Family of Hezekiah Madison "Mac" Mobley
Hezekiah & Sarah Mobley
Hezekiah Madison "Mac" Mobley
b. November 26, 1832, in Coweta County, Georgia
m. November 9, 1854 to Sarah Jane Jones, Coweta County,
Georgia
d. May 20, 1924, buried Oak Hill cemetery, near McDade,
Bastrop County, Texas
He came to Texas from Georgia sometime after his brother
Joseph.
Company D, 41st Reg., GA Volunteer Infantry, Army of
Tennessee, Coweta County Pinon Guards. Later transferred to Co. A, 12th Georgia
Battalion according to 11/1/1864 muster.
On August 8, 1862, was a private. He was captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. He was sick in
hospital at close of war.
1910 census, Bastrop County, aged 76, living with son,
J.W. Mobley.
See marriage record here.
See pension abstract here.
See published biography
here.
Sarah Jane Jones
b. February 22, 1836, Georgia (1910 census) or South
Carolina (1900 census) or
North
Carolina (1910 census for J.W. & Mary Ann Mobley)
d. November 19, 1895, buried Oak Hill cemetery, near
McDade, Bastrop County, Texas
CHILDREN
of Hezekiah Madison Mobley & Sarah Jane Jones:
1.
John Henry Mobley
b. August 18, 1855, Coweta County, Georgia
m. April 5, 1881 to Selina "Dollie" O.
Mullinick/Mullenix
d. April 12, 1941, Harris County, Texas, buried McDade cemetery, Bastrop County,
Texas
2.
William Chappel Mobley
b. February 1857
m. December 18, 1879, Carroll County, Georgia, to Talular Cathrine Heath
d. August 3, 1935, Gonzales, Texas
occupation: schoolteacher
settled in Southeast part of Texas
3.
Mary Ann Mobley
(Aunt Meann)
b.. January 15, 1860, in Georgia
m. January 2, 1879, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, to Micaja Jesse (Cage)
Christian
before family left Georgia. They moved in 1881 to Texas and settled near Oak
Hill, south of McDade.
d. May 17, 1955, aged about 95 years, buried Ridgeway Cemetery, Paige, Texas.
Will was probated in Bastrop County, Texas. She died without issue at Johnson's
Nursing
Home in Elgin, Texas. Her estate was left to her nephew Burke Harris, 4507 Ave.
C, Austin, Texas. With her brother Joseph, she raised the orphan children of
their brothers and sisters, including the children of Creasie and their niece
Delean.
1910 census, aged 50, living with brother, J.W. Mobley.
Possible IGI match: Micajah J. Christian, b. March 3, 1854, Georgia;
father William Payne Christian; mother Sarah Johnson
See article of interest here.
4.
Frances Jane "Mackie" "Fanny" Mobley
b. April 14, 1862, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
m. September 29, 1884 to Daniel L. Lewis, Bastrop County (Vol. D, Page 260)
d. May 9, 1948, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Bastrop
Co
5.
Steve Andrew Mobley
b. May 1864 (age 36 at 1900 census) or 1866 (age 44, 1910 census), Carrollton,
Carroll County, Georgia
m. (1) September 29, 1895, to Ida Varden, Bastrop County, Texas (Vol. F, Pg.
555)
m. (2) about 1901 to Sarah Oma Hall (from birth records of children)
d. 1944, Houston, Harris County, Texas
6.
Edward Madison Mobley
b. circa 1867, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
m. (1) August 7, 1888, to Lilly Rose Fowler, Bastrop County, Texas (Vol. E, Page
145)
m. (2) to Ida Mae Barnhill
d. June 26, 1962, Travis County, Texas, buried Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas
occupation: Baptist minister (before 1900)He was pastor at the First
Baptist Church of
Bertram; Prairie Point Missionary Baptist Church (disbanded) e. of
Bertram near Williamson County line sometime between 1883 and 1915;
Baptist Church (disbanded) Strickling sometime between 1882 and 1907 (Burnet
County History).
1925 Austin, Texas, City Directory: Mobley, Edw M. Rev. (Ida M.), chaplain
Confederate
Home, home 1706 Confederate
1929 Austin, Texas, City Directory: Mobley, Edw M Rev (Ida M), chaplain
Confederate
Home, home 1705 Francis Av
1930/1931 Austin, Texas, City Directory: Mobley, S. M., chaplain,
Confederate Home
Mobley, Ida, organist & reader, Confederate Home
1932/1933 Austin, Texas, City Directory: Mobley, E. M. Rev., chaplain
Confederate
Home, res. R D 6
7. Martha S. “Carrie” Mobley
b. 1872, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
m. August 16, 1891, to Thomas Bryant Brewer, Bastrop County, Texas, Vol. F, Pg.
65
d. April 2, 1904, Sayersville, Bastrop County, Texas, buried Oak Hill Cemetery
Died while children were small. The children stayed with their father.
Carrie & Tom had 2
sons and 3 daughters. All three daughters drowned in the Colorado River
while swimming.
8.
Joseph Washington Mobley
b. January 30, 1870, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
never married
d. October 29, 1947, in Austin, Texas, buried McDade, Texas
With
his sister Mary Ann Christian, raised ten children of their brothers and
sisters, and
niece
Delean.
Will probated in Bastrop County, Texas. Administrator of Estate was J.P.
Goettal, husband
of his niece. All his estate was left to his niece, Mrs. Margaret Goettal, and
to his nephew, Noah Harris, Jr. All records in Probate are under the name 'J. W.
Mobley, also known as Joe Mobley'.
Listed in 1900 census as a potter.
9.
Reason (or Rezin) S. Mobley
b. 1874, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
m. (1) to Minnie Russell
m. (2) to Lizzie Grimes
d. about 1940, Salado, Bell County, Texas
occupation: Baptist minister
10.
Matilda Lucretia "Creasie" Mobley
b. May 2, 1876, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
m. September 6, 1891, to Jim S. Elkins, Bastrop County, TX, Vol. F, Pg. 68
d. June 18, 1906, Thorndale, Milam County, Texas, buried Oak Hill cemetery,
McDade,
Bastrop County, Texas
