Hobbs, Jacob Thomas – Obituary
Jacob Thomas Hobbs, born on July 25, 1839, in Missouri, passed away on May 25, 1918, in North Powder, Oregon, due to liver cancer. At 13, he traveled to California in 1852 and later returned to marry his childhood friend, Mary Estes. Hobbs made numerous westward trips by prairie schooner and is survived by his wife, four of their nine children, and several siblings. A son honored him by stating he was always welcomed wherever he lived.