Brief Life History of Joseph Hamilton
When Joseph Hamilton Dobson was born in January 1862, in Virginia, United States, his father, Capt. Joseph Hamlin Dobson, was 32 and his mother, Badoura Pettit, was 29. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Mary Ann Broocke. He lived in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1920 and District 13 Election District, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1930. He died in 1936, at the age of 74, and was buried in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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- Joseph Dobson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Joseph Hamilton Dobson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph H Dobson in entry for Thomas R Dobson, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dob(b), a rhyming pet form of Robert (see Dobbe ), + -son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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