Dobbs Crest - the Willoughby Barrett Version

This crest was sent in by Willoughby Barrett Dobbs III from Connecticut. He has the original seal used by Willoughby Barrett Dobbs the first.

Following is a short biography that I found of him in The Book of New York. pp. 309-310.

Another metropolitan lawyer who entered his profession by the gateway of journalism is Willoughby Barrett Dobbs, who was born in Portsmouth, Va., in the first year of the Civil War. His parents removed to Richmond, Ky., in 1866, then to Lexington, Ky., in 1868, and to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1874. In these places he attended private and public schools. Thence he entered Bethel College, Russelville, Ky., where he was graduated in 1880. For three years he taught district school and read law at the same time, attaining admission to the bar of Kentucky in 1883. He practiced law and edited newspapers until 1892, dividing his time between the two professions of law and journalism. He wrote slashing editorials at night for the Bowling Green Democrat, Daily Gazette and Daily Times and gave his hours of daylight to practice in the courts. In 1886 he became the proprietor of the Allen Sentinel, Scottsville, Ky., and livened the community in politics. He transferred his activities to Washington, D.C., in 1892 when he was called three years later to accept office as chief examiner in the Police Department of New York under Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt. This tenure was of brief duration because the office was abolished by the charter of 1898. The only other political office that Mr. Dobbs has ever held was that of Assemblyman in 1907 for the 32nd New York County District.

Note: While Willoughby was in Washington D.C. he served with Theodore Roosevelt during his tenure as the Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission. Willoughby wrote the initial Civil Service Regulations for the agency.