The Bobbitt Family In America
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[10]By the 1860 census of Martin County, the family had additional children, Oscar, Melinda, Joseph C. and Mary E. Bobbitt. Granny Quick was also making her home with the couple.
The children of Elijah and Mary (Quick) Bobbitt were:
Columbus Bobbitt born 1843 Kentucky Josephene Bobbitt born 1845 Indiana Madison Bobbitt born 1847 Indiana Noah Bobbitt born 1848 Indiana Oscar Bobbitt born 1851 Indiana Melinda Bobbitt born 1855 Indiana Joseph Bobbitt born 1857 Indiana Mary E. Bobbitt born 1860 Indiana died Dec. 10, 1861 Eliza Bobbitt born 1863 IndianaThe children married with the exception of Madison and Mary E. Bobbitt.
Columbus Bobbitt m. Elizabeth Ellen Todd Feb. 24, 1864 Josephene Bobbitt m. John A. Todd Jun. 20, 1861 Madison Bobbitt m. no record Noah Bobbitt m. Elizabeth Phillips Sep. 19, 1880 Oscar Bobbitt m. Belle Warren Jan. 5, 1881 Melinda Bobbitt m. George E. Sanders Dec. 26, 1871 Joseph Bobbitt m. Doretta C. Reynolds Apr. 7, 1873 Mary E. Bobbitt m. Died young Eliza Bobbitt m. Artemisia Corbin Oct. 14, 1883Sometime between 1870 and 1880, Elijah Bobbitt and his family moved from Martin County to land he owned in Jackson Township in Greene County, Indiana. On April 6, 1880, Elijah Bobbitt died and was buried in the family cemetery of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery and Baptist Church yard. Elijah had joined the church in 1854. He was a Mason and a farmer. Elijah died of Pneumonic fever and ten days later his son Columbus died of the same fever.
Melinda (Bobbitt) Sanders and her husband George moved to Pettis County, Missouri about 1873. They were listed in the census of 1880. In addition to her three children, Elmo, Fernon, and Ida May, she brought with her a brother, Oscar Bobbitt, who was 27 years of age in 1881. After his marriage in Pettis County, he settled and spent the rest of his life there.
No one seems to know what happened to Mary (Quick) Bobbitt. There is no marked grave for her at the family cemetery.
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