Sheffey Hobbs

parents: Esquire Monroe Hobbs and Mary Ann Fleenor

	*Birth:* 28 Oct 1861 Washington Co, VA
	Death: 05 Jul 1933 Kinderhook, Washington, VA
	*Burial:* Cedar Grove Cemetery, Washington Co, VA

Marriage #1

Martha A Shaffer

1897

Children

Ida Mae Hobbs		28 Jun 1897
Dulcie Rose Hobbs		18 Dec 1898
Sheffey Garland Hobbs		08 Apr 1904
Luba Carlisle Hobbs		22 Jun 1907
Sylvan Julian "Tom" Hobbs		16 Jan 1910

children of Sheffey Hobbs and Martha A (Shaffer) Hobbs

Sources

1870 Federal census	Kinderhook, Washington, VA - age 8 (view census information)
1880 Federal census	Kinderhook, Washington, VA - age 18 (view census information)
1900 Federal census	illegible (view census information)
1910 Federal census	Kinderhook, Washington, VA - age 48 (view census information)
1920 Federal census	Kinderhook, Washington, VA - age 58 (view census information)
1930 Federal census	Kinderhook, Washington, VA - age 68 (view census information)
Ancestry.com	Social Security Death Index; WWII service records; Korean War Casualty File;
VA State Library (microfilm)	Virginia death records (personally viewed and copied)
The Oregonian, Portland, OR	Obituaries: Sylvan Julian Hobbs and Sylvan J Hobbs
National Archives, Washington D C	AAD (Access to Archival Database)
Mountain View Cemetery, Bristol, Virginia	Tombstones (viewed and photographed)
Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon	Tombstones (viewed and photographed)
Fleenor Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Washington Co, VA	Tombstones (viewed and photographed)
Sproles Cemetery #307, Washington Co, VA	Tombstones (viewed and photographed)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Washington Co, VA	Tombstones (viewed and photographed)
Find-A-Grave volunteer Jacinda Gilliam	Tombstone photos - Tri-cities Memory Gardens, Blountville, Sullivan, TN
Family records	Records and photos belonging to Benjamin Hobbs
Family records	Records belonging to Laila Larsson
Family research	Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

Miscellaneous Information

1) Wife of Sheffey Hobbs: Martha Alice Shaffer - born 02 Apr 1869 VA; died 02 Dec 1959; death certificate; cause of death cause of death: Peritonitis due to diverticulitis; colon. buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Washington Co, VA - see tombstone photo below; daughter of John Shaffer and Harriet Shelley.

2) We have a copy of Sheffey's death certificate; cause of death: heart and chronic nephritis.

Photos and/or signatures

Sheffey and Martha Hobbs with their
daughters Ida Mae and Dulcie Rose

c. 1900

thanks to Benjamin Hobbs for this photo

Sheffey Hobbs and his wife
Martha (Shaffer) Hobbs

unknown date

thanks to Benjamin Hobbs for this photo

Sheffey Hobbs and his wife Martha Alice (Shaffer) Hobbs

Cedar Grove Cemetery
Washington Co, Virginia

photos taken by Debra Branigan