E. Fobes, farmer and stock-raiser, section 32, Jasper Township, where he has a splendid farm of 160 acres, is one of the representative citizens of Carroll County, as well as a prosperous agriculturist. Besides the farm above mentioned he owns 160 acres on section 29 and eighty acres on section 33. He is a son of A. K. and Caroline Fobes, who were natives of Massachusetts, but pioneers of Ohio. They were the parents of fourteen children, our subject being the tenth child. His maternal grandfather was a solider in the war of 1812, and died while in the service of his country. E. Fobes was born in Ohio, the date of his birth being December 25, 1845, and there he lived till ten years of age. He then immigrated with his parents to Clayton County, Iowa, where he lived until the spring of 1864. He was married November 19, 1865, to Miss Anna E. Hoon, who was born in Ohio December 7, 1847, a daughter of Jacob and Hannah Hoon, early settlers of Ohio, and natives of Pennsylvania and England respectively. They removed from Ohio to Iowa and settled in Jones County when Mrs. Fobes was seven years of age. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fobes—Walter, born January 1, 1867; Nellie C., born December 30, 1870; Charles W., born May 6, 1875, died July 6, 1875; Milton, born March 6, 1879, died in infancy; Ida May, born June 30, 1883, and Gilbert, born March 11, 1885, died April 14, 1885. Mr. Fobes lived in Jones County from 1864 until 1876, and in the fall of the latter year he came with his family to Carroll County, where he made his first purchase of land, consisting of 160 acres of raw prairie land. He has now one of the best improved farms in the county, with good residence and commodious farm buildings. He has a fine barn, octagon in shape, sixty-eight feet in diameter and 224 feet in circumference, his barn being one of the finest in his township and cost about $2,100. He came to the county in limited circumstances, and experienced many of the hardships and privations incident to life in a newly settled country, but owing to his persevering industry and indomitable will he has succeeded well in his farming operation, being now classed among the prosperous citizens of Jasper Township. In connection with his general farming he devotes considerable attention to the raising of stock, and is making a specialty of short-horn cattle. Mr. Fobes since coming to Carroll County has held the offices of township trustee, road supervisor and school director. In politics he is an ardent Republican. Both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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