Alfred Marmaduke Hobby

Full Name: Alfred Marmaduke Hobby
Date of birth: 1836
Date of death: February 5, 1881

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 69 Nov 4, 1861 - Jun 24, 1862 9th (1)     St. Mary's of Aransas / Refugio   Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio
H 65 Mar 19, 1861 - Nov 4, 1861 8th (2)     St. Mary's of Aransas / Refugio   Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio

(1) Pulaski A. Thurmond, in special election August 1862, succeeded Alfred M. Hobby, resigned 6/24/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Alfred Hobby, sworn 3/19/1861, succeeded Henry L. Kinney, resigned 2/9/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 69
Nov 4, 1861 - Jun 24, 1862
Legislatures: 9th (1)  
Home City/County: St. Mary's of Aransas / Refugio
Counties in district: Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio
House District 65
Mar 19, 1861 - Nov 4, 1861
Legislatures: 8th (2)  
Home City/County: St. Mary's of Aransas / Refugio
Counties in district: Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio

(1) Pulaski A. Thurmond, in special election August 1862, succeeded Alfred M. Hobby, resigned 6/24/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Alfred Hobby, sworn 3/19/1861, succeeded Henry L. Kinney, resigned 2/9/1861. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • Mentioned in EIGHTH TEXAS INFANTRY. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • 8th Texas Infantry. Hobby's Regiment Texas Infantry. Biographical sketches, portrait of Alfred M. Hobby. Relatives: Alfred Marmaduke Hobby - brother; Edwin E. Hobby - brother. Texas Confederate Journals.
  • Confederate States Army, Colonel, 8th (Hobby's) Texas Infantry Regiment; Major, 8th Texas Infantry Battalion. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 20, 22, 163, Plate No. 40. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

  • Col. Alfred Marmaduke Hobby, birth date 1836, death date 2/5/1881 in Silver City, New Mexico, burial in Georgetown Cemetery, Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico. Includes portrait. Find a Grave.
  • Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

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