The Bobbitt Family In America

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Wiley Madison Bobbitt      m. Sarah Pyle Aug. 20, 1835

Polly S. Bobbitt                m. Milton Boyd Jul. 5, 1832 

Purity Bobbitt                  m. John Senteny Jun. 17, 1841

Everett H. Bobbitt (1)      m. Mary A. Newton May. 9, 1842

Everett H. Bobbitt (2)      m. Nancy Giddings Dec. 7, 1851

Martillia Bobbitt            m. Samuel C. Stockton May. 10, 1838

Julia Alma Bobbitt         m. Samuel N. Giddings Jul. 23, 1842

William Columbus Bobbitt        m. Jane Graham Oct. 22, 1844

John Granville Bobbitt    m. Martha J. Newton Dec. 14, 1848

James Bobbitt                m. Mary (Boyd?) 1848

Elizabeth Bobbitt           m. Homer A. Giddings Jun. 5, 1845

Elzorah Bobbitt             m. Elizabeth Ann Cashe Jun. 24, 1858 

Hardy Garia Bobbitt       m. Emily Jane Giddings Feb. 22, 1858

The first of the children to get married was Polly in 1832, and then Wiley in 1835. None of the children was married before the 1830 census. William James Bobbitt died in 1836 in Morgan County, Illinois. Elizabeth Bobbitt died in 1864 at the home of her son James Bobbitt, who was living in Bethel, Illinois. Many members of the family are buried in the family cemetery in the town of Jacksonville, Illinois.

In 1840 the census of Morgan County, Illinois listed the family with Elizabeth (Hale) Bobbitt as head of household.

Elizabeth Bobbitt: 

1 male 5 - 10 (1830-1835)        1 female 15 - 20 (1820-1825) 

1 male 10 - 15 (1825-1830)       2 females 20 - 30 (1810-1820) 

2 males 15 - 20 (1820-1825)      1 female 40 - 50 (1790-1800) 

1 male 20 - 30 (1810-1820)

It is easy to see from the marriage records above that all of the children except Elzorah and Hardy were married and away from home by the time of the 1850 census. The census was taken on October 24, 1850.

Elizabeth Bobbitt     59 (1791) North Carolina 

E. (Elzorah) Bobbitt  20 (1830) Illinois 

Hardy Bobbitt         16 (1834) Illinois

Elizabeth Bobbitt died in 1864 in Morgan County. William J. Bobbitt was listed in the 1800 census of Spartanburg County, South Carolina in the family of his father. Although he was 25 years of age at the time there is no indication that he was married. The family moved to Kentucky in 1803 and William married in 1808. It is likely that he had to help his parents rear his younger brothers and sisters. We do not believe that he was married before he met and married Elizabeth Hale in 1808.