Hoblitzell, William

Male 1833 - 1910  (77 years)


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  • Name Hoblitzell, William 
    Born 29 Oct 1833  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • According to personal information provided by his physician for his death certificate, William was born in Paris, Ohio (in Paris Township, Stark County). However, a biographical sketch published in 1877 reported that the place of birth was Richland County, Ohio.
    Gender Male 
    Moved To 1844  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 20 Nov 1910  Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • William suffered from epithelioma of the face for two years. According to the death certificate, it was the cause of death.
    Buried 22 Nov 1910  Mound City, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • According to his death certificate, William was to be buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
    Person ID I7459  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2012 

    Father Hoblitzell, Adrian,   b. 27 Jun 1809, Cumberland, Alleghany County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Dorland, Elizabeth,   b. Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 30 Aug 1830  [7
    Residence (family) 1860-death  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9

    • The following sketch was published in History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri.... in 1882.

                Adrian Hoblitzell.

           The subject of this sketch is one of the pioneer settlers of Northwestern Missouri, and is the father of the members of the well known firm of Hoblitzell Brothers. He is the son of John and Rebecca (Cary) Hoblitzell, and is of French-German descent. Mr. H. was born June 27, 1809, in Alleghany County, Maryland. He was there reared to manhood, and received his education, also learning the trade of tailoring. At the age of 21 years he emigrated to Huron County, Ohio, where he resided till 1840, when he removed to Platte County, Missouri. After remaining there till 1844, he came to this county, and was engaged in various branches of business, among them being farming, tailoring, and merchandising. In 1855 he removed to Nemaha County, Nebraska, where he lived till 1860, then returning to this county, and in 1876 he became interested with his sons in their extensive business. Although quite an old gentleman, Mr. H. is yet actively engaged in business, and would, by his energy and sprightliness be taken for a much younger man. He was married August 30, 1830, to Miss Elizabeth Darland, a native of Pennsylvania. They have had seven children, four of whom are now living: Julia A. (deceased), William, Christenia, Eunice (deceased), Cornelius, Joseph and James (deceased). They are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. H. was one of the original members and trustees of the first church of that denomination built in Oregon. He was at one time constable of Lewis Township, and was county judge of Nemaha County, Nebraska, for one term.
    Residence (family) 1830–1840  Huron County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence (family) 1840–1844  Platte County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Residence (family) 1844–1855  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Residence (family) 1855–1860  Nemaha County, Nebraska Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F2397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Burnett, Martha Jane,   b. 11 Feb 1838, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1928, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 1856  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13

    • The following sketch was published in An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Holt County, Mo.... in 1877.

                William Hoblitzell

           This gentleman, one of the leading residents of Mound city and an old citizen of the county, was born in Richland county, Ohio, October 29th, 1833. Adrian Hoblitzell, his father, was from Maryland. His mother, Elizabeth Dorland, was from Pennsylvania. When the subject of this sketch was about nine years of age, in the year 1842, his father moved with the family from Ohio to Platte county, Missouri. He was engaged in farming there till 1844, and then removed to Holt county, settling at first in the vicinity of Oregon, and afterward moving into the town. Mr. Hoblizell had the advantages of a common school education, which he received mostly at Oregon. When about eighteen he left the farm, and became clerk in a store at Oregon. He has been engaged in the business of selling goods from that time to the present, and few men have been so closely and actively connected with the merchandizing interests of the county. He remained in the store at Oregon about three years.
           He first started in the business of selling goods on his own responsibility in the year 1855, when he opened a store at Brownville, Nebraska, in partnership with I. T. White. After carrying on business for himself at Brownville, for three or four years, the store was given up, and Mr. Hoblitzell was employed in clerking till 1861, and then moved back to Oregon, and occupied a position as clerk in a store at that place. He first came to Mound city in 1853 [sic], and for six months carried on a store with James L. Allen - at that time the only store in existence at Mound city. In 1864 he removed to St. Joseph, and was engaged there as a clerk in a store. In partnership with Mr. B. B. Frazer, now of St. Joseph, in the year 1865 he opened a store at Mound city. This partnership was continued till 1873, when the interest of B. B. Frazer was purchased by Mr. Hoblitzell and T. D. Frazer. The firm, for part of the years 1873 and 1874, carried on a store at Bigelow, where Mr. Hoblitzell resided for about one year. The firm of S. B. Austin & Co., composed of Mr. Hoblitzell and S. B. Austin, was established in January, 1875, and carry on a large mercantile business at Mound city. They are among the enterprising merchants of the town, and by their liberal course of dealing and wide-awake business habits, have done not a little to give Mound city it reputation as a good business point. S. B. Austin & Co. have a well stocked store, and have adopted the plan of offering the most liberal inducements possible to purchasers, and the people of that part of the county will find it to their interest to patronize this reliable firm.
           In connection with his brother, Mr. Hoblitzell is also carrying on the lumber business at Mound city, and has transacted a heavy business in this important branch of trade. He is favorably known as one of the old and reliable merchants of the county, almost his entire life having been identified with the interests of this part of the state. He commenced in the business of selling goods at a period of the state. He commenced in the business of selling goods at a period before the war, when the population of the county was small, and there are not many of the old settlers of the county with whom he is not personally acquainted and has had business dealings. There is no stain upon his reputation as a business man, and during his whole career he has always tried to carry on business on business principles. He was married in 1856, to Martha Jane Burnett, of Oregon, Missouri. In politics he has been a Democrat, and believes in the principles of the party, which has numbered among its members some of the most distinguished statesmen of America. He is however, rather [sic] conservative and liberal in his views, and has not hesitated on any occasion to vote for the best men for office regardless of politics.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 468-469; biographical sketch of Adrian Hoblitzell.
      "They [Adrian Hoblitzell and Elizabeth Darland] have had seven children, four of whom are now [1882] living: Julia A. (deceased), William, Christenia, Eunice (deceased), Cornelius, Joseph and James (deceased)."

