Household #109: Hubbs, Abe

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In the 1900 Barney census, Abe Hubbs headed a 6-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

Abe Hubbs headed a 6-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner, 2 children, and 2 extended-family members.

Abe Hubbs's listed occupation was Stock Cutter.

Reported birthplaces span Georgia and North Carolina, pointing to movement into Barney or family formation across county or state lines.

1900 Census Household

Children and Later Trails

This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.

Family Narrative

• Children and stepchildren: James Baston, Carrie Baston, Sam Baston, Alberta Baston

The 1900 Barney census establishes this household clearly. Abe Hubbs, a North Carolina-born stock cutter, was living with Annie Hubbs and four children born in Georgia. The census relationship labels matter here, and the Ancestry detail pages for both Abe and Annie help fix that structure more firmly. James Baston was identified as a stepson and Carrie Baston as a stepdaughter, which strongly suggests they were Annie's children from an earlier relationship. The same detail pages identify Sam Baston as a son and Alberta Baston as a daughter rather than stepchildren. That does not by itself settle whether Sam and Alberta should be styled under Baston or Hubbs in later life, but it does strengthen the reading that they were children in Abe and Annie's own household rather than merely additional Baston stepchildren.

The later record trail is suggestive but incomplete. A man recorded as Abe Hobbs, also born in North Carolina, appears in 1910 in Colquitt County as a single man. An Abe Hobbs married Mamie Bush in Colquitt County on 23 February 1911. In 1920 an Abe Hobbs appears in Tarver District, Echols County, with children Rebecca Hobbs and Lonnie Hobbs. Those records describe a coherent later cluster, and the surname shift from Hubbs to Hobbs is plausible. Even so, no direct record has yet been found that ties the 1900 Barney Abe Hubbs household to the later Colquitt-Echols Abe Hobbs records.

That gap matters because Annie Hubbs has not been traced safely after 1900. No later record has yet been found that clearly identifies her as Annie Hubbs, Annie Hobbs, or Annie Baston in a way that can be tied back to the Barney household. The same is true for most of the children. James Baston and Carrie Baston are securely present in 1900, but neither has yet been carried forward with confidence. A later Alabama record for Carrie Bell Baston Jones, daughter of George W. Baston and Mary Etta Owens, was reviewed and excluded as a different woman. Sam Baston and Alberta Baston are also unresolved after 1900, but the census detail pages make the 1900 household reading stronger than it first appeared.

For now the household is best understood in two parts. The 1900 Barney family is secure on its own terms. The later Abe Hobbs cluster in Colquitt and Echols counties is also real on its own terms. What remains unproved is whether they belong to the same man. Until a bridging record appears, the later cluster should be treated as probable but not established continuation.

Connections to Other Barney Families

• The Baston surname suggests Annie had an earlier relationship before her household with Abe Hubbs.
• The 1900 census detail pages support a divided household structure in which James and Carrie were Annie's Baston stepchildren, while Sam and Alberta were listed simply as son and daughter.
• The likely later Abe Hobbs records in Colquitt and Echols counties may represent the same man under a spelling shift from Hubbs to Hobbs.
• Rebecca Hobbs and Lonnie Hobbs may become key link points if a record names their mother or ties their father back to Brooks County.

Open Research Questions

• Annie Hubbs still needs a later census, death, burial, or remarriage record that clearly ties back to the 1900 household.
• James Baston needs a later-life trail through census, marriage, death, or military records.
• Carrie Baston needs the same later-life reconstruction, with the excluded Carrie Bell Baston Jones kept separate.
• Sam Baston still needs a later record that names his parents clearly and shows whether he continued under Baston or Hubbs.
• Alberta Baston still lacks a reliable later record and may also require surname clarification in later documents.
• The identification of 1900 Abe Hubbs with later Abe Hobbs records in Colquitt and Echols counties remains probable, not proved.
• Rebecca Hobbs and Lonnie Hobbs need records that may identify their mother and help bridge the later Hobbs cluster back to Barney.

Research Status

Well-researched. The 1900 Barney household is secure, and the census detail pages strengthen its internal structure by distinguishing James and Carrie as stepchildren while listing Sam and Alberta as son and daughter. The likely later Abe Hobbs cluster has also been identified cautiously. The main unresolved issue is the missing bridge between the 1900 Hubbs household and the later Hobbs records, along with the later identities of Annie and the children.

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Barney Precinct, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Abe Hubbs
• Ancestry 1900 census detail pages for Abe Hubbs and Annie Hubbs, confirming household relationship labels for James Baston, Carrie Baston, Sam Baston, and Alberta Baston
• FamilySearch record search results for Hubbs, Hobbs, Baston, Rebecca Hobbs, and Lonnie Hobbs
• Ancestry search results used for household structure and exclusion of false matches
• Colquitt County, Georgia, marriage index entry for Abe Hobbs and Mamie Bush, 23 February 1911
• 1910 United States Federal Census, probable later entry for Abe Hobbs in Colquitt County, Georgia
• 1920 United States Federal Census, Tarver District, Echols County, Georgia, probable later entry for Abe Hobbs with Rebecca Hobbs and Lonnie Hobbs

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