Joseph was wounded and disabled in the battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. Joseph was hit by a piece of a shell striking him in the back of his left-hand resulting in amputation of his middle finger. His left hand and arm withered and it was totally useless, with him suffering recurring gangrene throughout the remainder of the war.
The Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry surrendered at Bennett's House, Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Nothing has been found in official sources to show how many members of the Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry were still with the unit when it finally surrendered. An unofficial report, however, indicated that fewer than one-hundred men were still with the unit at that late date.
An exhibition of expenses paid by the Board of Trustees of Bowden College, from the fund appropriated by the State of Georgia, for the Education of Indigent Maimed Soldiers for the year 1867 is in collection 055 AC 00-138, Private Manuscripts Section, Georgia Department of Archives and History. Joseph Dobbs' name is on that list. This is apparently how Joseph obtained his education to qualify for the position of school teacher. Joseph drew for the first quarter $34.60 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $7.73 for clothing, $1.15 for books, and 1.00 for incidentals. For the second quarter Joseph drew $54.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $19.50 for clothing, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the third quarter Joseph drew $31.70 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $14.00 for clothing, $11.75 for books, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the fourth quarter Joseph drew $30.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, and $29.00 for clothing. The aggregate amount for 1867 was $277.73. Information for previous or subsequent years was not preserved. Joseph Dobbs taught school at the Flint Hill school for many years (photograph on file).
In the 1870 U.S. Census Joseph was enumerated as a school teacher.
Joseph's obituary states that he died at his home Saturday morning at 12:30, after an illness of several days with pneumonia. He left his wife and four children. Mrs. C. C. Compton, of Wax, Georgia; Mrs. Birdie Mull, Curtis Dobbs of Seney, Georgia, and Bessie Atkins of Hartselle, Alabama. Joseph was buried in the cemetery adjoining Pleasant Hope Church. The obituary for Joseph states that his sons-in-laws acted as pallbearers at his funeral, to-wit: Ira Shamblin, John Burkhalter, J. V. Dobbs, Preston Mull, Horace Compton, and Elmer Mull; however, several names listed were Joseph's grandsons.
The following appeared in the January 20, 1910-edition of the Cedartown News, under Seney News: "The entire community was shocked last Saturday morning when the announcement was made that Mr. J. B. Dobbs, one of our most esteemed and worthy citizens, was dead at his home near here. Just one week before he was in his usual good health, was engaged at Live Oak church, but having contracted cold which developed into pneumonia, he grew steadily worse until Friday night at 12:30 the end came. His remains were tenderly deposited by loving friends in the little cemetery at Pleasant Hope Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dobbs was well known not only throughout this section, but in Haralson and Floyd counties where he taught school for thirty years, and wherever he has lived he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all classes. The news of his death will be heard with genuine regret everywhere. He leaves a wife and four daughters and one son to mourn his loss. He deserves a eulogy, but one sentence will express a volume. His life was a success. The world is better for his having lived in it. He contributed what he could to the comfort and happiness of his fellows, and his monument is written on a thousand human hearts. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atkins came over from Hartselle, Ala., to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Atkins father."
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Parents:
Elijah Dobbs 1798 - 1870
Cyrena Smith Dobbs 1810- 1849
Siblings:
Lindsey Dobbs 1833 - 1862
Clayton Dobbs 1834 - 1866
Warren R. Dobbs Dec 1835 -
Martha A. Dobbs Conyers 1838 - 1918
Thomas J. Dobbs 1841 - 1872
Joseph B. Dobbs 1843 - 1910
Sarah L. "Sallie" Dobbs Cooke 1848 - 1928
Elizabeth A. Dobbs 1846 -
The Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry surrendered at Bennett's House, Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Nothing has been found in official sources to show how many members of the Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry were still with the unit when it finally surrendered. An unofficial report, however, indicated that fewer than one-hundred men were still with the unit at that late date.
An exhibition of expenses paid by the Board of Trustees of Bowden College, from the fund appropriated by the State of Georgia, for the Education of Indigent Maimed Soldiers for the year 1867 is in collection 055 AC 00-138, Private Manuscripts Section, Georgia Department of Archives and History. Joseph Dobbs' name is on that list. This is apparently how Joseph obtained his education to qualify for the position of school teacher. Joseph drew for the first quarter $34.60 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $7.73 for clothing, $1.15 for books, and 1.00 for incidentals. For the second quarter Joseph drew $54.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $19.50 for clothing, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the third quarter Joseph drew $31.70 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $14.00 for clothing, $11.75 for books, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the fourth quarter Joseph drew $30.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, and $29.00 for clothing. The aggregate amount for 1867 was $277.73. Information for previous or subsequent years was not preserved. Joseph Dobbs taught school at the Flint Hill school for many years (photograph on file).
