Elizabeth D. Dobyns

Brief Life History of Elizabeth D.

When Elizabeth D. Dobyns was born on 25 July 1861, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, her father, Colita Whitfield Dobyns, was 27 and her mother, Julia Ann Martin, was 25. She married William Marzelle Hackworth on 25 February 1885, in Bedford, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Staunton Magisterial District, Bedford, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 31 December 1888, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Bedford, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Marzelle Hackworth
1864–1946
Elizabeth D. Dobyns
1861–1888
Marriage: 25 February 1885
Roberta Jane Hackworth
1885–1943
Annie Myrtle Hackworth
1886–1959
Bessie G. Hackworth
1888–

Sources (13)

  • Eliza D Dobyns in household of C W Dobyns, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Elizabeth D. Dobyns, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Betty D Hackworth in entry for Thomas A Farley, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"

World Events (8)

1862 · The Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg involved 200,000 troops with General Ambrose Burnside of the army of the Potomac against General Lee’s Army of the North.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Dobbins .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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