The Republican journal., 1892-11-24
He was Born in Unity.


The Whitehall, n. Y, Chronicle contains
portrait and sketch Of Mr.. William r. Hob
bic of Greenwich, Republican candidate for
Member of Assembly, and who got there"
by the handsome ajorty of 1855. Mr.. ,
Hobbie is Of Puritan ancestry, and can trace
it back through eminent business men and
clergymen to Williams Hobbie, Boston
merchant, who was born in Eng gland in 1854,
but removed to Boston early in life and
died in that city in 1713, aged 79years, He
was a warden of Kings Chapel, the first
Episcopal Church built in this country. His
son, Charles Hobbe. served with the Brit
ish army in the West Indies and was knight
ed for distinguished bravery exhibited dur
ing the famous earthquake in Jamaica
and was known as Sir Charles Hobbie. He
was a prominent candidate for the Govern
orship of Massachusetts and was backed by
the Mathers. his relatives, but the appolnt-
ment fell to Mr. Dudley, the royal favorite.
He left son, William, grandson of the first
mentioned in this sketch, who became
Congregational clergyman after his gradual
ton from Harvard college and settled in
South Reading, Mass, where he died in 1863.
He was the chosen friend of the famous
Jonathan Edwards and was selected by him
out of all the New England clergymen to
adiudcate the difficulties between the North
ampton church and Mr.. Edwards. He was
also acquainted with the famous preacher
Whitfield, and regarded by the latter
as one Oh HIS SlduucHtSb tAllltllCdl lIltlIttS
This Williams son, Remington, early re-
moved to the then province of Maine, took
mp large tracts of land along the kennebec
river and built the first frame house in that
section of the country. He, however, widely
differed with his ancestry in theological
doctrines and became a Quaker and preach
er of that faith. He did not, however, neg
lect his material interests, but built mills
and warehouses and improved his property
generally His son John followed his fathers
footsteps and lived and died farmer on the
property in Maine His son. William, father
of the subject of this sketch, seems to have
returned to the tastes and pursuits of the
earlier members of the family, for on arriv-
ing at the age OF twenty-one years he fitted
himself for college, entered Colby University
at Waterville, Maine, from which he in due
| time graduated. and Immediately identified
himself with the educational interests OF
Maine, with which he was for Years connect
ed. Finally he removed to Cleveland, Ohio,
and was connected with the New York pub
fishing house of A. S. johnson & Co. His
mother, our candidates grandmother. was
lneai descendant of Governor Winslow.
So that Mr.. Hobbie traces his ancestry to
distinguished Puritan sources both through
the paternal and maternal side of his family.
William r., the subject of this sketch, was
born at Unity, Maine, Dec. -, 1913, some
eleven OF twelve years before the famly's
removal to Cleveland. His father being
| college graduate, as we have stated, deter
| mined to give his son the benefit of a college
course and when the latter was about seven
| teen years of age he was admitted to Amherst,
from which he was graduated in 1860 four
wears afterwards.
After graduation, he entered the publish
ing house of A. S. johnson & Co.. New York,
and continued with that concern until 1872,
when he Joined with Mr.. Henry L. Mowry,
OF Greenwich in forming the Phoenix Paper
! Co.. at Battenville on the Battenkill. about
.,;1 ,,f i,.l
| engaged i'll business and Of which he is still
a member. The company manufactures
straw wrapping paper. He has been an
active and answering Republican from the
| outset Of his career and has been the presi-
dent Of the Republican club of Greenwich III
former campaigns He has also served two
| terms as a member Of the Board of Super
| vsOrs of the county, having been elected in
| the spring OF 1889 and again in the spring of
| 1890. He was an able, conservative and ju-
| dcious member of the Board and faithfully
| represented his constituents and the county
| generally. His record on the Board com
mended him TO the favorable regard of the
solid men who We're brought into relations
with him, and their support of him largely
contributed to his nomination.
| He is prominent in church work and in
| every improvement that looks to the up
building of society, being one of the wardens
| OF st. Paul's Church, Greenwich, and IL
| trustee of the NJ. f. Church at Battenville
| He is a 50 a member of the American order
| of | nited Mechanics, having for its object
| the promotion OF a more ardent patriotism,a
| more elevated citizenship and an improve
| ment of the condition Of the workingmen of
the country Mr.. Hohbie is president of the
local branch or chapter of the order He
has discussed the political questions of the
day in former campaigns il his section Of
| the county, always with ability and accept
ance by the people, and has this year been.
Of course, more active than on former years
owing to his candidacy. He is fluent.
! earnest and effective speaker and always has
something to say to interest his audience,
appealing to their Judgment and their intel
llgenct. \ man of distinguished native
ability. of finished education, of high per
sonal character, of business capacity and ex-
perience, of wide acquaintance with public
affairs. MI. HObbit is an ideal candidate and
will worthily represent the county in the
Assembly.
He WAS united i'll marriage June >, 1880,
with Miss Phebe Walsh, daughter of an
officer of the Union army, who died at the
head of his command at Drurv's Bluff.
Three lovely children have been born to
them and the household is held in the high
est respect and esteem by the immediate
neighbors i'll Battenville and the people of
Greenwich and jackson generally
Women are hot slow to comprehend.
They're qufCN. They're alive, and yet it
was a man who discovered the one remedy
for their peculiar ailments. The man was
Or. Pierce.
The discovery was his "Favorite Prescrip-
tion'-the boon to delicate women Why
60 round with one foot in the grave"
suffering in silence misunderstanding
there's remedy at hand that isn't an ex-
pertinent, but which is sold under the quar-
ontee that if you are disappointed in any
way in it, you can get your money back by
applying to its makers.
We can hardly imagine woman's not try
ing it, Possibly it may be true of one or two
but we doubt it. Women are ripe for IT,
They must have it. Think of prescription
and nine out of ten waiting for it. Garry
the news to them,
The seat of sick headache is not in the
brain Regulate the stomach and you cure
it. DR.. Pierce's Pellets are the Little Regu-
lators.