In the 1870 U.S. Census Joseph was enumerated as a school teacher.
Joseph's obituary states that he died at his home Saturday morning at 12:30, after an illness of several days with pneumonia. He left his wife and four children. Mrs. C. C. Compton, of Wax, Georgia; Mrs. Birdie Mull, Curtis Dobbs of Seney, Georgia, and Bessie Atkins of Hartselle, Alabama. Joseph was buried in the cemetery adjoining Pleasant Hope Church. The obituary for Joseph states that his sons-in-laws acted as pallbearers at his funeral, to-wit: Ira Shamblin, John Burkhalter, J. V. Dobbs, Preston Mull, Horace Compton, and Elmer Mull; however, several names listed were Joseph's grandsons.
The following appeared in the January 20, 1910-edition of the Cedartown News, under Seney News: "The entire community was shocked last Saturday morning when the announcement was made that Mr. J. B. Dobbs, one of our most esteemed and worthy citizens, was dead at his home near here. Just one week before he was in his usual good health, was engaged at Live Oak church, but having contracted cold which developed into pneumonia, he grew steadily worse until Friday night at 12:30 the end came. His remains were tenderly deposited by loving friends in the little cemetery at Pleasant Hope Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dobbs was well known not only throughout this section, but in Haralson and Floyd counties where he taught school for thirty years, and wherever he has lived he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all classes. The news of his death will be heard with genuine regret everywhere. He leaves a wife and four daughters and one son to mourn his loss. He deserves a eulogy, but one sentence will express a volume. His life was a success. The world is better for his having lived in it. He contributed what he could to the comfort and happiness of his fellows, and his monument is written on a thousand human hearts. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atkins came over from Hartselle, Ala., to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Atkins father."
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Parents:
Elijah Dobbs 1798 - 1870
Cyrena Smith Dobbs 1810- 1849
Siblings:
Lindsey Dobbs 1833 - 1862
Clayton Dobbs 1834 - 1866
Warren R. Dobbs Dec 1835 -
Martha A. Dobbs Conyers 1838 - 1918
Thomas J. Dobbs 1841 - 1872
Joseph B. Dobbs 1843 - 1910
Sarah L. "Sallie" Dobbs Cooke 1848 - 1928
Elizabeth A. Dobbs 1846 -
Joseph was wounded and disabled in the battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. Joseph was hit by a piece of a shell striking him in the back of his left-hand resulting in amputation of his middle finger. His left hand and arm withered and it was totally useless, with him suffering recurring gangrene throughout the remainder of the war.
The Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry surrendered at Bennett's House, Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Nothing has been found in official sources to show how many members of the Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry were still with the unit when it finally surrendered. An unofficial report, however, indicated that fewer than one-hundred men were still with the unit at that late date.
An exhibition of expenses paid by the Board of Trustees of Bowden College, from the fund appropriated by the State of Georgia, for the Education of Indigent Maimed Soldiers for the year 1867 is in collection 055 AC 00-138, Private Manuscripts Section, Georgia Department of Archives and History. Joseph Dobbs' name is on that list. This is apparently how Joseph obtained his education to qualify for the position of school teacher. Joseph drew for the first quarter $34.60 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $7.73 for clothing, $1.15 for books, and 1.00 for incidentals. For the second quarter Joseph drew $54.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $19.50 for clothing, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the third quarter Joseph drew $31.70 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $14.00 for clothing, $11.75 for books, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the fourth quarter Joseph drew $30.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, and $29.00 for clothing. The aggregate amount for 1867 was $277.73. Information for previous or subsequent years was not preserved. Joseph Dobbs taught school at the Flint Hill school for many years (photograph on file).
In the 1870 U.S. Census Joseph was enumerated as a school teacher.
Joseph's obituary states that he died at his home Saturday morning at 12:30, after an illness of several days with pneumonia. He left his wife and four children. Mrs. C. C. Compton, of Wax, Georgia; Mrs. Birdie Mull, Curtis Dobbs of Seney, Georgia, and Bessie Atkins of Hartselle, Alabama. Joseph was buried in the cemetery adjoining Pleasant Hope Church. The obituary for Joseph states that his sons-in-laws acted as pallbearers at his funeral, to-wit: Ira Shamblin, John Burkhalter, J. V. Dobbs, Preston Mull, Horace Compton, and Elmer Mull; however, several names listed were Joseph's grandsons.
