Dr. R. V. Hobson, an eminent practicing physician of River Hill, was born March 15, 1837, in Richmond. Va., of which State his parents were also natives. His father, Richard Hobson, died in 1847; he was a son of Samuel Hobson, a Virginian of English descent. Subject’s mother was Mary Ann, daughter of Frank Pearce, who was also a native of Virginia, and thought to be of French origin. Mrs. Hobson departed this life about 1848. Our subject was raised and educated in his native State, principally at Charlottesville, Oaklong Academy. He graduated in 1852, and immediately began the study of medicine, under guidance of Drs. Hughes & Leech. In 1859 he entered upon his practice at Alexandria, Va. In 1861 he moved to Baltimore, Md., remaining there about two years. During the following ten years he traveled extensively, also practiced four years at Perrysburg, Ohio. In 1876 he came to River Hill, where he has succeeded in building up a large and lucrative practice. He is recognized as one of the leading and most able practitioners of the county, and is universally respected. He has been an earnest member of the Christian Church for the past twenty-eight years, and is a Republican.

Source:   Goodspeed Pub. Co. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of the Counties of White, Warren, Coffee, DeKalb, and Cannon, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1887.