Anthony Lobb (also referred to as “Uncle Anthony”) was born in Lexington Kentucky. He was enslaved by Aquilla Lobb “a few years before the civil war” who was “one of the pioneers of Jackson County. Anthony had 12 children (four still living: Annie Buseer of Independence, Amanda Kendricks of Chicago, James Madison Lobb of the Lobb neighborhood, and Anthony Lobb, Jr. of Independence) and owned about 200 acres of land which he farmed near the Lobb church.