Hobby Is In My Blood
For 16 years I worked in the radio control and model railroad hobby industry. I've dealt with numerous hobby products and hobby shops. While I'm not a modeler, I've always had another link to hobbies: my mother's maiden name. That's right, I'm 50% Hobby. So I present here my Hobby history. Descendants of William Hobby William Hobby was born on December 21, 1821 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. His father was born in Virginia, and his mother in South Carolina. We have no further information on his parents, when the first Hobby came to the US, or details of his life in South Carolina. William was in Mississippi by 1850 where he married Margaret Webb on December 11 in Winston County. Interestingly, Margaret was also born in South Carolina as well as her parents, so both were part of the movement west in the early to mid-19th century. William purchased just over 40 acres in Neshoba County on March 15, 1854. He listed his o...