Alfred, March 13- The death of Frederick Andrews Hobbs, attorney-at-law in Alfred for many years, occurred this forenoon after a long illness, at the home of his father, George Henry Hobbs, Alfred Mills. Mr. Hobbs was born in Hollis on July 26, 1875, the son of George H. and Lucy A. Dudley Hobbs. His family moved to the house in Alfred Mills in which he died more than 60 years ago. He married Cassandra M. Aspinwall of Rollinsford, N.H., on March 6,1902, and she died in 1932.
Mr. Hobbs was graduated from the University of Maine in 1896 with the degree of A.B. He studied law in the office of the Hon. John B. Donovan in Alfred and was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1900. After teaching in the Westbrook and Alfred High Schools several years he entered the practice of law in South Berwick in 1900 remaining there until 1914. He practiced in Biddeford from 1914 to 1917 and in 1922 opened the offices in Alfred which he occupied at the time of his death. He served as the county attorney for York County from 1907 to 1911 and was Surveyor of the Port of Portland in 1931 and 1932.
Mr. Hobbs had a long military career. In the Spanish-American War, 1898, he was Second Lieutenant of the First Maine Volunteer Infantry. In the First World War he held the rank of captain. He was a Post Department Commander of the Spanish-American War Veterans of Maine and a Past Commander of Brown-Emmons Post American Legion. He had been a member of the Alfred Congregational Church of Alfred since the age of 15. In politics, he was a Republican and had filled various town offices. He was a member of the York Bar Association; Fraternal Lodge of Masons, Alfred; Unity Chapter, South Berwick; Bradford Commandery; the Odd Fellows Lodge, West Buxton, and the Red Men of South Berwick. He had served as Past Great Sachem of the Red Men of Maine and had been very recently presented with the 50-year jewel by the Grand Lodge of Masons of Maine.
Surviving Mr. Hobbs are his father, George Henry Hobbs, and a brother, George F. Hobbs, both of Alfred; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline H. MacLeod, Sanford, and Mrs. Elsie H. Blake, Portsmouth, N.H.; five grandchildren, Miss Marjorie Merrill, Portsmouth, Mrs. Robert LeBreaux and Mrs. Raymond LeBreaux, both of Springvale, Frederick R. Hobbs and William K. Hobbs, both of Sanford. There are also four great-grandchildren, Frederick and Richard Hobbs, Sanford and Linda and Robert LeBreaux, Jr., Springvale.
Funeral services were held at Hurd's Funeral Home, Sanford, Saturday, with the Rev. Sumner H. Mitchell of the Sanford Unitarian Church, officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred.
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Alfred, March 13- The death of Frederick Andrews Hobbs, attorney-at-law in Alfred for many years, occurred this forenoon after a long illness, at the home of his father, George Henry Hobbs, Alfred Mills. Mr. Hobbs was born in Hollis on July 26, 1875, the son of George H. and Lucy A. Dudley Hobbs. His family moved to the house in Alfred Mills in which he died more than 60 years ago. He married Cassandra M. Aspinwall of Rollinsford, N.H., on March 6,1902, and she died in 1932.
Mr. Hobbs was graduated from the University of Maine in 1896 with the degree of A.B. He studied law in the office of the Hon. John B. Donovan in Alfred and was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1900. After teaching in the Westbrook and Alfred High Schools several years he entered the practice of law in South Berwick in 1900 remaining there until 1914. He practiced in Biddeford from 1914 to 1917 and in 1922 opened the offices in Alfred which he occupied at the time of his death. He served as the county attorney for York County from 1907 to 1911 and was Surveyor of the Port of Portland in 1931 and 1932.
Mr. Hobbs had a long military career. In the Spanish-American War, 1898, he was Second Lieutenant of the First Maine Volunteer Infantry. In the First World War he held the rank of captain. He was a Post Department Commander of the Spanish-American War Veterans of Maine and a Past Commander of Brown-Emmons Post American Legion. He had been a member of the Alfred Congregational Church of Alfred since the age of 15. In politics, he was a Republican and had filled various town offices. He was a member of the York Bar Association; Fraternal Lodge of Masons, Alfred; Unity Chapter, South Berwick; Bradford Commandery; the Odd Fellows Lodge, West Buxton, and the Red Men of South Berwick. He had served as Past Great Sachem of the Red Men of Maine and had been very recently presented with the 50-year jewel by the Grand Lodge of Masons of Maine.
Surviving Mr. Hobbs are his father, George Henry Hobbs, and a brother, George F. Hobbs, both of Alfred; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline H. MacLeod, Sanford, and Mrs. Elsie H. Blake, Portsmouth, N.H.; five grandchildren, Miss Marjorie Merrill, Portsmouth, Mrs. Robert LeBreaux and Mrs. Raymond LeBreaux, both of Springvale, Frederick R. Hobbs and William K. Hobbs, both of Sanford. There are also four great-grandchildren, Frederick and Richard Hobbs, Sanford and Linda and Robert LeBreaux, Jr., Springvale.
Funeral services were held at Hurd's Funeral Home, Sanford, Saturday, with the Rev. Sumner H. Mitchell of the Sanford Unitarian Church, officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred.
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