Family of Joseph Sheppard Mobley
Mary Caroline Morgan Mobley,
seated
standing, left to right
Cora Teasdale Mobley, William Franklin Mobley,
Cora Mobley Hodge, John Morgan Mobley,
Sarah Mobley Fariss, Thomas Rhodes Mobley
Figgers Sowell Mobley, George Rice Mobley
Elizabeth Grimes Mobley, Richard Allen Mobley
Joseph Sheppard Mobley
b. March 4, 1839,
in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia
m. July 15, 1866, to Mary Caroline Morgan
d. January 28, 1914, buried McDade, Bastrop County, Texas
Death certificate issued at McDade of "La
Grippe", death certificate by G. W. Southern, for "Joe" Mobley.
Among Civil War veterans who later moved to or near
Paige: Rev. Jess Mobley, Coweta County, Georgia.
Co. A, 12th Georgia Batallion.
Enlisted 5/1/1862, Newnan, discharged for medical reasons
10/1862. Re-enlisted 9/1/1863.
On furlough from hospital due to chronic diarrhea 11/1/1864. Surrendered with Gen.
Lee at Appomatox April 9, 1865.
Pioneer Baptist preacher at Ridgeway 1871-1903; farmer.
A summer session held in 1885 [at Ridgeway] ending Aug 5
had 91 pupils.
End of school speakers for the session included Rev. J.
S. Mobley.
1910 Bastrop County census:
age 76, farmer, married 43 years.
Birth record of son William shows father's middle name "Shephard".
See
obituary here.
See pension abstract here.
See 1880 property
tax receipt here.
Mary Caroline Morgan
b. March 18, 1840, near Athens (death cert.) in Madison
County, Georgia
m. (1) March 6, 1862, Coweta County, Georgia, to George
Washington Sewell (killed
at Atlanta, Georgia, on July 22, 1864)
See marriage record here.
d. December 11, 1934, in and buried in McDade, Bastrop
County, Texas
1910 Bastrop County census:
age 70, mother of 8 children, 7 living.
Father:
John
Morgan.
Mother: Mary
Amanda Rice.
According to 1900 and 1910 census, both parents were born
in Georgia.
Cause of death: simply
worn out.
See obituary here.
See pension abstract here.
See
article of interest here.
CHILDREN OF Mary Carolina Morgan & George Washington Sewell:
Mary Washington Sewell, b. May 16, 1864--d. August 19, 1864.
CHILDREN
of Joseph Sheppard Mobley & Mary Caroline Morgan:
1.
Richard Allen (or Andrew?) Mobley
b. July 3, 1867, in Coweta County, Georgia
m. February 20, 1890, to Elizabeth Grimes, Bastrop
County, Texas (Vol E, Pg. 329)
d. June 7, 1949, buried Smithwick Cemetery, Marble Falls,
Texas
2.
George Rice Mobley
b. October 14, 1869, in Coweta County, Georgia
m. September 25, 1892, to Mary "Figgers"
Sowell, Bastrop County, Texas (Vol. F, Pg. 191)
d. December 12, 1956, buried Ridgeway cemetery, Paige,
Bastrop County, Texas
3.
Sarah Jane "Sallie" Mobley
b. June 16 or 17, 1872, in Bastrop County, Texas
m. November 10, 1891, to Thomas M. Fariss, Bastrop
County, Texas
(Vol. F, Pg. 97)
d. September 29, 1962, Travis County, Texas
4.
Thomas Rhodes Mobley
b. September 9, 1874, in Bastrop County, Texas
m. March 7, 1897, to Edith Estinae Gillaspy, Bastrop
County, Texas
(Vol. G, Pg. 135)
d. August ?, 1928, buried New Red Rock cemetery, Bastrop
County, Texas
1900 Bastrop County census lists occupation as farmer.
5.
William Franklin Mobley
b. January 27, 1877, in Bastrop County, Texas, Vol. 10,
Pg. 359
m. December 26, 1901, Travis County, Texas, to Cora A.
Teasdale
Possible second marriage April 7, 1951, to Mrs. Mary
Catherine Graham, Bastrop County,
Texas (Vol. T, Pg. 452)
d. December 18, 1961, buried new Red Rock cemetery (&
wife)
6.
Cora Amanda Mobley
b. December 14, 1879, in Paige, Bastrop County, Texas
(Vol. 21, Pg. 593)
m. November 26, 1905, to Elmo Elisha
Hodge, Bastrop
County, Texas
d. June 12, 1946, in Bastrop, Texas, buried McDade,
Bastrop County, Texas
Her funeral service was at her residence in Bastrop on
June 14, 1946, at 10:00 A.M. Followed by a service at the McDade Baptist Church and
interment in McDade cemetery.
7.
John Morgan Mobley
b. July 3, 1882, in Bastrop County, Texas, Vol. 21, Pg.
594
m. December 18, 1904, to Adelle "Della" Wunneburger, Bastrop
County, Texas
(Vol. H, Pg. 582)
d. September 15, 1966, Peebles, Adams County, Ohio
(Social Security Records)
Sarah Jane and Cora Amanda Mobley
