Hugh S. Jobe


Hugh S. Jobe - Jane 'Jenny' Lawrence
My Own Jobe Branch

Son of Nathan Jobe and Martha Ann Azbell

2nd cousin to my 2nd great grandfather, Jesse Jobe

My Picture My Jobe Ancestors (Ann Jobe Brown--me)
Andrew Sr - Andrew Jr - Caleb - Samuel - Isaac - Eli B. - Jesse - Caleb - Jessie William - Earl Frederick
Intermarriages
Vernon - MacKay - McIntire - Brewer - Mears - Davis


Hugh S. Jobe

--b. January 22, 1827 Lawrence Co., TN
--d. January 9, 1881 Washington Co., AR
----buried Evergreen Cemetery, Washington Co., Arkansas
--m. Jane 'Jeney' LAWRENCE
--October 5, 1846 Washington Co, AR
----b. December 6, 1829 Arkansas
----d. May 6, 1913 Washington Co., AR
------buried Evergreen Cemetery, Washington Co., Arkansas
------d/o James Lawrence and Sarah ANDERSON
--------gd/o George Lawrence and Susannah --
----------gt gd/o Adam Lawrence
--------gd/o James B. Anderson

NATIVE HERITAGE for these descendants

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Biography

Letter written by Hugh Volney Jobe about his father and early life

CHOCTAW NATION STORY

People talk about the good days, and some say they would not go back to them and have to live again and go through life as we did them. Some say give us the good old days and - say amen.

In 1875 my father moved to the Choctaw Nation, what is now Leflore County Oklahoma. Father was a blacksmith and the few people that lived around, would come to his shop and getting acquainted they would come in Sunday afternoon and have games of some kind, pitching horseshoes or playing marbles, mostly Indians, some whites. The Indians were full-bloods and they would go through a whole evening without ever saying a word but they were continually laughing. The white man always had a gun strapped on him but you never heard a cross word from anyone.

There was a small settlement where we lived and then it was miles to another. If an Indian had a house near any road the door was always on the opposite side of the house from the road. There was deer and turkey and squirrels all over the country and any time you wanted to kill a deer or a turkey or get a mess of squirrels all you had to do was go out in the woods and get them. The woods was full of hogs, some were wild and never saw an ear of corn and would fight if you got them cornered. They would get fat in the fall on the acorns and if you wanted to kill a hog you could get an Indian to go with you and he would give you permission to kill as many as you wanted of unmarked hogs: I thought the best hog meat I ever ate.

We learned to talk some of their language, I could count to 100 in Choctaw but have forgotten most that I knew, can count to ten yet. Brother Mc could sit down and hold a conversation wilth a full-blood as easy as a white man. When an Indian was your friend you had a friend you could depend on. One old Indian was always talking about Massipi, he would say last year me caught a little cub bout so big, most big nuff. That was always his hobby, he was getting old and seemed childish and he would remember when he lived in Mississippi, he looked back as that was his home.

Good old days gone forever, but I would willingly live them again. I remember the time an Indian boy came to the shop. It was summer time and he was lying on the ground and had on a new pair of Brogan shoes. Father said to him, "How much did you give for your shoes?" He said "sixbits" and father said you got a cheap pair of shoes and the boy said, " and a dollah". He had paid $1.75 for them but that was the say he expressed it.

It was 30 miles to Fort Smith and the people had to haul their cotton there after they had it ginned. I have seen a wagon with the wheels made out of cuts from a large sycamore tree, loaded with 5 bales of cotton and 4 and 5 yoke of oxen pulling it, going to Fort Smith to market. They had all mud roads and some of it Poteau bottom. There were two ferries or ferrys on Poteau and some times we had to ferry to get to Fort Smith. I left there in 1883 and went to the Cherokee Nation near Vinita. I can remember when there was only one house between Southwest City Mo. and Garry's ferry on Grand River and very few houses between Grand River and Vinita. It was all prairie and the finest of grass.

In the latter part of the eighties and fore part of the nineties they would ship train loads of cattle from Texas up in that country to range through the summer, old Texas longhorns. At that time there were thousands of prairie chickens in that part of the country, but I have not been through that part of the country since 1896. Guess man has spoiled the beauty of it all.

