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Bailey Hobson

Birth: 30 Apr 1798
Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 25 Mar 1850 (aged 51)
Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Naperville Cemetery

Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.7642009, Longitude: -88.1496805
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Bailey Hobson is credited with being the first white settler in DuPage County.

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John H Hobson

1765–1836
Lydia Harvey Hobson

1761–1803

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Clarissa Stewart Hobson

1804–1884

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Sarah Hobson Moon

1791–1874

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Mary Ann "Polly" Hobson

1822–1837
John Harvey Hobson

1824–1896
William Stewart Hobson

1826–1847
Oliver Cromwell Hobson

1828–1847
Nancy Jane Hobson

1830–1906
Elizabeth Hobson Page

1832–1899
Merritt Sylvester Hobson

1834–1867
Martha Hobson Cody

1836–1855
Elvira Hobson Haight

1838–1919
Charlotte Hobson Haight

1841–1911
Ellen Hobson Crosman

1843–1923
Adela Hobson

1846–1912

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Bailey Hobson
April 30 1798 - March 25 1850
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Bailey Hobson house in the 1930s where he and his wife, Clarissa raised a large family and also, used their home as an early hotel for farmers who traveled great distances to have their grain ground into flour by Hobson.

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John H Hobson

Lydia Harvey Hobson

Clarissa Stewart Hobson

Sarah Hobson Moon

Mary Ann "Polly" Hobson

John Harvey Hobson

William Stewart Hobson

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Nancy Jane Hobson

Elizabeth Hobson Page

Merritt Sylvester Hobson

Martha Hobson Cody

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Charlotte Hobson Haight

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