Elizabeth Matilda Bobbitt lived in the family home until her death on May 12, 1912 and was buried in the family cemetery beside

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Elizabeth Matilda Bobbitt lived in the family home until her death on May 12, 1912 and was buried in the family cemetery beside her husband and three of her children.

The 1900 census records give an interesting picture of the family. The 1880 census of Decatur County Iowa shows Elizabeth and her family after the death of Uriah Bobbitt.

Family # 28, counted June 30, 1880, Leon, Iowa.

Elizabeth M. Bobbitt 57 (1823) Virginia

William H. Bobbitt 26 (1854) Iowa -Blacksmith

Freelan Bobbitt 20 (1860) Iowa -Cigar Maker

1900 census, Family # 28, counted June 1900, age last birthday 77, widow, had 7 children, 5 living in 1900. Living alone, owns home.

Elizabeth M. Bobbitt Feb. 1823 Virginia, Mother and Father born in Virginia.

1900 census, Family # 389, counted June 1 900, married 33 years, had 7 children, 1 living in 1900. Decatur County, Iowa.

Creed Sutherlen Bobbitt Aug. 1843 56 Kentucky

Catherine Bobbitt Jan. 1849 51 Iowa

1900 census, Family # 433, counted June 1900, father no children, mother had two children, married 1 year, Decatur County, Iowa.

Freelan Bobbitt Apr. 1860 40 Iowa

Mary C. Bobbitt Feb. 1869 31 Iowa

Iona Lee Carr Feb. 1885 15 Iowa (step-daughter)

Joseph L. Carr Apr. 1887 13 Iowa (step-son)

1900 census, Decatur Iowa, only surviving child of John Perry Bobbitt, student, living alone in Leon Iowa.

Leroy R. Bobbitt Feb. 1871 29 Iowa

1900 census, Family # 26, had three children, 3 alive in 1900, married 19 years. Counted June 1900, Decatur County, Iowa.

William H. Bobbitt Nov. 1853 46 Iowa

Sarah Bobbitt Jan. 1854 46 Iowa

Hattie Bobbitt May. 1884 16 Iowa

Geneva Bobbitt Mar. 1887 13 Iowa

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