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George Hobbs was a typical representative of the prominent fami- lies of North Carolina in ante-bellum days, and devoted his life to agri- cultural pursuits throughout his business career. He was not long permitted to enjoy his new home in Kentucky, however, for he died shortly after his arrival here.
George S. Hobbs was reared in Carlisle county to farm life, and throughout the period of his business career was connected with that
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pursuit. He witnessed much of the development and improvement of this county through several decades, for the family was established here at a comparatively early period. After arriving at years of maturity he married Miss Julia Ann Stephens, who was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, February 9, 1826, a daughter of Abraham and Lucretia (Seibert ) Stephens. Her mother was of Scotch descent. Her father was born in Virginia, and at an early day they came to Carlisle county, casting in their lot with the pioneer settlers, to whom the county is indebted for much of its present progress and prosperity, for they laid broad and deep the foundation upon which the later-day advance- ment has been builded. George S. Hobbs continued to engage in farm- ing until his death, which occurred on the 16th of February, 1862. His widow still survives him and is now living in Carlisle county. Both were members of the Missionary Baptist church, and Mr. Hobbs was a Democrat in his political affiliations. He possessed good business ability, and in the control of his affairs met with creditable and gratify- ing success. After the death of her first husband Mrs. Hobbs was again married, in 1863, becoming the wife of Bethel A. Slayden, who was also a farmer and who died in 1894. By her first marriage she became the mother of seven children : Sarah Frances, who is the widow of E. S. Weldon, of Clay county, Texas; Lucretia Elizabeth, the wife of Martin James, of Carlisle county, Kentucky ; Arnold Thomas; Colum- bus Haywood, of Dallas, Texas; Louisa Angeline, the deceased wife of S. W. Peery, of Carlisle county; Julia Ann, the wife of Bascom Wright, of Graves county, Kentucky; and Mary Judson, the wife of L. B. Bean, of California. To Mr. and Mrs. Slayden were born two children, Robert Lee, who is now deceased; and Mincola, the wife of Robert L. Ashbrook, of Indian Territory.
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Upon the home farm Judge Hobbs was reared, and pursued his education in Milburn Academy, in Carlisle county. In 1868 he taught his first term of school, and following the profession through several terms he was enabled to meet the expenses of his own academical course. In 1870 he went to Texas, where he engaged in teaching for a few months, and then became connected with the cattle industry as a cowboy and as a dealer in cattle. After three years spent in the Lone Star state he returned to Kentucky and took up the study of medi- cine under the direction of Dr. W. D. Senter and R. T. Hocker, of Carlisle county, and in the winter of 1873-74 he attended a course of lectures in the medical department of the University of Tennessee, at Nashville. In 1874-75 he attended Bellevue Medical College, New York, and graduated from that institution in the spring of 1875, located . at Lowes, Graves county, Kentucky, and entered upon his professional career, in partnership with his former preceptor, Dr. R. T. Hocker. There he remained until the fall of 1880, when he removed to Arling- ton, Kentucky. In 1887 he retired from the active practice of medicine and turned his attention to merchandising, which he followed for a time in Arlington. Later he further extended the field of his labors by engaging in agricultural pursuits, and for ten years prior to his election to the bench he successfully followed the occupation to which he was reared.
Since August, 1902, Judge Hobbs has made his home in Bardwell. He is a stanch Democrat in politics and is recognized as one of the leaders of the party in this locality. In 1893 he was elected to represent his district, composed of Ballard and Carlisle counties, in the general assembly and served in the house for one term, leaving the impress of his individuality and patriotic spirit upon the legislation enacted during
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that period. In 1901 he was chosen county judge of Carlisle county, and the following year took his place upon the bench, where he is now serving most acceptably, his decisions being fair and impartial, un- biased by personal prejudice or favor.
In 1876 was celebrated the marriage of Judge Hobbs and Miss Mary F. Peck, who was born upon a farm near Lowes, Graves county, Kentucky. Their children are Mary Emma, who died at the age of eight years, and Thomas Herbert and Carl Haywood, who are now in school. The parents are members of the Missionary Baptist church, with which the Judge united in 1876. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In whatever relation of life we find him-in the public service, in political circles, in professional or business life or in social relations-he is always the same honorable and honored gentleman, whose worth well merits the high regard which is uniformly given him.
