1830 Pike Co, IL. At census time Hobson Whitley was 20-30 years oldw ith a family consisting of 1 male under the age of 5, 1 female under5, 1 a ge 5-10, and 1 also 20-30. Brother Thomas was next door.
10/8/1850 Austin Co, TX. He was listed in that census as HopsonWhitl y, 47, born NC; with wife Easter, 45, born KY; and a largefamily consi sting of: Ruben, 23, born MO; Benjamin, 19, born IL;Sarah, 16, Ely, 1 4, Missouri, 12, all born in MO; Louis, 10, Lucinda,8, Louisa, 5, and E lvira, 3, all born in TX. Hobson was a farmerwith real estate valued a t $654; Ruben was also a farmer with $100in real estate; Benjamin was a l ablorer. Three doors down wasbrother Thomas and on the next age was b rother Archibald. as
6/30/1860 Travis Pct, Austin Co, TX. The census taker recorded himas H W hitley, 56, born NC, a wealthy farmer with property worth$5000/5530; w ith wife Hester, 55, born KY; and a family of daughters:MA, 21, born M O; LH, 19, Lucinda, 17, Louisa, 15, and Elvira, 13, allborn in TX. Ne xt door was the family of brother Thomas with otherWhitley relatives f arther down.
7/25/1870 Beat 1, PO Bellville, Austin Co, TX. That year foundHobson W hitley, 66, with Esther, 65, Louisa, 21, Elvira, 19, MarthaAnn, 16, Be ll B. 14, and three black domestic servansts, MariaButler, 40, Maria, 1 2, and Patrick, 10, most likely Maria's childrenbut listed as Whitleys . The black Dan Butler family lived next door,probably Maria's relati ves. Hobson was still farming with $1400/247in property. Son Louis w as next door.
