James Robert 'Jim' Jobe, Sr.
--b. 1840/41 Tishomingo Co., MS
--d. December 1888 Pope Co., AR
----buried Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain, Pope Co., Arkansas
--m. Dora Elizabeth 'Lizzie' CHOATE
--April 4, 1858 Scott Co., AR
----b. 1842/43 Arkansas
----d. AFTER 1910 Gum Log Twp, Pope Co., AR
------buried Bowden Cemetery on Crow Mountain, Pope Co., Arkansas
------d/o James A. Choate and Myra A. FARMER
--------gd/o John R. Choate and Mary --
----------gt gd/o Christopher Choate and Sally -
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L. T. Bowden Cemetery - Pope Co., AR
Courtesy of Thomas Hellmer
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My Websites for James Robert
- Job(e) Legacy - Gedcom on Rootsweb World Connect
JOB(E) LEGACY
Descendants of Andrew Job Jr
per Avanell Barnes in 1992, Stratford, CT
James and Lizzie are buried in Bells Chapel Cemetery near Atkins, AR.He was a Baptist minister and died in 1938, buried at Shiloh Cemetery.
His second wife, my grandmother was Alva Duvall. They had five children. My father was Mitchell Jobe, their oldest son.
She also says James Robert Jobe's father was James Jobe
JOBE , John 1818 TN , Sarah 1820 ALA , Wesley 1843 MS , William 1842 MS , James 1840 MS , Sarah 1848 MS CHOATE, Nancy 1825 , Eliza 1847 TN
James JOBE 20 MS W. Elizabeth 17 ARK Roena J. ARK (infant-born 1860)
Oct.2,1864-Arkansas left the ConfederacyIndex to Arkansas Union Soldiers- Dam Yankees
Pvt. James R. Jobe 2nd AR Infantry Company B enlisted 9/10/1863 at Dardenelle, AR age 23 birthplace Tishomingo Co, MSHe was injured at the Battle of Prarie DeAnn-Neveda, Arkansas. He was discharged at Clarksville, Johnson Co., Arkansas
James R. Jobe 29 MS Elizabeth 27 ARK Roena Jane 10 ARK William R. 4 ARK Tennessee 2 ARK Ewing F. ARK (infant born 1870)
James R. Jobe 41 MS -TN-ALA Elizabeth 38 ARK-TN-ARK Roeany J. 21 ARK William R. 13 ARK Tennessee 11 ARK Fines E. 9 ARK Bolden S. 7 ARK James R. Jr. 5 ARK Sarah E. 3 ARK Napoleon B. 1 ARK
Obituary
James Jobe, age about 50, died the second week of December, 1888, at William Jackson's gin on Crow Mt. He fell upon the gin and was horribly mangled, dying in about three hours. He was a patron of the gin and was looking after some cotton seed when the accident occurred It is deplorable and regretable.
Arkansas Union Pension Applications
James R. Jobe Co. B 2nd AR Inf.
-type of application is widow, invalid, minor-year was 1888
-Widow is listed as Dora E. Jobe and Guardian is S.A. Boyd
C. BLACKWOOD Head 32 M 12 AR Georgia Un Addr Wife 25 M 12 4 4 AR MO AR Ollie E. daughter 11 AR AR AR William O. son 10 AR AR AR Robert son 7 AR AR AR Ethel daughter 5 AR AR AR Dora E. JOBE mother in law 67 Wd AR Un Un
If you have any old photos for any descendants of this family, please send to me at
Ann (Jobe) Brown