JEFFERSON AUGUSTUS FARABOUGH, M. D.
Jefferson Augustus Farabough, M. D., of Clinton, Kentucky, was born in Weakley county, Tennessee, October 25, 1847, son of Thomas R. and Sallie (Ward) Farabough. The Farabough family, as far back as their history is traced, were residents of North Carolina, and Thomas R. Farabough was born in Granville, that state. When he was a lad of twelve years his father, James Farabough, removed to Henry county, Tennessee, and there settled and passed the rest of his life, and died in 1861 at the age of seventy years. He was the father of the following named children: William, Thomas R., Martha Jane, and Sula, all now deceased except Thomas R.
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Thomas R. Farabough was reared on his father's farm, and has all his life been engaged in agricultural pursuits. After his marriage, which event occurred in Henry county, Tennessee, he moved to Weak- ley county, that state, where he has continued his residence up to the present time, having reached the advanced age of eighty years. During the Civil war he was a soldier in the Confederate army, served about two years, and at the end of that time was discharged on account of failing health. He has long affiliated, politically, with the Democratic party and, religiously, with the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which church his wife also was a consistent member. She died in 1890, at the age of sixty-five years. The names of their children are as fol- lows: Jefferson A .; Ballard S., of Hickman county, Kentucky; Bettie, wife of F. M. Roberts, of Henry county, Tennessee; Elnora, deceased wife of W. W. Pirtle; Udora, deceased, was the first wife of W. W. Pirtle; Emma, who died in infancy ; Wylie W., an attorney of Paris, Tennessee; Belle, wife of James Chambers, of Obion county, Tennessee; Sallie, wife of J. H. Shelton, an attorney of Clinton, Kentucky ; and James, of Weakley county, Tennessee.
Jefferson A. Farabough, the eldest of the family above named, was reared on his father's farm and received his early education in the country schools near his father's home. In 1870, at the age of twenty- three, he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Boaz, of Fulton county, Kentucky, who died that same year, leaving an infant daughter, Sallie, who is now the wife of Richard Jackson, of Humboldt, Tennessee. In 1873 Dr. Farabough married Miss Mattie Sanders, of Montgomery county, Tennessee. She bore him two children, Hettie, wife of J. W. Wood, of Clinton, Kentucky ; and John B., a farmer of Fulton county, Kentucky. The mother of these children died in 1875, and in 1878 our
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subject wedded Miss Fannie B. Rawls, by whom he has six living chil- dren, viz. : Walter, Earl, Thomas, Addie, Irene and Luradine. One child died, aged three and a half years.
When Dr. Farabough began life on his own account it was as a farmer, and after the death of his first wife he turned his attention to the study of medicine, studying and practicing first in the office of Dr. Albert Johnson, of Weakley, Tennessee, and later entering the Eclectic School of Medicine at St. Louis, where he graduated in 1876. The year following his graduation in St. Louis he was engaged in practice at Dukedom, Tennessee. The next year he spent in Arkansas, and, returning to Kentucky, located at Pryorsburg, where he practiced six years, after which he purchased a farm in the eastern part of Hickman county. On this farm he lived for a period of sixteen years, dividing his time between the cultivation of his farm and the practice of his profession. In the winter of 1892 Dr. Farabough took a post-graduate course in the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, thus further preparing himself in the line of his profession. Subsequently, in the fall of 1900, he moved to Clinton, where he has since resided.
While Dr. Farabough has farmed and practiced medicine, he has also preached, and his life in more ways than one has been a blessing to those with whom he has been associated. He embraced Christianity in the fall of 1865. In the fall of 1888 he was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and in the winter of 1890 was ordained a local deacon in the annual conference of the Memphis Con- ference.
Dr. Farabough is identified with various organizations, social and professional, among them being the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Hickman County Medical Society, Kentucky
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State Medical Association, Kentucky Eclectic Medical Association and National Eclectic Medical Association.
