Thomas J. Hobart

Thomas Jefferson Hobart (son of Dudley Bradstreet Hobart and Sophia Dearborn, grandson of General Dearborn) was born in Bath, Maine. In 1825 he settled at Township G, Range 2 in what is now Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine. He had requested 160 acres but was had improved 30 acres by the time of a survey of settlers undertaken in 1838. [source]

Thomas J Hobart married Drucilla Zelinda Fairbanks (daughter of Dennis Fairbanks). Children were:

• William Randolph Dearborn Hobart, b. abt 1831; dies 1854, Rockford, Illinois 
• Anna Maria Hannah Hobart married Andrew Reed Bulkley.

Thomas moved to Rockford Illinois sometime between the 1850 census and 1854.   TJ Hobart was a Major in the GAR and on the field staff of the 44th Illinois Infantry. He did recruitment in the Rockford, Illinois area and one of his first recruits Andrew Reed Bulkley, who later married TJ's daughter Ann Maria Hobart.

Drusilla and Thomas are buried in a little cemetery in Rockford, IL. called Guilford Turner Cemetery.

• Thomas J Hobart is in the 1837 census living in Letter K
• The family is listed in the 1840 US Census of Aroostook County, Maine in Letter H, Range 2, on p.62, line 17.
• This family is listed in the 1850 US Census of Aroostook County, Maine in Letter G, Range 2, on p.109b, lines 17-24 The last name is spelled Hobert.

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Thanks to Mary Pulliam for some of the information on Thomas Hobart and his family.

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Last revised 18 Feb 2024