When Robert Gail Hobbs was born on 20 February 1914, in Scraper, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Clifford Columbus Hobbs, was 20 and his mother, Hilda Smith, was 18. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Gertha Cleo Bohne Calico. He lived in Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 17 September 2005, in Montello, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Montello, Elko, Nevada, United States.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Hobb(e), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Hobb .
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