All his life Dr. Farabough has been a Democrat, and since becom- ing a resident of Clinton he has been a member of the city council, and is now chairman of the town board of health. He has ever espoused the cause of temperance, and is therefore and always has been much in sym- pathy with prohibition movements.
JOHN R. OWEN, M. D.
For more than a quarter of a century Dr. John Reese Owen has engaged in the practice of his profession in Arlington, and his active connection with the calling dates from 1868. He has long occupied . a position of prominence in the medical fraternity of western Ken- tucky, and receives the respect and admiration which arise not only from professional success but also from the possession of sterling traits of character. Honored and esteemed by all, there is no man more worthy of mention in the history of Carlisle county than is Dr. Owen: He was born in what is now Carlisle county, but was then a part of Ballard county, his natal day being September 15, 1839.
His paternal grandparents were Rev. John. H. and Elizabeth (Humphreys) Owen. The former was a native of Halifax county, Virginia, and from the age of twenty-one years until his death devoted his life to the work of the Christian ministry as a preacher of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church. He became one of the pioneer preachers of the denomination in Kentucky, to which state he removed from the Old Dominion when a young man. Who can say what good has re- sulted from the seeds of truth which he sowed? His influence was
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widely felt, and the localities in which he lived owed their early moral development in large measure to his efforts. He also followed agri- cultural pursuits, rearing his family upon his farm. He possessed ster- ling qualities of heart and mind, and left a deep impress for good upon his generation. His wife was a native of Caswell county, North Caro- lina, and to them were born several sons and daughters, who were reared amid the refined influences of a cultured Christian home.
Thomas Jefferson Owen, the father of Dr. Owen, was born in Warren county, Kentucky, June 8, 1808, spent his youth under the parental roof and when a young man of twenty-two years removed to Calloway county, Kentucky, settling upon a tract of land which he occupied for about two years. He then sold that property and removed to Ballard county, taking up his abode near the village of Cunningham, but later removed to a farm near Spring Hill, and here he spent many years, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits with creditable and gratifying success. He married Miss Garthena Willingham, who was usually known by the given name of Gettie. Her father, Jarrett Willingham, was one of the pioneer settlers of Hickman county. Mrs. Owen died in 1844, leaving three children: Margaret Elizabeth, who became the wife of Joel B. Reese and died in 1902; John Reese, whose name introduces this record; and James Thomas, who died in 1851 aged nine years and some months. The father, long surviving his wife, died at the home of the Doctor in Arlington, on the 22d of De- cember, 1888, having passed the eightieth milestone on the journey of life. Both were laid to rest in the family graveyard upon the old home farm near Spring Hill. They were ardent and faithful members of the Missionary Baptist church, and for many years the father was a notable and prominent citizen of this region. He engaged in mer-
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chandising for some time, and also served as postmaster at Obion, a postoffice now extinct. In his political views he was a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school. A man of strong convictions, of marked courage and of fearless loyalty to whatever he believed to be right, he was regarded as one of the influential citizens of the county, and largely aided in molding public thought and feeling.
Dr. John Reese Owen was reared on the home farm, and began his education in the country schools nearby, while later he attended Milburn Academy. Determining to devote his life to the practice of medicine, he entered upon his preparation in the month of September, 1865, with Dr. George Beeler, for years one of the most eminent phy- sicians of western Kentucky, as his preceptor. After studying for two years under the guidance of Dr. Beeler, Mr. Owen attended a course of medical lectures at the University of Louisville and then located on the old parental farm, near Spring Hill, where he began his profes-
sional career as a country physician. There he continued for four years, and then returned to the University of Louisville, where he com- pleted the regular course and was graduated on the Ist of March, 1872. Following his graduation he then returned to his country home, and resided and practiced there for five years more.
