- FRANCIS FOBES, farmer, Secs. 10 and 11; P.O. Janesville;
born Feb.27, 1827, in the town of
- Wayne, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, son of Simon and Sylvia FOBES,
among the first settlers in that county; an uncle of Mr. FOBES
was the first settler in Ashtabula Co. Francis F. came to Wisconsin
in 1865. Married Miss Fidelia, daughter of Caleb HOPKINS, of
Ashtabula Co. in 1856; they have two children - Lillie L. and
Dwight H. Mr. F. is a Master Mason in good standing, in Janesville
Lodge No. 55, also a member of Janesville Lodge, No. 90, I.O.O.F.,
and Rock River Grange, No. 36. He has a farm of sixty acres on
which he raises good stock, and the usual products of Rock Co.
Members of the Afton Baptist Church; Republican.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County, Wis.," (c)1879,
p. 796.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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