonas Hobart's parents were Amos Hobart (born in 1774 in Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire, died in 1842 in or near Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois) and Keziah Marshall, nee Chase (born in 1772 in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, died in 1843 in Hancock County, Illinois).
Amos' parents were Jonas Hobart, born in what was then Massachusetts on November 15, 1744, and Betty Kemp. After Jonas' brother, Isaac, was killed at Bunker Hill, Jonas joined the Continental Army and served for three years. At the Battle of Ticonderoga he was severely wounded in the cheek, but survived and collected a yearly pension of $96.00 for the rest of his life. He moved west to Illinois in 1823, died ten years later and was buried near Rushville in Schuyler County, Illinois.
Of Amos and Keziah's children, the eldest two, Jonas and Joshua C., were born in New Hampshire. The family moved to Essex, Chittenden County, Vermont, where four more children were born: Amasa, Anson, Norman, Mary Ann and Eliza Ann. They moved to Allegheny County, New York about 1816. Amasa and Mary Ann did not live to adulthood. The remaining four came to Illinois.
In addition to Jonas' family, a number of Norman's children are also buried at Webster Cemetery.

Amos married Keziah Marshall CHASE 28 Feb 1803, Nottingham West, (now Hudson) Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Keziah (daughter of Joshua CHASE and Mary HADLEY) was born 10 Jun 1772, Nottingham West, (now Hudson) Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died Nov 1842, Hancock, Illinois; was buried Old Carthage Cemetery, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois . [Group Sheet]

Moses married Celia SKIRVIN 1802, Hancock, Illinois. Celia (daughter of John SKIRVIN and Mary Ann KITCHEN) was born 27 Apr 1779, Virginia; died 28 Nov 1896, Schuyler, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

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One of about three Revolutionary War soldiers buried in McDonough County, Jonas is famous for having been shot through the cheek during the War and surviving. The musket ball and a tooth remain in the family's collection. [Info from original bio by Lewis Wetzel.]



Jonas's younger brother Isaac was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill and after learning of this, Jonas said, "I will go and take his place." He enlisted March 17, 1777, at Hollis, New Hampshire, under Lieut. James Gould, and served in Capt. House's Company, Col. Cilley's Regiment and Stark's Brigade. (Fourth Company, First Regiment, New Hampshire troops) While retreating from Ticonderoga, at the Battle of Hubberton on July 5, 1777, Jonas was hit by a musket ball in the right cheek. It knocked out three teeth, passed between the windpipe and the neck bones and lodged near the left collar bone. When extracted three days later with a pocket knife, it had settled several inches below the collar bone. After receiving this shot, he coughed incessantly and was thought to have gone into consumption. (tuberculous -Ed) Jonas was furloughed, and returned to his farm. One day while out in the field watching others put up hay, soldiers arrived looking for deserters. This infuriated him, and grabbing a pitchfork he shouted, "Get out of here or I'll pitch you to hell faster than all the devils can stow you away." His grandson, Isaac Newton Hobart, relating this story, always added that he afterwards become converted. The tooth, lost at the time, was coughed up by Jonas sixteen months later. Then, having recovered, he returned to the army where he served until his discharge in January 1, 1781. Pension: S35416 (NH); Pension Roll, July 5, 1812, April 24, 1816, April 26, 1819; transferred from Vermont.

Jonas married Elizabeth KEMP 9 Oct 1770, Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Zerubbabel KEMP and Abigail LAWRENCE) was born 04 May 1743, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 28 Jul 1834, Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Joshua married Mary HADLEY 22 Nov 1763, Nottingham West, (now Hudson) Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of Parret HADLEY and Mary HEATH) was born 20 Feb 1745, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 27 Mar 1838, Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; was buried Blodgett Cemetery, Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet]

Moses married Elizabeth HIGGINS 1777, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph HIGGINS and Sarah LNU) was born 1750, Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey; died 1842. [Group Sheet]

John — Mary Ann KITCHEN. Mary was born 1755; died Grant, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

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John was married to Mary Ann "Polly" Kitchen, whose parents were William Kitchen and Margaret Ward. Both John and Mary Ann are listed in her father's will, alongside her siblings and their spouses if they had them. Her mother died in 1787 or 1788, and the following year, John, Mary Ann and their three children joined many others who migrated to northern Kentucky. Eventually, Mary Ann would have many more children with John. Some of the Virginians that John knew that also came to KY were Asa Vallandingham, Charnock Self, Ignatius Wheeler (RevWar veteran) and many others, including some of Mary Ann's relatives. The two of them remained in northern KY for the rest of their lives. John died in 1836. Mainly, I'm writing to try to quell the misinformation regarding Mary Ann's last name. William Kitchen's will took 15 years to complete, probably because many of the beneficiaries had moved west. Thanks, Mary Lynn SKIRVIN