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THOMAS B. HOBBS was born in 1849, in Washington county, Indiana. His father, Matthew Hobbs, was a native of Indiana, and also his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Green. Thomas B. Hobbs was reared and educated in Indiana, and after arriving at the age of manhood he engaged in the nursery business, at Canton, Indiana, for some seventeen years. He did business under the firm name of O. Albertson & Co., being a member of the company. They were known as the Canton Nursery, and their place of business comprised a tract of some ninety acres. In 1881 he sold out his interest in the nursery business, and in August of the same year he came to Carthage, Missouri, where he is engaged in the grocery business, in company with Mr. Pool, two doors south of the southwest corner of the square. Mr. Hobbs was married January 3, 1878, to Emma Albertson, of Canton, Indiana. They have one child, Ethel. Mr. Hobbs is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter, and a man generally respected.