Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

WILLIAM J. HOBART 

     William J. Hobart ws born in the state of Illinois, October 27, 
1848, a son of Isaac and Maria (Shields) Hobart, who in February, 
1849, left Illinois and made their home in Ohio. At a later date his 
father died in Champaign, Illinois. William J. Hobart engaged in the 
mercantile business at Hemlock Grove, in Meigs County, Ohio, and then 
in Athens County, at Coolville, and then in Wilkesville, in Vinton 
County, before coming to Calhoun County. He married in Wilkesville, 
Vinton County, December 28, 1876, Julia E. Wells, who was born in 
that county, September 12, 1852. 
     Three children have been born of the wedlock , only two are now 
living. Marion Carl, born January 2, 1878; Isa Dora, September 15, 
1879, died of cholera 
infantum June 23, 1880; Homer Bruce, April 10, 1881. 
     Lyman and Susan (Douglas) Wells, parents of Julia E. Hobart, are 
still residents of Vinton County, Ohio, the former at the age of 55 
years, and the latter at the age of 52 years. In April, 1879, William 
J. Hobart moved to his present place of business in Calhoun County, 
becoming one of the firm of McConaughy, Hobart and Company, 
Richardson, Calhoun County. 

(Linda Fluharty)