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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Greene County, Ohio,
its people, industries & institutions
by Hon. M. A. Broadstone, Editor in Chief -
Vol. I. & II.
Publ. B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Ind.
1918
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CHARLES DILL DOBBINS.
The late Charles Dill Dobbins, who died at his farm
home on the line between Cedarville and Ross township on
Jan. 10, 1909, was a native son of Ohio and all his life was
spent in this state, a resident of Greene county since the
time of his marriage in 1876. He was born in the city
of Lima, county seat of Allen county, Mar. 10, 1853, son of
Hugh and Mary (Elwell) Dobbins, the latter of whom
was born and reared in Clark county, this state.
Hugh Dobbins was born in Pennsylvania and was
twelve years of age when he came to Ohio with his parents,
the family settling in Allen county, where he grew to
manhood and became a farmer and landowner and served for
fourteen years as auditor of the county. After his
marriage he moved to Lima and later lived at Yellow Springs.
For years he was a Republican, but in his later years
espoused the cause of the Prohibition party. He and
his family were Presbyterians. Hugh Dobbins was
twice married, and by his first wife, Mary Elwell,
was the father of four children, of whom the subject of this
memorial sketch was the third in order of birth, the others
being Chalmers, also deceased; Libbie, wife of
Clark Funston of Yellow springs, this county; and
James, a farmer, living in the vicinity of Ada, this
state. The mother of the children died in 1856 and
Hugh Dobbins later married Mary Funston, who died
in 1908. The latter marriage was without issue.
Charles D. Dobbins was reared on the farm and
completed his early schooling at Ada. He plowed the
first furrow for the foundation of the main building of the
Ohio Northern University and later entered the college,
pursuing his studies there with a vew of entering the gospel
ministry, but failing health interrupted his studies and he
did not finish the course. After his marriage in 1876
Mr. Dobbins made his home in Greene county, buying
here the farm of one hundred and fifty-two acres on the line
between Cedarville and Ross township where he spent the rest
of his life. In addition to his general farming he
gave considerable attention to the raising of live stock,
with particular reference to pure-bred Merino sheep and
Poland China hogs. Originally a Republican, Mr.
Dobbins in his later years became a Prohibitionist.
On Oct. 25, 1876, Charles D. Dobbins was united
in marriage to Flora E. Turnbull who was born in this
country and who survives her husband, now making her home in
Cedarville, to which place she moved in 1911 and bought a
home on North Main street. She is a member of the
United Presbyterian church at Cedarville, as was her
husband. To Charles D. and Flora E. (Turnbull)
Dobbins were born seven children, namely:
Orlando who married Alta Spangler and is living
on the home place, a part of which he is farming; Alma,
wife of Harry King, a farmer, living at Washington
Court House, in the neighboring county of Fayette; Mary,
wife of Omer Burrell, of Springfield, in the
neighboring county of Clark; Hattie, wife of
Denver Wisecup, of Oxford, this state; Max Elwell,
who died at the age of two years, and Zelpha, who is
living with her mother at Cedarville.
Mrs. Dobbins was born in Cedarville township, a
daughter of Samuel K. and Catherine (Funston) Turnbull,
both now deceased, the latter of whom died Sept. 5, 1913,
she then being eighty-six years of age, and the former, Jan.
5, 1917, he then being in the eighty-eighth year of his age.
Samuel Kyle Turnbull, further reference to whom is
made elsewhere in this volume, also was born in Cedarville
township, a son of John and Margaret (Kyle) Turnbull,
the former of whom was a son of William Turnbull and wife,
who had come up here with their family from the vicinity of
Nashville, Tennessee, and had settled in Cedarville township
in the early days of the settlement of that region, all of
which, together with further details of the history of the
Turnbull family in Greene county, is set out at
considerable length elsewhere. The stone house erected
by William Turnbull upon coming to this county is
still standing, now owned by the Fowler family, on
the Columbus-Cincinnati pike, about three miles southwest of
Cedarville. Catherine Funston was born in the
neighboring county of Clark, a daughter of John and
Keziah (Scott) Funston, the latter of whom was a
daughter of Thomas Scott, who had come up here into
Ohio from the vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky, and had
settled in Clark county, not far north of the Greene county
line. John Funston was a son of Paul Funston,
whose parents had come to this county from Ireland. To
Samuel K. and Catherine (Funston) Turnbull were born
four children, those besides Mrs. Dobbins being
John Edwin Turnbull, who is living on the home place in
Cedarville township; Fannie, wife of Charles
Barber, of Cedarville, and Melda, who married
Edwin Bull and who, as well as her husband, is now
decease.
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio, Vol. II - publ. by
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.,
1918 - Page 786 |
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