The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 602

DANIEL N. HOBBS.

Agricultural interests as well as orcharding are the lines of occupation in
which Daniel N. Hobbs has been especially successful, he now being owner of a
valuable property in the Tieton district. A native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, he
was born August 5, 1875, his parents being Joseph and Jane Hobbs. The father
visited the Puget Sound country in the early '50s. In early life he was a sailor
and visited practically all parts of the globe during that period, having gone
to sea at the age of thirteen. He was born at St. Peters, in East Kent, England,
July 9, 1836, his parents being Henry A. and Mary Ann Hobbs. After leaving the
sea he located in Green Lake county, Wisconsin, where he remained until 1861 and
then removed to a homestead in Eau Claire county, that state, where he still
lives, having for many years farmed a valuable property of two hundred acres
which he has since sold to his son Frank. After an interesting and useful career
he now lives largely retired in the enjoyment of a comfortable competence. The
mother of our subject is deceased.

Daniel N. Hobbs acquired his education in the common schools and after laying
aside his textbooks took up farming in Wisconsin. He also successfully engaged
in the farm implement business in Eau Claire. In 1908, at the age of
thirty-three years, he came to Yakima county and bought eighty acres of land on
the Tieton. To this tract he has since devoted his undivided attention and now
raises hay and grain, all of the tract being under cultivation. Upon the place
is an orchard of ten acres. He was one of the first settlers under the Tieton
project and has therefore seen much of the development of the district.

Mr. Hobbs was united in marriage to Jennie Lovejoy on the 19th of February,
1910. She is a daughter of Edwin and Mary Lovejoy, of Green Lake county,
Wisconsin. Her father was one of the early pioneers of that state, whither he
removed from New Hampshire in 1848, and there he and his wife were married. He
has passed away and Mrs. Lovejoy died April 3, 1919.

Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs are devoted members of the Presbyterian church, to the work
of which they give their unstinted support. They are deeply interested in all
measures undertaken for the development and uplift of humanity and Mr. Hobbs is
a steadfast adherent to the prohibition party. He has come to see this measure
in full operation in his state and now witnesses its beneficent results. In
supporting political candidates, however, he is not influenced by party issues
but takes largely into consideration the qualities of the men who aspire to
office. He is a valued member of the Yakima County Horticultural Union and in
exchange with its members gives and receives valuable information. His career
may serve as an example to those who begin life with a small capital, for Mr.
Hobbs is largely a self-made man, having attained his present substantial
prosperity entirely through his own efforts. He has many friends in his county,
being a reliable business man who is ever ready to lend assistance to a friend
or neighbor and, moreover, is willing to snake sacrifices in order to better
community welfare.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.