Dobbs Family Picture

This picture was taken on the occasion of CEW Dobbs' 65th birthday in 1905. It was the first time that all of the family members had been together in many, many years. It was taken in Georgia.


Seated from left to right: Gilbert Charles Dobbs, Rev. Dr. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs, Willoughby Barrett Dobbs


Standing from left to right: Clarence Hull Dobbs, Florence Hull Dobbs(2nd wife), Charles Dobbs, Leslie Edwin Dobbs, Ann Elizabeth Dobbs.




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My mission is to find all the descendants of Kedar Dobbs, our Revolutionary War Soldier Ancestor. My genealogy investigations have taken me from New England to Spokane, down through California and into Texas, Utah, around Kentucky and Indiana, and in my own back yard, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Richmond, Va. I have talked to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cousins all over the country and celebrate each and every one because we are an interesting and dynamic bunch. My place in our genealogical family is this: Rosemary Dobbs, George Whipple Dobbs, Jr., George Whipple Dobbs, Sr., Charles Dobbs, CEW Dobbs, William Drewery Dobbs, Willoughby Dobbs, Kedar Dobbs.

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

C.E.W. Dobbs - Letter to Century Illustrated

CENTURY ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE
Nov 1885 - April 1886
page 478

A Brave Candidate.

I have just seen in the October Century your reference to the position of Colonel W. C. P. Breckinricfge in regard to the negro problem. Your remarks recall a speech I heard from this gentleman in 1867-8. It was while I was pastor of the Baptist church in Richmond, Kentucky. He was a candidate for commonwealth attorney in that judicial district, and his opponents had used against him the fact that he was in favor of granting the negro the right to testify in the courts of justice. Prejudice was very high and feeling was very bitter on that question, and it was a most effective argument against Colonel Breckinridge. Before a crowded and inflamed audience the wily gentlemen had denounced Colonel Breckinridge for his emphatic approval of the hated measure. With eloquence he replied :

"Fellow-citizens, the charge my opponents urge against me is true. I am aware that this avowal will most likely defeat me in this canvass, for you are not ready to view this question calmly and dispassionately. Your prejudices blind your judgment. Nevertheless, the measure is one not only of justice to a down-trodden race, but also of an enlightened public policy. As chivalrous white men, we should be ashamed of our delay in granting this boon to the black man for his protection. In the after days, when the passions of this hour shall have been cooled, when reason shall assert her sway, when the nobler feelings of your nature shall rule your hearts and judgment,— in that hour you will approve though now you condemn me."

The effect was electrical. The vast crowd broke out with the wildest applause, as the bold and eloquent speaker gazed earnestly in their faces. He was warmly complimented on every side, even by the most determined opponents of the measure. Yet prejudice was too strong in the opposite direction, and Colonel Breckinridge (fortunately for him) was defeated.

Yery truly yours, Columbus, Mississippi. C. E. W. Dobbs.
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