Benton Co., AR - Biographies - William H. Hoblit

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William H. Hoblit, farmer and stone-mason, was born in Clinton County, 
Ohio, June 26, 1840, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Shields) Hoblit, and 
grandson of David Hoblit, who was a native of Kentucky, born in 1792, 
who served in the War of 1812, was a member of the Baptist Church, and 
died in 1868. Amos W. Hoblit was born in Clinton County. Ohio, March 
18, 1811, was a farmer by occupation, and was married to Miss Shields, 
also a native of Clinton County, Ohio. She was born in the year 1812, 
and was a member of the Baptist Church. The following children were 
born to this union: Martha, Kate, William H. and Marieta. The father 
of these children afterward married Mrs. Johanna Brandon, who bore him 
two children, Emma and Eliza. William H. Hoblit moved to Bureau 
County, Ill., in 1852, and in 1861 he enlisted in the Union army, 
Company H, of the Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and continued 
in service four years and three months. He was in the battles of 
Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Resaca, Dallas, Kenasaw Mountains, 
Atlanta, Chapel Hill, Jonesboro and Altoona Pass. He was in many other 
battles, was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was wounded 
several times. After the war he moved to Madison County, Iowa, but 
previous to this had married Miss Ellen Whitworth, a native of 
Yorkshire, England, born February 6, 1846, and who came to America at 
the age of six years. She settled with her parents at Toledo, Ohio, 
but moved from this State to Illinois, where she married Mr. Hoblit in 
1866. Mr. Hoblit moved to Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, and in 
the last named State had the misfortune to lose his wife, March 25, 
1886. In 1888 he moved to Benton County, Ark. He is the father of 
these children: Cora E., Ernest, Abbie, Delbert, Wilson, Nettie and 
Roy. Mr. Hoblit is a member of the G. A. R., and is one of the 
enterprising citizens of the county. His maternal great-grandfather, 
James Shields, was one of the signers of the Declaration of 
Independence.