Dr. Abraham J. Jobe and Sophronia Poteet

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Dr. Abraham Jobe - Excerpt from Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee, Carter County pg. 1295-6 Dr. Abraham Jobe was born near Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee, October 9, 1817, the son of Joshua and Ruth (Tipton) Jobe. The former was born in Washington County before the State of Tennessee was formed on September 15, 1785. He was the son of David Jobe, who emigrated to this new country, about 1777, from Shenandoah County, Virginia. He owned and resided on the farm where Johnson City now stands, and died there about 1799.
Documents
1870 Carter Co., TN Census
1875, August 5, Sedalia Daily Democrat, Dr. Jobe summoned for to Ex-President Andy Johnson's bedside
Main Marker for Jobe - Poteet Plots - located Highland Cemetery, Elizabethton, Carter Co., Submitted by Donna Briggs
Dr. Abraham Jobe (1817 - 1906) - buried Highland Cemetery, Elizabethton, Carter Co., TN. He was s/o Joshua Jobe and Ruth Tipton and gs/o David Job and Abigail Denton and gt gs/o Abraham Job and Elizabeth MacKay. Submitted by Donna Briggs
Sophronia (Sopheet) Jobe (1826 - 1912) - m. Dr. Abraham Jobe August 8, 1844 Brownsville, NC. Submitted by Donna Briggs
Children of Dr. Abraham Jobe and Sophronia (Poteet) - buried Highland Cemetery, Elizabethton, Carter Co., TN. One marker for the children who died as babies or young children - Julia, John, Sophronia, James and Loranza. Submitted by Donna Briggs