In December, 1876, Dr. Owen located in Arlington, where he has since continued his residence, and throughout the years which have since elapsed his practice lias been both extensive and lucrative. He is a member of the Carlisle County Medical Society, of which he has served as president, and he also belongs to the Southwestern Kentucky Medical Society and the International Association of Railway Sur- geons. Since 1878 he has been the local surgeon for the Illinois Central Railroad at Arlington. Concentration of purpose and persistently ap-
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plied energy rarely fail of success in the accomplishment of any task, however great, and in tracing the career of Dr. Owen, it is plainly seen that these elements have been the secret of his rise to a position of prominence. He possesses a genuine love for his work and for scientific investigation and research, and he has kept fully in touch with the advance which is continually being made by the medical fraternity in methods of practice.
In his political views the Doctor is a Democrat, and during Presi- dent Cleveland's second administration he served as postmaster of Arlington. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a Master Mason and has served for several terms as the chief officer of the blue lodge. Dr. Owen also has a creditable military record. When twenty-one years of age he left the farm, and in June, 1861, volunteered for service in the Con- federate army, becoming a member of Company A, Second Kentucky Infantry. He was soon promoted from private to second sergeant, and participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Hartsville, the sieges of Jackson and Vicksburg, the battle of Chickamauga and many skirmishes. At Hartsville he was wounded in the body, on the 7th of December, 1862, and was disabled for service for three months. At Chickamauga, September 20, 1863, he was wounded in the arm, just above the wrist, but he never faltered in the performance of his soldierly duty, no matter how much hardship it entailed. in March, 1864, he was detailed for service in the quartermaster's department, and continued to act in that capacity until the close of the war. He is now a member of James W. Moss Camp No. 1287, United Confederate Veterans, and is assistant surgeon of that organization for his brigade.
On the 7th of January, 1866, Dr. Owen was married to Miss
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Fannie J. Wray, a daughter of James H. and Celia Horn ( Ward) Wray. She was born in Calloway county, Kentucky, October 27, 1844, and died in Arlington, October 4, 1897. By this marriage nine chil- dren were born: James T., now living in St. Louis, Missouri; Lenna Buckner, a druggist of Arlington; Ada Fannie, the wife of Tom C. Pettit, of Bardwell, Kentucky; John William, of Morehouse, Missouri; Ernest Holt, also living in Morehouse; Robert Emmett, a physician of St. Louis, Missouri; Elbert Brit, a bookkeeper in St. Louis; Errett Lee and Verna Ann, at home.
In addition to his residence in Arlington, Dr. Owen owns the old family homestead, and is engaged in farming and in the culture of bees, having a fine apiary. He gives his personal supervision to these business interests, but his attention is chiefly devoted to his practice, which has steadily increased in volume and importance as the years have gone by. He votes with the Democratic party and is an active member of the Misionary Baptist church, to which he has contributed liberally of his time and means. In manner he is agreeable and courteous, sympathetic and kindly, and in public affairs is generous and progressive.
W. A. LACKEY, M. D.
Dr. W. A. Lackey, first assistant physician at the Western Ken- tucky Asylum for Insane, is a native of Kentucky, and a son of Dr. G. W. Lackey, of Pembroke, Kentucky. His father was born in Kentucky and received his medical education in the Louisville Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky, of which institution he is a graduate; he is now a prominent physician of Pembroke, this state. Our subject's mother, by maiden name was Annie Elizabeth Hollins.
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Dr. W. A. Lackey was born in Logan county, Kentucky, October 2, 1871, and when four years old was brought by his parents to Chris- tian county, where he was reared, receiving excellent educational ad- vantages. His early training was received in Perry Academy. Then he entered Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, where he com- pleted a medical course and received the degree of M. D., in 1892. Returning from college, he engaged in the practice of his profession at Pembroke, where he soon won the confidence of the people and gained a fair share of practice. In order to still further prepare him- self for his life work, he went east in 1895 and spent the winter in New York, taking a post-graduate course. He was appointed to his present position, that of first assistant physician of the Western Ken- túcky Asylum for Insane, in 1900. Dr. Lackey keeps thoroughly posted along the lines of his profession, and is a valued member of various medical societies, including Christian County Medical Society, South- western Kentucky Medical Society and Kentucky State Medical As- sociation.