H.V. Jobe


Chronology


Children


  1. Martha Susan (Jobe) Jackson

    --b. November 18, 1847 Washington Co., AR
    --d. June 25, 1934 San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas
    ----buried Holy Cross Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina Co., Texas
    --m. Nicholas Springfield JACKSON
    --abt 1866 Arkansas
    ----b. March 14, 1845 Bentonville, Benton Co., AR
    ----d. June 17, 1925 Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas
    ------buried Holy Cross Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina Co., Texas

  2. Americus G. 'Marcus' 'Mack' Jobe

    alias Frank 'Mack' McKinney

    --b. January 24, 1850 Washington Co., AR
    --d. January 30, 1929 Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona

    --m/1 Mary Sophia Elizabeth HASTINGS
    --March 10, 1867 Benton Co., AR
    ----b. abt 1851 Benton Co., AR
    ------d/o James Montgomery Hastings and Harriet Rozanna DAVIDSON

    --m/2 Angeline 'Annie' STINNETT
    --March 24, 1871 Washington Co., AR
    ----b. abt 1854 Pike Co., AR
    ------d/o John Stinnett and Mary 'Polly' CARLOCK

    --m/3 Nova Zembly 'Emily' McKINNEY
    --abt 1875
    ----b. January 1856 Franklin Co., AR
    ----d.1910/1920 probably New Mexico or Arizona
    ------d/o Wiley Boley McKinney and Mary WELDON

  3. LeeRoy Montrer Jobe

    --b. July 2, 1852 Washington Co., AR
    --m/1 Martha SCOTT
    --June 6, 1872 Benton Co., AR
    --m/2 Emily Josephine SMITH
    --May 7, 1876 Washington Co., AR
    ----b. 1857 Tennessee
    --m/3 Serilda Ella 'Saraella' RICHARD
    --October 7, 1880 Sebastian Co., AR
    ----b. September 3, 1866
    ----d. November 14, 1952
    --m/4 Stilla -
    --BEFORE 1910
    ----b. abt 1842 Arkansas

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    Serilda Ella (Richard) Jobe Scruggs, 3rd wife of LeeRoy Montrer Jobe, and her son Lee Jobe
    Photo: Courtesy of Todd Jobe

    Serilda Ella (Richard) Jobe Scruggs and son, Lee Jobe

  4. George Milton Jobe

    --b. January 26, 1855 Washington Co., AR
    --d. 1859 Washingotn Co., AR
    ----buried Evergreen Cemetery, Washington Co., AR

  5. Nathan Edra Jobe

    --b. June 18, 1857 Washington Co., AR
    --d. October 15, 1909 Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR
    --m/1 Mary Ellen McFARLAND
    --abt 1882
    --m/2 Susie MATHEWS
    --BEFORE 1900
    ----b. abt September 1839 South Carolina
    ----d. AFTER 1900

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    Nathan Edra Jobe
    Photo: Courtesy of Bill Harvey

    Nathan Edra Jobe

  6. Sterling Price Jobe

    --b. September 14, 1859 Washington Co., AR
    --d. November 2, 1939 Los Angeles, California
    ----buried Compton Cemetery, Compton, CA
    --m. Margaret R. 'Maggie' BRIGGS
    --abt 1902
    ----b. 1874 Missouri
    ----d. 1958/59 Compton, California
    ------buried Compton Cemetery, Compton, CA

  7. Jefferson V. Jobe

    --b. July 2, 1862 Washington Co., AR
    --m. Nelia MATHEWS

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    Jefferson V. Jobe and wife, Nelia (Matthews)
    Photo: Courtesy of Bill Harvey

    Jefferson V. Jobe Nelia (Matthews) Jobe

  8. Nicholas M. Jobe

    --b. June 26, 1866 Washington Co., AR
    --d. January 22, 1883

  9. Hugh Volney Jobe

    --b. January 19, 1869 Prairie Grove, Washington Co., AR
    --d. October 13, 1951 Elk City, Beckham Co., Oklahoma
    ----buried Strong City Cemetery, Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma
    --m. Cynthia Jane WEBB
    --October 17, 1886 Washington Co., AR
    ----b. July 4, 1859 West Fork, Washington Co., Arkansas
    ----d. June 17, 1939 Hamon, Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma
    ------buried Strong City Cemetery, Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma

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    Hugh Volney Jobe - Cynthia Jane (Webb) Jobe
    Photo: Courtesy of William 'Bill' Harvey

    Hugh Volney Jobe Cynthia (Webb) Jobe

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    Strong Cemetery - Roger Mills Co., Oklahoma
    Tombstones of Hugh V. and Cynthia (Webb) Jobe
    Photos: Courtesy of William 'Bill' Harvey

    Strong City Cemetery Entrance

    Hugh Volney Jobe tombstone Cynthia (Webb) Jobe tombstone

  10. Mary Belle Jobe

    --b. May 31, 1873 Washington Co., AR
    --d. February 6, 1882 Washington Co., AR
    ----buried Evergreen Cemetery, Washington Co., Arkansas


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