Letter from Ike T. Jobe to Capt. J. M. Jobe - February 25, 1900
THE JOBE FAMILY
The Ohio Branch is Closely Related to the Missouri BranchW.L. Jobe of this city, presented us with a copy of the Jefferson City, (MO.) Daily Press, in which we find an interesting account of the Jobe Family; The author of the article is a cousin of William or plain Bill who has an army record that any man might be proud of. Bill is a Kansan from way back, upon whom there are no flies and does not doff his cap to the scions of North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Ohio or old Missouri. He is the old stump, root and sprout and "paddles his own Canoe" as happy as a lord: Capt. J. M. Jobe has recently been looking up some family history by correspondence and otherwise. Here is a letter received from a cousin in Ohio.
"Troy, O., February 25, 1900-Capt. J. M. Jobe, Park Place, Jefferson City, Mo.-
My dear cousin;
Your to hand and will say I was so glad to read your letter and get the photo, for I am proud of it; only wish I had one to send you , but just now am shy, will in due course of time get one and send you. Now, your letter brings to mind my father knew your father well; have heard him speak of him and they closely related; we are all related to the Tiptons; old Gen Tipton who fought Sevier, was a noted general; my father' father lived to be 102 years old and died in Georgia; he was in three different wars and had thirteen sons, seven of them were in the Rebel army and the six in the Union army, and there are only three of them dead. Capt. Sam Jobe, who commanded troop in cavalry at the battle of Shiloh and did it to perfection; was killed at the last battle of Seven Pines, he and his horse by a shell. It was said he was the finest looking man in the army. My father was one of the thirtheen men who was made a colonel of his regiment from a private soldier; was wounded fourteen times in action and was 89 years old when he died. A team of horses run away with him and threw him back out of his buggy, broke his back and two ribs and yet he lived more than seven weeks afterward and died then from the effects of one of the wounds, so the doctors all said. Seven of his brothers are doctors. Dr. Abraham Jobe lives at Elk Park, N.C., he is 88 years old; has been a practicing surgeon for over 59 years; was President Andrew Johnson's doctor all the time he was in congress and in the United States senate and while he was Vice-President and President, and attended him in his last illness when he died. If you ever see the picture of the death-bed scene of President Johnson you will see that the doctor is Abraham Jobe, and I tell you he is a grand man; it is told by him that he never took a chew or a smoked or drank in his life, or swore an oath. This is his record I cannot say myself, for I will do both sometimes, see My other uncles live in Texas, Arkansas and Georgia-all doing well and are fine looking men. I have two cousins living in Baltimore, one is named John A. Jobe and the other D. M. Jobe. Deputy warden of Virginia penitentary at Richmond Va. his name is Horace Jobe. I have an only brother John A. lives in Knoxville, Tenn; in wholesale book store. Miss Hattie Jobe, married Gov. Robt. L. Taylor, three time govenor of Tennessee and eight years a member of congress; he is a Democrat and fine fellow. Miss Eunice Jobe married Frank W. McChensey, private Secretary of Gen Dole, President of the provisional government of Honolulu, H. L. and owns three fine sugar plantations. They are all good people, I being the only scrub in all the Jobe Lay-out yet I have been three times mayor of the city in Tennessee where I was born and raised; was four years Railroad Comissioner; was one of the World's Fair comissioners at Chicago; was county judge one term and then captian in army. Do wish I could see you, dear people, and talk over all the Jobes; it would do me much good. Let me hear from you often.
Love to your mother and yourself, I am your cousin,
CAPT. IKE T. JOBE , 121 W. Main Street, Troy, O.