Dr. Lackey was married in 1895. to Elizabeth Potter, a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and a daughter of J. C. Potter. They have three children, namely: Elizabeth, Potter and Margaret Adair. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he at one time served as steward. Since his eighteenth year he has taken an active interest in political affairs, affiliating with the Democratic party. He is, fraternally, identified with the Elks at Hop- kinsville and the Knights of Pythias at Pembroke.
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MOREAU T. SHELBOURNE.
Moreau Thomas Shelbourne is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community, and one which has long been considered as conserving the public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights. His reputation as a lawyer has been won through earnest, honest labor, and his standing at the bar is a merited tribute to his ability. He now has a large practice, and his thorough preparation of cases is supplemented by a power of argument and a forceful presentation of his points in the courtroom, so that he never fails to impress court or jury and seldom fails to gain the verdict desired.
Mr. Shelbourne was born in Lovelaceville, Kentucky, September 6, 1851, and is a son of Moreau T. Shelbourne, Sr., now deceased. The father was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, in 1807, and died on his farm in Ballard county, this state, in 1873. He was a son of Robinson and Amelia Frances ( Rodman) Shelbourne. The grand- father of our subject was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and when a youth came to America, settling in Kentucky, where he married. His wife was a native of this state and belonged to the old and prominent Rod- man family. Residing at Taylorsville, Kentucky, Robinson Shelbourne there engaged in farming, operating his land by the aid of slaves, and he also became interested in steamboating and in flatboating on the rivers, taking produce down the Mississippi to the New Orleans market. He lost his life in the Crescent city, at the hands of a Spaniard.
Moreau Shelbourne, Sr., was reared in Spencer county, and there
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learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed in connection with farming. When about twenty-three or twenty-four years of age he removed to Graves county, Kentucky, and was there married to Miss Mary Ann James. The young couple began their domestic life in what was then the village of Mayfield, and Mr. Shelbourne conducted a blacksmith's shop. After a short married life his wife passed away, leaving two sons, Robinson and Thomas, both of whom are now de- ceased. Mr. Shelbourne was afterward married to Miss Nancy James, a sister of his first wife and a daughter of Thomas W. James, a pioneer of Graves county. Mrs. Shelbourne was born in Tennessee. After his second marriage Mr. Shelbourne removed to Lovelaceville, in Bal- lard county, and later took up his abode upon a farm about four miles southwest of the town. He died in what is now Carlisle county, re- spected and honored by all who knew him, and his second wife passed away when about fifty-three years of age. The children of this mar- riage were: Mary Ann, the wife of Alfred Jones, of Carlisle county ; Joseph James, who was drowned at the age of eighteen years; Amelia Frances, the wife of S. W. Gholson and now deceased; Malinda R., the wife of T. W. Burrow, of Carlisle county ; and Moreau T., of this review. The father was a Democrat in his political affiliations, and the parents held membership in the Missionary Baptist Church, con- forming their lives to its teachings.
Moreau T. Shelbourne was reared upon the home farm and was educated in the free schools, which he attended until eighteen years of age. He then entered Blandville College, and his educational privi- leges well prepared him for life's practical duties. In his early manhood he worked upon the home farm for two or three years, and also spent two years in a mill in Blandville. He then took up the study of law,
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and in 1874 was admitted to the bar, entering upon the practice of his profession in Blandville. When the county seat was removed to Wick- liffe he removed to that place, and in 1886 he located in Bardwell, where he has since made his home. He has gained a large and dis- tinctively representative clientage, and has been connected with much of the important litigation tried in the courts of his district. In 1882 he was elected county attorney of Ballard county for a term of four years, capably serving in the office, and in 1896 he was chosen by popular suffrage for the office of commonwealth's attorney, serving for five years. 'In politics he is a stanch Democrat. He is now a member of the law firm of Shelbourne & Kane, of Bardwell, and of Shelbourne, Kane & Smith, of Fulton.
Mr. Shelbourne has been thrice married. In 1874 he wedded Cora Hendricks, and to them were born two children, but only one is living : Arthur L. In 1885 Mr. Shelbourne wedded Jennie L. Den- nis, who died May 25, 1902, leaving two children, Lillian and Roy M. In 1903 he married Mrs. Sallie C. Waggener, nee Smith.
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