BIOGRAPHY OF FRANKLIN HOBSON
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| FRANKLIN P. HOBSON who has remained a resident of Oregon from his birth to the present time, is a western man by birth, training and preference. He has devoted his attention to the canning industry throughout the greater part of his business career and also owns and cultivates a farm of seventy acres near Garibaldi. His birth occurred in Clatsop county on the 25th of May, 1853, his parents being John and Diana (Owens) Hobson, the former a native of England and the latter of Kentucky. It was in the '40s that they made their way to Oregon, crossing the plains with ox teams and locating on a donation claim in Clatsop county. They continued to reside thereon for a period of fifteen years and then removed to Astoria, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Their children were five in number, namely: Franklin P., of this review; Fleming, who is deceased; Diana, the wife of C. W. Fulton, of Astoria, Oregon; Harry, living in Astoria; and Maud, the wife of G. C. Fulton, of Astoria. Franklin P. Hobson was reared under the parental roof and obtained his education in the common schools. After attaining his majority he learned the butcher's trade and worked at that occupation for a number of years. Subsequently he gained a knowledge of the canning business and has been successfully identified with that line of activity to the present time. In 1879 he took up his abode in Tillamook county and purchased a ranch of three hundred acres but later disposed of most of the property. A tract of seventy acres near Garibaldi still remains in his possession. He has won a gratifying measure of prosperity in his undertakings and has long been numbered among the substantial and esteemed citizens of his community. In 1878 Mr. Hobson was united in marriage to Mrs. Joanna Pearson, a native of Iowa, by whom he had four children, namely: John, a resident of Tillamook county; Diana, who is the wife of C. Unger and now makes her home in Canada; Mark, at home; and Pansy, who has passed away. Mr. Hobson gives his political allegiance to the democracy and has served as school director and clerk. He is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Lodge No. 102 at Bay City, and is likewise a member of the Woodmen of the World at Tillamook. His wife is a devoted and consistent member of the Christian church. Having lived in Oregon for almost six decades, Mr. Hobson has witnessed the gradual transformation that has converted this part of the country from a wild and unsettled region into a district in which the evidences of an advancing civilization are everywhere seen. "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811 - 1912" Author: Joseph Gaston S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.; Chicago; 1912 Vol. 2, Page 775   Get a FREE guestbook here!
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