THOMAS HOBSON was a native of Cumberland county, Eng. In his 13th year his parents, James and Elizabeth Hobson, crossed the Atlantic. During the autumn of 1822, land having been previously purchased, the little party of emigrants settled down to farm life in Greene county. On their arrival, the family consisted of the husband, wife and six children - Peter, John, Thomas, Robert, Mary and Jane. The homestead, comprising 320 acres, was unbroken, save three acres, on which was erected a small cabin composed of logs. The neighbors of those days were few, but generous to a fault, and all were on an equal footing as regards finances, or nearly so. In 1839 James Hobson, the father, departed to a home not made with hands. A true type of the hardy Briton, of an extremely energetic disposition, he accumulated wealth for the period of time in which he lived, erecting during the days of his earlier manhood the substantial brick building where the subject of this sketch now resides. Three years after the death of this pioneer, the wife and mother, a most estimable lady, also passed away. Thomas was then in his 33red year, married, having united his fortunes with Catherine Chorn, by whom he had two children, now living - James and John. Mrs. Hobson died March 6, 1854, and was laid at rest in the Mount Pleasant cemetery. March 11, 1858, Mr. Hobson was married to Elizabeth Ann Tribble, by whom he had two children, not living, whose names were Elizabeth G. and Mary O.