Brief Life History of William Bentley
When William Bentley Dobbs was born on 1 February 1873, in Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, Alexander H. Dobbs, was 32 and his mother, Mary Gerkey, was 29. He married Ruby Ellen Cattrell on 4 May 1899, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. He lived in Bennington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Homer, Burlington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 16 February 1953, in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Homer, Licking, Ohio, United States.
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- William Dobbs, "United States Census, 1910"
- Wm. Dobbs, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- William Bentley Dobbs, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dobb , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, from the medieval personal name Dobb(e), a rhyming pet form of Robert .
History: Arthur Dobbs (1689–1765) was born at Castle Dobbs, County Antrim, Ireland. In 1745 he purchased 400,000 acres of land in NC and was selected as governor in 1754. He married twice and his second wife, wed when he was age 73, was a girl in her teens from NC.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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