GEORGE A. JOBES.     George A. Jobes was born in Palestine, Darke county, Ohio, on Jan. 8, 1864, and is the son of Dr. John A. and Almena (Hecker) Jobes, natives, respectively, of Union, Montgomery county, Ohio, and Allentown, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania.  He is descended from a line of sterling progenitors, his paternal grandparents having been John and Mary (Reeder) Jobes, the former a native of New Jersey, and the latter of Virginia.  They became pioneer settlers of Darke county, and resided in Greenville, where he followed the trade of hatter.  He held at one time the office of postmaster at Greenville, and also held some minor local offices there.  To them were born the following children: John A., Daniel H. R., a prominent lawyer of Greenville, and at one time probate judge of Darke county; George P., Allen L., who was killed in the battle of Jonesboro, near Atlanta, during the Civil war; Adeline E., Charles C., Lavinia J. Bevans, who resides in Iowa; Frances E. and Wm. A., all of whom, with the exception of Lavinia J., are deceased.
     The subject's maternal grandparents were Jacob and Mary (Nagel) Hecker, natives of Pennsylvania, who came from that State with their family by wagon, were early settlers in Neave township, Darke county, Ohio, where the father and mother developed a fine farm and spent the remainder of their days, and both died there at an advanced age.  To them were born twelve children, all of whom grew to maturity, namely: Mary, Benjamin F., Caroline, Almena, Charles Henry, Willoughby J., Sarah A., Maria, Albert M., Dr. Edwin A., Amanda and Clarence L.
     Dr. John A. Jobes, father of the subject, was reared from early childhood in Darke county; taught school many years, and secured a good medical education, graduating from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, and also later at New York.  He began practicing in Indiana in 1852, and afterwards located in Darke county in 1858, and followed the practice of his profession until 1875, when he was elected probate judge of Darke county, and re-elected to that office in 1878, retiring from said office in 1881.  He was U. S. Pension Examiner for many years, and held that position at the time of his death, which occurred May 16, 1903, at the age of seventy-five years.  His widow, who still survives, is now past seventy-seven years of age, and resides in Greenville.  During the Civil war Doctor Jobes served as assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and Fifty-second regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, but the major part of his service as an army surgeon was performed at Pittsburg Landing and other places before his enlistment.  Doctor Jobes was twice married.  By his first marriage he had one child, Alonzo V. now residing in Greenville, Ohio.  By his second union seven children were born, of whom five are still living, namely: Frank H., of Greenville; George A., the immediate subject of this sketch; Lawrence U. and Eugene C., twins, and Almena, wife of Harry J. Brenneman, of Dayton, Ohio, and two who died in infancy.
     George A. Jobes was reared at Palestine, this county, until twelve years of age, when he came to Greenville and attended the public schools, graduating from the Greenville High School on June 1, 1882.  He became a student of law at the office of Devor & Allread, in Greenville; afterwards entered the University of Cincinnati, and graduated from the law department in 1887, and was admitted to the bar that year.  He at once opened a law office at Greenville, and has since continued in the active practice of his profession, giving especial attention to practice in the probate court.  Politically, Mr. Jobes has been a lifelong Republican.  In 1891 he was elected city solicitor of Greenville, Ohio, and re-elected in 1893.  He was elected probate judge of Darke county in 1899, and served in that office until 1903, when he resumed the practice of law in Greenville.
     Fraternally, he is a member of the Greenville Lodge No. 143, Free and Accepted Masons; Greenville Chapter No. 77, Royal Arch Masons; Matchette Council No. 91, Royal and Select Master; and is also a Thirty-second Degree Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite, Valley of Dayton, and a member of Antioch Temple, Nobles of Mystic Shrine of Dayton.  He was a member of the building committee of the Masonic Temple of Greenville, and actively participated in the erection of the Masonic Temple.
     On Jan. 8, 1890, Mr. Jobes was married to Josephine Wilson, of Richmond, Ind.  To them were born four children, namely: Robert W., John C., deceased; James A. and Richard A.  Mr. Jobes is desirous of giving to his sons a good education, and they are now at Oxford, Ohio, the location of five good educational institutions, attending school, near which village he owns a nice country home.
Source:  History of Darke County, Ohio From its earliest Settlement to the Present Time - Vols. I & II - Milford, Ohio - The Hobart Publ. Co. - 1914 - Page 38