The following appeared in the January 20, 1910-edition of the Cedartown News, under Seney News: "The entire community was shocked last Saturday morning when the announcement was made that Mr. J. B. Dobbs, one of our most esteemed and worthy citizens, was dead at his home near here. Just one week before he was in his usual good health, was engaged at Live Oak church, but having contracted cold which developed into pneumonia, he grew steadily worse until Friday night at 12:30 the end came. His remains were tenderly deposited by loving friends in the little cemetery at Pleasant Hope Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dobbs was well known not only throughout this section, but in Haralson and Floyd counties where he taught school for thirty years, and wherever he has lived he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all classes. The news of his death will be heard with genuine regret everywhere. He leaves a wife and four daughters and one son to mourn his loss. He deserves a eulogy, but one sentence will express a volume. His life was a success. The world is better for his having lived in it. He contributed what he could to the comfort and happiness of his fellows, and his monument is written on a thousand human hearts. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atkins came over from Hartselle, Ala., to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Atkins father."
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Parents:
Elijah Dobbs 1798 - 1870
Cyrena Smith Dobbs 1810- 1849
Siblings:
Lindsey Dobbs 1833 - 1862
Clayton Dobbs 1834 - 1866
Warren R. Dobbs Dec 1835 -
Martha A. Dobbs Conyers 1838 - 1918
Thomas J. Dobbs 1841 - 1872
Joseph B. Dobbs 1843 - 1910
Sarah L. "Sallie" Dobbs Cooke 1848 - 1928
Elizabeth A. Dobbs 1846 -
The Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry surrendered at Bennett's House, Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Nothing has been found in official sources to show how many members of the Fifty-Sixth Georgia Infantry were still with the unit when it finally surrendered. An unofficial report, however, indicated that fewer than one-hundred men were still with the unit at that late date.
An exhibition of expenses paid by the Board of Trustees of Bowden College, from the fund appropriated by the State of Georgia, for the Education of Indigent Maimed Soldiers for the year 1867 is in collection 055 AC 00-138, Private Manuscripts Section, Georgia Department of Archives and History. Joseph Dobbs' name is on that list. This is apparently how Joseph obtained his education to qualify for the position of school teacher. Joseph drew for the first quarter $34.60 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $7.73 for clothing, $1.15 for books, and 1.00 for incidentals. For the second quarter Joseph drew $54.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $19.50 for clothing, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the third quarter Joseph drew $31.70 for board, $10.00 for tuition, $14.00 for clothing, $11.75 for books, and $1.00 for incidentals. For the fourth quarter Joseph drew $30.00 for board, $10.00 for tuition, and $29.00 for clothing. The aggregate amount for 1867 was $277.73. Information for previous or subsequent years was not preserved. Joseph Dobbs taught school at the Flint Hill school for many years (photograph on file).
In the 1870 U.S. Census Joseph was enumerated as a school teacher.
Joseph's obituary states that he died at his home Saturday morning at 12:30, after an illness of several days with pneumonia. He left his wife and four children. Mrs. C. C. Compton, of Wax, Georgia; Mrs. Birdie Mull, Curtis Dobbs of Seney, Georgia, and Bessie Atkins of Hartselle, Alabama. Joseph was buried in the cemetery adjoining Pleasant Hope Church. The obituary for Joseph states that his sons-in-laws acted as pallbearers at his funeral, to-wit: Ira Shamblin, John Burkhalter, J. V. Dobbs, Preston Mull, Horace Compton, and Elmer Mull; however, several names listed were Joseph's grandsons.
The following appeared in the January 20, 1910-edition of the Cedartown News, under Seney News: "The entire community was shocked last Saturday morning when the announcement was made that Mr. J. B. Dobbs, one of our most esteemed and worthy citizens, was dead at his home near here. Just one week before he was in his usual good health, was engaged at Live Oak church, but having contracted cold which developed into pneumonia, he grew steadily worse until Friday night at 12:30 the end came. His remains were tenderly deposited by loving friends in the little cemetery at Pleasant Hope Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dobbs was well known not only throughout this section, but in Haralson and Floyd counties where he taught school for thirty years, and wherever he has lived he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all classes. The news of his death will be heard with genuine regret everywhere. He leaves a wife and four daughters and one son to mourn his loss. He deserves a eulogy, but one sentence will express a volume. His life was a success. The world is better for his having lived in it. He contributed what he could to the comfort and happiness of his fellows, and his monument is written on a thousand human hearts. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atkins came over from Hartselle, Ala., to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Atkins father."
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Parents:
Elijah Dobbs 1798 - 1870
Cyrena Smith Dobbs 1810- 1849
Siblings:
Lindsey Dobbs 1833 - 1862
Clayton Dobbs 1834 - 1866
Warren R. Dobbs Dec 1835 -
Martha A. Dobbs Conyers 1838 - 1918
Thomas J. Dobbs 1841 - 1872
Joseph B. Dobbs 1843 - 1910
Sarah L. "Sallie" Dobbs Cooke 1848 - 1928
Elizabeth A. Dobbs 1846 -
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