Edward Henry Hobson

Birth Date

1825-07-11

Death Date

1901-09-14

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Green County, Kentucky, merchant, saddler, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William and Lucy Ann Hobson. Married to Kate A. Hobson. Father of William A. Hobson, Anna Mary Hobson, Atwood Monroe Hobson, John A. Hobson, Edwena Hobson, and Bettie M. Hobson. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a first lieutenant in the U.S.-Mexican War. Merchant in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Director of the Greensburg Branch Bank of Kentucky in 1853. President of the Greensburg Branch Bank of Kentucky from 1857 to 1861. Saddler in Green County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from January 1, 1862, to March 13, 1863. Promoted to Brigadier General in March 13, 1863. Mustered out in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 1, p. 119A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District No. 2, p. 625-626. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg, p. 433. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M616, Roll 017. James Grant Wilson and John Fiske (eds.), Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography Volume 3 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 222-223. The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-1865, vol. 8 (Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company, 1908), p. 130-131. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p.855, 870. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0265. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M616, Roll 0017. Find A Grave, "Edward Henry Hobson (1825-1901)," Memorial #5894138, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5894138/edward-henry-hobson (accessed July 9, 2018).

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