Details for Hobbs Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5151002501

Data

Marker Number 2501
Atlas Number 5151002501
Marker Title Hobbs Cemetery
Index Entry Hobbs Cemetery
Address
City Roby vicinity
County Fisher
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 351399
UTM Northing 3626221
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1986
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 11.7 miles west on US 180, turn north on FM 3205, about 3 miles to cemetery.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Settlers began moving into this area of Fisher County in the early 1880s. The community that developed became known as Hobbs when Roby postmaster Vachel Hobbs Anderson suggested his middle name for the new post office here. In the early 1900s, area residents Robert and Ann Hayter donated land at this site for the cemetery to serve the growing settlement. The first burial was for Indiana native Thomas J. Bone (1833-1906). Hobbs later developed north near a new school site, but Hobbs Cemetery remains as a reminder of the community's early history. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986. Incise on back of marker: Marker Provided By: Fannie W. Albert, Connie H. Tutt, Lota W. Kennedy

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