Stories from Gus Adams, published in Tifton Gazette, Tift Co. GA
Hobby Family
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J. E. (Edd) Dorminey edorminey@dishmail.net
Around the "turn of the Century" (1912) there was a man by the name of
Gus Adams (friends called him "Pat") who lived near Chula, Tift County,
GA with several families. First with William and Louisa Jane Branch and
then at the home of some of their grown children. After a while he moved
in with the D.H. Hogan family. Gus was from Brooklyn, New York and came
to Georgia about 1878 where he followed his occupation as a painter and
decorator. While residing and working around the Chula area, he went from
home to home and knew all the old residents of this section and visited
with them. He attended family reunions, annual meetings and celebrations,
and his writings of these gatherings were an interesting feature of the
"Tifton Gazette" in Tifton Georgia for many years. Gus died in 1933.
These stories live on to tell some very interesting histories of the
different families of the area. Look especially at the "Whiddon" write
up as it is very interesting in relation to the Dorminy family and
where they originated.
SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION
Bob Morrell was editor of the Tifton Gazette 30 years ago when he and his
wife Betty discovered and salvaged these genealogies from some old Tifton
Gazette papers that were crumbling and falling apart from being exposed to
age, dust, South Georgia heat and humidity. Betty took these old papers and
copied the Gus Adams genealogies onto "teletype" paper on her typewriter.
She said that during the process the act of turning the pages would tear the
brittle newsprint and she had to have something placed under them to turn
them or they would crumble in her hands. If she hadn^t saved these family
histories, they would have been lost forever as no other source has been
found that has copies of these articles except the one on the Paulk^s and
part of the one on the Dorminy family which we obtained from another source
CAUTION!!! Please be aware that Mr. Adams did not have the benefit of
a computer to cross check his information. He has a LOT of mistakes in
these histories but if you use them, and are aware of this fact, you
can benefit by having a starting point. Do not use this information as
your final reference . I know for a fact that a lot of Dorminy
information as well as other information is partially WRONG so to be
forwarned is to be forarmed.
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Tifton Gazette
March 29, 1912
Vol. XXI No. 47
THE HOBBY FAMILY
Marmaduke Hobby was one of the pioneers of Irwin county. He married
Jane Welch. Their children were: Jesse, Andrew, Alexander, and
Marmaduke. Jesse, son of old Duke, married Polly Marchant. Their
children were: Betsy married jim Paulk; she became the mother of Dan,
Robert, John B.D., and Frank Paulk.
Rachel married Zara Paulk; she died, leaving Jesse, George F. and
others well known throughout the county. Jane married Richard Tucker;
Tempy married Hiram Tucker; Judy married Dick Tucker, son of old Joh;
Sarah married John Tucker, son of Elisha; Issaac married Katherine
Tucker, daughter of Elisha; Duke, another son of Jesse, married Betsy
Paulk, daughter of Jacob Paulk, a sister of Mrs. Jehu Fletcher of
Mystic; Margaret, another daughter of Jesse, married George Fletcher,
son of "Sandy Jim"; both died. Jake, son of Jesse, went to Florida.
Tom, son of Jesse, went to Texas. Mary and Lizzie, youngest daughters
of Jesse.
Andrew, son of old Marmaduke, married Lindy Swett. Their children
were: Berrien, Jesse, Jim, William, Polly and Martha.
Berrien, son of Andrew, married Martha Dorminy. Their children were:
Jane, who died; John B., James W., B.A., Polly, Michael Micajah and
Andrew Lott who married Easter Rouse. She died leaving: Lester, who
married mack Smith; Wright married Louise Smith; John married Eddy Bee
Willis; Lula is single. He next married Ella Ward. Their children are:
Luther, Claud, Lewis and Dora.
John B., son of Berrien, married Bee Rouse. Their children are: Otis
and Nellie, single, and Cora Lee, who married Homer Youngblood.
James W., son of Berrien, married Nannie Harding. Their children are
May Bird married Elija Stevens; Annie married Allison Turner; John B.,
Carl, Thelma single.
B.A., son of Berrien, married Anna Fillyaw. Their children: Bernice
married William Lumpkins; Dennis married Willie Belle Cummins; Willis,
Polly, Andrew, Mercer, Liddy and Effie, single.
Polly, daughter of Berrien, married Elbert Fletcher of Irwinville.
(All in the Fletcher group)
Michael Micajah married Hattie Beckham. He died, leaving William and
George.
Jesse, son of Andrew Hobby, married Amanda Vines. Their children:
Elizabeth married Thomas Walker; Washington went to Florida; Daniel
died; Ellen is single.
Liddy, daughter of Jesse, was burned to death in the field while
burning grass.
Hiram, son of Jesse, married Martha Young. Their children: Catherine
married L.G. Eldridge; Jesse married Alfred Waters; William married
Cora Waters; Robert, Ellen, Estelle and Hiram, single.
Jefferson, son of Jesse, married Fannie Rutland. Their children:
Joseph married Jennie Young; Eveline married Jerry Jeter; he died; she
next married D. Lumpkin; Morris married Sarah Beckham; Anna married
Meredy Eldridge; Florence, David, Elizabeth, Julia, Clarence, Clyde,
Mary Alice are single.
Mary, daughter of Jesse, married T.R.Hayes. Their children were:
Georgia, Amanda, Andrew, Richard and Lulu; all are in Texas.
Ellen, daughter of Jesse, married Jesse Branch, son of "Poplar Stick
Bill". Their children are Millard and Carrie, both single.
George, son of Jesse, married Minnie Brown. Their children are Andrew,
Lee, Jesse, Hansford, Mabel, Gordon, all single.
Jim, son of old Andrew, married Kate Henderson. He died, leaving
Sally, who married Wiley Russell.
William, son of old Andrew, married Betsy Willis, daughter of old Ben
Willis. Their children: Daniel married Martha Owens; Benjamin married
Mary Whitley, daughter of George Whitley, sister of Wiley Whitley,
Clerk of Superior Court of Ben Hill County.
Polly, daughter of old Andrew, married Jack Sumner. Their children :
Martha married Columbus Alford; Sophronia married, Joel Mercer;
Missouri married Tom Deese; Arkansas married John Pittman; Joseph
married Judy Whiddon; John married Mary McCrary; she died. He next
married Pearl Perkins.
Martha, daughter of Andrew, marred Dan Sumner. They had no children.
Andrew, son of old Andrew, married Kate Simpson. He died, leaving one
child, Morris, who died also.
Betsy, daughter of old Andrew, married William Hamons. Their children
are: Andrew and Verna, both single.
Alexander Hobby, brother to Jesse and Andrew, married Nancy Brown.
Their children were: Betsy, who married George McCranie; polly married
Valentine Potts, father of Sheriff Potts , of Worth County. Susan
married Bob Ford; he died; she next married Ben Sykes; Isaac married
Hattie Simpson; Jim married Nancy Hilll; Jesse married Eliza Simpson;
Burrell married Kate Culpepper; Katie married Prof. William Royal, of
Mystic; Samantha married George Hawkins; William died; Lucretia
married Willima Halll; Jane married Cornelius McCorvey.
Duke, son of old Marmaduke, married Alice.
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Please take note that this information came from long ago and has not
been corrected for accuracy. Many of these sketches have names
transposed or just plain wrong information so use this as a starting
point, not the final end to your research. THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL
DOCUMENT. It is a summary of the genealogical findings of one man, Gus
Adams, which were unsubstantiated and should be used as such.
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