John Thomas MOBLEY^[1]

1857 - 1942  (84 years)

• Name	John Thomas MOBLEY
  Nickname	Tom
  Birth	20 Dec 1857	Duplin Co, NC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  birth2 (conflicting)	Dec 1860  [2]
  	Date inscribed on gravestone, as well as month & year noted by enumerator on 1900 US Census (16 June 1900)
  Occupation	1910, 1920, 1942	Duplin Co, NC   [1, 3]
  	Tom was a farmer, and on 1910 Census owned his farm.
  death2 (conflicting)	30 Sep 1942  [2]
  	Date inscribed on gravestone.
  Death	1 Oct 1942	Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC   [1]
  	Tom died at James Walker Memorial Hospital at 4:20 am of a cerebral hemorrhage due to arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Using death certificate as official date for birth, Tom was 84 years old at the time of his death. Informant was W. M. Mobley of 906 N. 3rd Street, Wilmington, NC.
  Burial	Wallace, Duplin Co, NC   [1, 2]
  	His body was interred in the Mobley Family Cemetery, also known as Carter's Cemetery.
  Person ID	I60298	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Allon MOBLEY,   b. Duplin Co, NC d. prior to 11 Aug 1917
  Mother	Senie Elizabeth BRINSON,   b. c 1839, Duplin Co, NC d. 11 Aug 1917, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F6384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah CARTER,   b. 1861   d. Feb 1907 (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1885	Duplin Co, NC   [4]
  Children	1. Willie MOBLEY,   b. May 1887, North Carolina   2. Evana MOBLEY,   b. 2 Feb 1889, North Carolina d. 2 Aug 1919 (Age 30 years)   3. John MOBLEY,   b. Oct 1891, North Carolina   4. Arthur K. MOBLEY,   b. 14 Jun 1893, North Carolina d. 11 Oct 1958 (Age 65 years)   5. Myrtle Jane MOBLEY,   b. 2 Mar 1895, North Carolina d. 20 Jun 1986 (Age 91 years)   6. Earlie MOBLEY,   b. 18 Jan 1897, North Carolina d. 24 August 1986, Pulaski, Pulaski Co, VA (Age 89 years)   7. Lillian M. MOBLEY,   b. 18 Jan 1899, North Carolina d. 6 May 1986 (Age 87 years)   8. Senie MOBLEY,   b. c 1902, North Carolina   9. Sarah MOBLEY,   b. 11 May 1903, North Carolina d. 9 Jul 1968, Kenansville, Duplin Co, NC (Age 65 years)   10. Dollie Elizabeth MOBLEY,   b. 7 Feb 1905, Duplin Co, NC d. 11 Feb 1965, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, NC (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F6212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Lizzie LONG,   b. 1870, Onslow Co, NC d. 30 Dec 1936, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	c 1908  [3]
  Photos		John Thomas Mobley and Lizzie Long Mobley
  		Mobley children and grandchildren with step mother Lizzie Long Mobley, circa 1919. Maybe Sarah, Lizzie holding Lester, Evana holding Ledford, Dollie, and boy in front is Willis.
  Family ID	F6397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Tom Mobley [terribly blurry, trying to locate original photograph] peggytrobinson originally shared this on 18 Oct 2011 on Ancestry.com.
  		1900 US Census / Mobley, Thomas. Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC
  		1910 US Census / Mobley, John T. New Road, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC
  		1920 US Census / Mobley, John T. Rivenbark Mill Road, Island Creek, NC
  		1930 US Census / Mobley, John T. Wallace Mill Road, Island Creek, NC

  
  

• Sources

  [S3094] John Thomas Mobley, North Carolina death certificate no. 544 (1942). [S2553] John Thomas, Sarah C. & Lizzie L. Mobley marker inscription, Mobley Family Cemetery, Duplin County, NC. [S2575] 1920 US Census / Mobley, John T. [S3040] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741 - 2004., Thomas Mobley - Sarah Carter.