Grandpa was born 1871 in Jobe Township in Oregon Co., Missouri. He was the first son and second child of Caleb Jobe and Martha Emily Brewer. More than likely, he was named after his two grandfathers - Jessie Jobe and William McIntire.

In 1876, as a young boy of 5, he moved with his parents to Lebanon, Collin Co., Texas where he lived until about 1889. On the 1880 census, he was listed as William Jessie.

Then at the age of 18, he moved with his parents to Rayland, Hardeman Co., Texas where his father, Caleb, was a rancher.

After becoming an adult, he was always known as Jessie.

She married Willie Allan Cox, s/o Sol Cox and Emily Painter, about 1896 persumably in Foard Co., Texas or vicinity. They had one daughter, Clara born in 1897, before divorcing.

On September 12, 1900 in Foard Co., Texas. Minnie married my grandfather, Jesse William Jobe (see picture on the right), s/o Caleb Jobe and Martha Emily Brewer.

(Make sure you check out my very extensive Jobe site).

In 1900, Jesse, who is 27, is living next door to his parents in Precint 2 of Foard Co., Texas. Minnie and her daughter, Clara, are listed in the 1900 Wilbarger Co., Texas Census. Then in 1910 Minnie and Jesse are listed on the 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas Census.

• 1880 Collin Co., Texas
  ----listed as William J. Jobe, age 7
• 1900 Foard Co., Texas
  ----listed as Jessie W. Jobe, age 27
• 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas
  ----listed as Jessie W. Jobe

In April 1919, when Daddy was 3 months old, Grandpa Jesse Jobe died in the flu epidemic that quickly spread across the U.S. and worldwide - killing thousands.

Jessie was buried at the Thalia Cemetery with a Woodman tombstone. His parents, son Walter and father-in-law, G. W. Mears, would also be buried at Thalia.

After Jesse's death, she struggled to survive and bring her family to maturity. In 1929, she would lose her son, Walter. These were lean tough times, but she survived and the family was fed and clothed.

From listening to the many stories, I've never heard of anyone doing without any of the necessities - food, water, love or shelter. In the latter years of his life, her father lived very near her or in the same household.

1. George Caleb 'Cale' Jobe

   --b. July 26, 1901 Foard Co., Texas
   --d. March 7, 1979 Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas
   --buried Bethesda Cemetery, near Garner, Parker Co., TX
   --m/1 Gladys Louise BAILEY
   --March 11, 1929 Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX
   ----b. October 14, 1911 Texas
   ----d. January 31, 1986 Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co., NM
   ----buried Military Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
   ------d/o Joe Bailey and Miss SKIPWORTH
   --m/2 Adina Lorena BLAYLOCK
   --March 11, 1939 Garner, Parker Co., Texas
   ----Details withheld for Adina (living)
   ------d/o Sidney Franklin Blaylock and Clara Belle BERKLEY
   
   

   

2. Walter Lee Jobe

   --b. November 20, 1903 Wilbarger Co., Texas
   --d. December 16, 1929 North of Rayland, Hardeman Co., Texas
   --buried Thalia Cemetery, Foard Co. Texas
   --m. Mell Vina TOWNLEY
   --October 23, 1926 Foard Co., Texas
   ----b. October 16, 1908 Margaret, Foard Co., Texas
   ----d. April 1, 2001 Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
   ----buried Thalia Cemetery, Foard Co., Texas
   ------d/o Robert Luther Townley and Lula Maude Gray
   --------gd/o James Lafayette Townley and Silvia L. HUDDLESTON
   ----------gt gs/o Timothy B. Townley and Amanda HOBBS
   ------------2nd gt gs/o Henry Morris Townley, Jr. and Elizabeth ---
   --------------3rd gt gs/o Henry Morris Townley, Sr. and Agnes RICH
   ----------gt gs/o William Huddleston and Sarah MORGAN
   --------gd/o James Buchanan Gray and Sarah Adeline TIPTON
   
   

   