    2. [S217] Book, Biographical sketch of William Hoblitzell.
      In An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Holt County, Mo: Carefuly Compiled from Personal Examinations and Surveys (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Brink, McDonough and Company, 1877), page 42.
           "This gentleman, one of the leading residents of Mound city and an old citizen of the county, was born in Richland county, Ohio, October 29th, 1833. Adrian Hoblitzell, his father, was from Maryland. His mother, Elizabeth Dorland, was from Pennsylvania."

    3. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Hoblitzell; Holt County; 1910; certificate of death #34087.
      Accessed April 2012.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #34087. For William Hoblitzell. A white, male born on 29 October 1833 at Paris, Ohio. Father's name: Adron [sic] Hoblitzell [surname written in another hand]; born at Cumberland, Maryland. Mother's maiden name: Elizabeth Dorland; born in Penn[sylvania]. Personal information was provided by John M. Tracy, M.D., of Mound City, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    4. [S217] Book, Biographical sketch of William Hoblitzell.
      In An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Holt County, Mo: Carefuly Compiled from Personal Examinations and Surveys (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Brink, McDonough and Company, 1877), page 42.
           "He was engaged in farming there [Ohio] till 1844, and then removed to Holt county, settling at first in the vicinity of Oregon, and afterward moving into the town."

    5. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Hoblitzell; Holt County; 1910; certificate of death #34087.
      Accessed April 2012.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #34087. For William Hoblitzell. A white, male born on 29 October 1833 at Paris, Ohio. Father's name: Adron [sic] Hoblitzell [surname written in another hand]; born at Cumberland, Maryland. Mother's maiden name: Elizabeth Dorland; born in Penn[sylvania]. Died at 11:00 a.m. on 20 November 1910 at Mound City, Holt County, Missouri at the age of 77 years, 21 days. He was married at the time of death; the name of his spouse was not recorded. His usual occupation was Merchant [the word "Retired" was added by another hand]. Cause of death was "Cancer of the face" "Epithelioma" appears to be added by another hand (2 years duration). Burial or removal was to be on 22 November 1910 in "Mt. Hope Cemetery." The undertaker was T. W. Buck, of Mound City, Missouri. Personal information was provided by John M. Tracy, M.D., of Mound City, Missouri. John M. Tracy, M.D., of Mound City, Missouri, had attended the deceased from July 1910 to 20 November 1910 and signed the death certificate on 21 November 1910. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 21 November 1910.

    6. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), William Hoblitzell; Holt County; 1910; certificate of death #34087.
      Accessed April 2012.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #34087. For William Hoblitzell. A white, male born on 29 October 1833 at Paris, Ohio. Died at 11:00 a.m. on 20 November 1910 at Mound City, Holt County, Missouri. Burial or removal was to be on 22 November 1910 in "Mt. Hope Cemetery." The undertaker was T. W. Buck, of Mound City, Missouri. Personal information was provided by John M. Tracy, M.D., of Mound City, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    7. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 468-469; biographical sketch of Adrian Hoblitzell.
      "He was married August 30, 1830, to Miss Elizabeth Darland, a native of Pennsylvania."

    8. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 468-469; biographical sketch of Adrian Hoblitzell.
      "In 1855 he removed to Nemaha County, Nebraska, where he lived till 1860, then returning to this county [Holt County, Missouri]...."

    9. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 468-469; biographical sketch of Adrian Hoblitzell.

    10. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 468-469; biographical sketch of Adrian Hoblitzell.
      "At the age of 21 [1830] years he emigrated to Huron County, Ohio, where he resided till 1840...."

    11. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 468-469; biographical sketch of Adrian Hoblitzell.
      "...till 1840, when he removed to Platte County, Missouri. After remaining there till 1844...."

    12. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 468-469; biographical sketch of Adrian Hoblitzell.
      "After remaining there [Platte County, Missouri] till 1844, he came to this county [Holt County, Missouri]...."

    13. [S217] Book, Biographical sketch of William Hoblitzell.
      In An Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Holt County, Mo: Carefuly Compiled from Personal Examinations and Surveys (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Brink, McDonough and Company, 1877), page 42.
           "He was married in 1856, to Martha Jane Burnett, of Oregon, Missouri."