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WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
PTyler107@aol.com
January 27, 2000
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West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Supplement Vol. 7, Hardesty’s,
Wayne County, published by Jim Comstock, Richwood, WV 1974
Elisha K. Hobbs-born in Wayne County, December 8,1856, and Nancy Ann
Watts, born in this county, October 16, 1859, were in this county, on Brush
Creek, united in marriage on the 30th day of August 1875. Their children were
born: Arthur H., August 3, 1876; Vicy B., November 25, 1878; Maggie May,
August 25,1880. The last named died September 28, 1881. Arthur and Mary A.
(Fraley) Hobbs, were the parents of Elisha K., and his wife was a daughter of
Russell and Vicy (Adkins) Watts. Arthur Hobbs was born in Russell County,
Virginia, September 10, 1818, and was among the first to settle in what is
now Stonewall District. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church (South), and took part in the organization of the first Sabbath school
of the district. He was a man of talent , which he devoted to the cause of
Christ, and he died in the triumphs of faith, November 29, 1878, mourned by
the church and community. Two brothers of Elsiha K. were in the 16th Virginia
Calvary, Confederate Army. Henry, a young man of twenty-three years, a
devoted Christian, died in the hospital at Mobile, Alabama, while in the
service. Elisha K. Hobbs is an energetic worker in the building up of the
county in the way of railroads, free schools, and all advancements. He is a
believer in prohibition and worked for that ticket in 1881. He is farming in
Stonewall District, with post office address at Tooley, Wayne County, West
Virginia.
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