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Rev Samuel Winfield Dobbs

Parents

Father	Nathaniel Dobbs, Jr. (b. 1793, d. about 1870)
Mother	Sarah Ann Redd (b. 1800, d. 1870)

Children with Catherine Bell ("Katie") Yates (b. 10 February 1821, d. 2 August 1906)

Son	Guilford Rowen ("Roan") Dobbs (b. 19 October 1838, d. 22 October 1905)
Daughter	Mary Jane Dobbs (b. October 1840, d. 13 February 1927)
Son	James Samuel Dobbs (b. about 1843, d. about 1864)
Daughter	Mazette Ann Dobbs (b. about 1845, d. UNKNOWN)
Daughter	Aleatha Elvira Alafair Dobbs (b. 17 February 1847, d. 31 March 1934)
Son	Oliver Cornelius Dobbs, Sr. (b. 7 February 1849, d. 2 July 1907)
Son	Oran Nathaniel Dobbs (b. 23 February 1851, d. 3 December 1935)
Son	Joseph Benjamin Dobbs (b. 28 March 1853, d. 6 March 1914)
Son	Rev Lemuel Leroy Dobbs+ (b. 11 June 1855, d. 6 February 1915)
Daughter	Sarah Catherine Louvina Dobbs+ (b. 1 May 1857, d. 1938)

Biography

Anecdote		Samuel W. Dobbs moved to Chilton Co. from Coosa Co. with his family about 1875 and became a Methodist Circuit riding preacher for the Alabama Methodist Conference. He died 1-2-1883 and is buried in Chilton Ct. Ala. somewhere. His dau.-in-law, Sarah, stated in some letters that she left Calera, Ala. with other family member about 1940 traveling South looking for Samuel grave site and found it. It did not have a monument, but had an old deteriorating arbor over the grave. We do not know the name of the graveyard and was hopeing that there might be an obit that would list the Church and graveyard. His brother N.A. Dobbs also was a preacher and he and some of his family is buried at the Pleasant Grove Cem. West of Kincheon
Anecdote		The following information was found in the Samford University Library (Birmingham, AL) in a book entitled " History of Methodism in Alabama and West Florida" by Marion Elias Lazenby. I don't have the year of print. "The 45th Methodist Conference met at Robinson Springs (AL) Nov. 7, 1873 and received into the Conference S.W. Dobbs, N.A. Dobbs and W.A. Wells to be Circuit riders for the Tallapoosa Circuit" that consisted of several co.'s. They came from the Congregational Methodist Church. Most inportant was the listing of the deceased ministers that served the Methodist Conference. Their full name, birthday, death date and place of burial, etc. "Nathaniel Arnold Dobbs, b Aug. 16, 1823..d Feb.7, 1917, Pleasant Grove, Chilton, Co." "Samuel Winfield Dobbs ... death 1883.........joined Conference 1873" No place of burial for S.W. Another source of information for Alabama research is the Alabama State Census of 1820-1866. The family of Nathaniel Dobbs Jr (wife Sarah A. Red) and several of their children's families are found on the 1850 & 1855 Alabama State Census for Macon County. Sarah Dobbs is listed on the 1866 Alabama State Census, Macon County, as Head of Household aged 60-70. So now we know that Nathaniel Dobbs Jr died between 1860 and 1866.
DNA Verified		49 DNA matches through Rev Samuel Winfield Dobbs
Birth	6 September 1820	He was born on 6 September 1820 in Gwinnett, Georgia, United StatesBGO.
Marriage	1837	He and Catherine Bell ("Katie") Yates were married in 1837 in Harris, Georgia, United StatesBGO.1
Residence	1840	He lived at Floyds DistrictBG in Harris, Georgia, United StatesBGO, in 1840.2
1840 Federal Census (fam)	1840	He and Catherine Bell ("Katie") Yates appeared in the 1840 federal census in 1840 in Harris, Georgia, United StatesBGO.
Census	1840	He appeared in the census in 1840 in Harris, Georgia, United StatesBGO. Agriculture
Civil	18423
Civil	18434
Residence	1850	He lived in Macon, Alabama, United StatesBGO, in 1850.5
Residence	1855	He lived in Macon, Alabama, United StatesBGO, in 1855.5
Residence	1860	He lived Age: 42 in Southern Division, Coosa, AlabamaBG, in 1860.6
1860 Federal Census (fam)	10 August 1860	He and Catherine Bell ("Katie") Yates appeared in the 1860 federal census on 10 August 1860 in Coosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO.
Residence	1866	He lived in Coosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO, in 1866.5
Census (F)	1866	He and Catherine Bell ("Katie") Yates were enumerated on the census of 1866 in Coosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO.
Residence	1870	He lived Age: 49 in Travellers Rest, Coosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO, in 1870.7
Census	25 August 1870	He appeared in the census on 25 August 1870 in Travellers Rest, Coosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO.
1870 Federal Census (fam)	25 August 1870	He and Catherine Bell ("Katie") Yates appeared in the 1870 federal census on 25 August 1870 in Travellers Rest, Coosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO.
Residence	26 June 1880	He lived in District 48, Coosa, Alabama, USABGO, on 26 June 1880.8
Census	26 June 1880	He appeared in the census on 26 June 1880 in Coosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO. Agriculture Census
Death	2 January 1883	He died on 2 January 1883 at age 62 in Clinton, Alabama, United StatesBGO.

Citations

1. [S325] Wanda's Family Tree, Catherine "Katie" Bell Yates
2. [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Floyds District, Harris, Georgia; Roll: 43; Page: 246; Family History Library Film: 0007044
3. [S324] Ancestry.com, Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892, Militia District Number: 920
4. [S324] Ancestry.com, Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892
5. [S313] Ancestry.com, Alabama State Census, 1820-1866
6. [S242] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern Division, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M653_7; Page: 193; Family History Library Film: 803007
7. [S240] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Travellers Rest, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M593_11; Page: 435B; Image: 246574; Family History Library Film: 545510
8. [S308] Ancestry.com, U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Census Year: 1880; Census Place: District 48, Coosa, Alabama; Archive Collection Number: M279; Roll: 27; Page: 36; Line: 1; Schedule Type: Agriculture