3. Annie Beatrice (Jobe) Spoon

   --b. February 20, 1906 Wilbarger Co., Texas
   --d. January 23, 1996 Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas
   --buried Memory Gardens of the Valley, Palo Pinto Co., TX
   --m. Curtis Earl SPOON
   --November 15, 1924 Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas
   ----b. September 23, 1897 Santo, Palo Pinto Co., Texas
   ----d. February 8, 1936 Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas
   ----buried Memory Gardens of the Valley, Palo Pinto Co., TX
   ------s/o William Riley Spoon and Lucinda Ellen Jones
   --------gs/o Elijah Spoon and Sarah Laura BUTLER
   
   

4. William Thomas 'Bill' Jobe

   --b. August 2, 1908 Wilbarger Co., Texas
   --d. June 1, 1974 King City, Monterey Co., California
   --cremated
   --m. Emelia A. 'Emily' JACK
   --November 9, 1940 Reno, Storey Co., Nevada
   ----b. October 3, 1903 Los Angeles, California
   ----d. March 23, 1980 Santa Clara Co., California
   ------d/o William Fredrick Jack and Daisy M. Brower
   
   

   

5. Earnest Burton Jobe

   --b. December 2, 1910 Wilbarger Co., Texas
   --d. March 11, 1988 Vernon Wilbarger Co., Texas
   --buried Wilbarger Memorial Park, Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX
   --m. Elicia Adalia 'Elsie' MOERBE
   --July 8, 1933 Frederick, Tillman Co., Oklahoma
   ----b. February 3, 1915 Giddings, Lee Co., Texas
   ----d. Decmeber 15, 1986 Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas
   ----buried Wilbarger Memorial Park, Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX
   ------d/o Ernest August Moerbe and Elma Marie Czinskey
   
   

6. Martha Viola (Jobe) Gray Ashmoore Moore

   --b. March 26, 1913 Wilbarger Co., Texas
   --d. January 30, 1980 Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
   --buried Laurel Land Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
   --m/1 Edgar Ralph GRAY
   --July 24, 1937 Parker Co., Texas
   ----b. January 1, 1914 Garner, Parker Co., Texas
   ----d. July 29, 1944 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., Texas
   ----buried Bethesa Cemetery, Parker Co., Texas
   ------s/o J. P. Gray and Essie Threatt
   --m/2 Clyde William ASHMOORE
   --November 24, 1946 Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas
   ----b. ? Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
   --m/3 Ted Lyman MOORE
   --October 11, 1952 Ardmore, Oklahoma
   ----b. June 3, 1913 Oklahoma
   ----d. March 1978 state of Washington
   ------s/o Myron Lyman Moore
   
   

7. Mary Etta 'Marietta' (Jobe) Petty Gida Sunzeri

   

   --b. September 20, 1915 Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX
   --d. Dec 26, 2006 Concord, Contra Costa Co., CA
   ----buried Oakmont Cemetery, Lafayette., CA
   --m/1 Byanm Clifford PETTY
   --March 29, 1932 Frederick, Tillman Co., OK
   ----b. May 27, 1911 Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co., TX
   ----d. Ocotber 8, 1983 Monterey Co., CA
   --m/2 Stanley GIDA
   --Augsut 24, 1961 Carson City, Nevada
   ----b. November 28, 1907 Pennsylvania
   ----d. August 22, 1975 Monterey, CA
   --m/3 Frank SUNZERI
   ----b. April 21, 1914
   ----d. Feb 17, 1992 Concord, Contra Costa Co., CA
   

   

   My Father

8. Earl Frederick Jobe

   
   --b. January 2, 1919 Thalia, Foard Co., Texas
   --d. January 12, 1981 Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., TX
   --buried Moore Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX
   --m/1 Delma Lucille 'Lucy' HICKS
   --March 1, 1941 Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas
   ----b. December 8, 1919 Alvord, Texas
   ----d. August 1983 Lubbock, Texas
   --m/2 Venetia DAVIS (my mother)
   --October 25, 1949 Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
   ----license bought Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas
   --details withheld for Venetia (living)
   
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   Daddy Throughout the Years