GEORGE LEE DOBBS
Birth: 3 May 1825
Death: 1 Feb 1906
George Lee Dobbs was born May 3, 1825 in Bradley County,
Tennessee. His parents were James Dobbs and Sarah Whitlock-Dobbs. He married
Jane C. McGhee November 8, 1847. George and Jane had seven children. Five of
them born in Tennessee and the last two were born after they moved to Parker
County in 1858.
The children were: Mary Ann, who married William Holly Clark; James Monroe, who married Margaret Elizabeth Brown; William McGhee Dobbs, who married Olevia Lee Green; Sarah Jane Dobbs, who married Joshua M. Lynch; John Wesley, who married Emma Alice Stewart; George Lee Jr., who married Mary Ellen Ellis; and Martha E., who married Amos M. Campbell.
George Lee was a pioneer of Parker County, one of its earliest settlers. “He participated in many a chase after marauding Indians.” And shortly before his death in 1906, he received a sum of money from the United States government in settlement of an Indian depredation claim. He had made a crop on Sam Woody's farm in north Parker County in the year 1859. On February 13, 1865, his first wife Jane died, leaving him with their seven children, four boys and three girls. Jane was buried on the family farm, which George had bought. It was located just north west of Clark Cemetery on the Clear Fork.
The children were: Mary Ann, who married William Holly Clark; James Monroe, who married Margaret Elizabeth Brown; William McGhee Dobbs, who married Olevia Lee Green; Sarah Jane Dobbs, who married Joshua M. Lynch; John Wesley, who married Emma Alice Stewart; George Lee Jr., who married Mary Ellen Ellis; and Martha E., who married Amos M. Campbell.
George Lee was a pioneer of Parker County, one of its earliest settlers. “He participated in many a chase after marauding Indians.” And shortly before his death in 1906, he received a sum of money from the United States government in settlement of an Indian depredation claim. He had made a crop on Sam Woody's farm in north Parker County in the year 1859. On February 13, 1865, his first wife Jane died, leaving him with their seven children, four boys and three girls. Jane was buried on the family farm, which George had bought. It was located just north west of Clark Cemetery on the Clear Fork.
George & Jane Dobbs
George soon remarried to Cynthia Ann Ruark, she being a sister to Rev. Henry Roark, a pioneer Baptist preacher. Cynthia Ann was the daughter of William Ruark and Margaret Williams-Ruark. George Lee and Cynthia Ann had nine children. Their children were: Emma Elizabeth, who married John James Noland; Cynthia Lee, who married Robert Walker Hicks; Holly Ruark, who married 1. Martha Sophnonia Ellis & 2. Addie Isis Underdown; Joshua Allen, who married Mary Elizabeth Vernon; Rosie Adaline, who married Benjamin Delano Wiley; Ella E., who married Ira M. Ellis; Robert Carrall, who married Anna Lillian Jones; Ollie Frances, who married 1. William Thomas Taylor 2. Elzia E. Stewart; and Horace Seamore, who married Oddie A. Brawley.
George L. Dobbs professed religion in about the year 1868, and he joined the Missionary Baptist church at old Clear Fork, being baptized by Rev. J.C. Powers. Shortly afterwards he was ordained a deacon and at his death he was a member and also a deacon of the Bethel Church near his home. He was 80 years, 8 months and 28 days old at his death. Rev. Fronaberger and Rev. Jesse McCord conducted the funeral services, and he was laid to rest about fifty yards from his old home, where his two wives were also buried. His second wife preceded him in death in 1902.
George Lee was a very prominent citizen of the Clear Fork Community. “Our county has lost one of her best citizens, Bethel church has lost almost her cornerstone, and his place in the community will never be filled. He was the best friend to the poor and to charity I ever knew. We would say to his sorrowing children weep not for him, but go to the One that your dear old Father did for all blessings, and while living prepare to meet death as he did; then there will be no more sad partings nor goodbyes.”
George Lee was a very prominent citizen of the Clear Fork Community. “Our county has lost one of her best citizens, Bethel church has lost almost her cornerstone, and his place in the community will never be filled. He was the best friend to the poor and to charity I ever knew. We would say to his sorrowing children weep not for him, but go to the One that your dear old Father did for all blessings, and while living prepare to meet death as he did; then there will be no more sad partings nor goodbyes.”
Photo copied from Jennifer Stults: taken aprox 1895 , Dobbs Family Farm in Parker County, Texas
Front Row: Child-Iva Lorena Dobbs, Stepmother-Martha Sophnonia Ellis Dobbs, Baby-George Hollie, George Lee Dobbs, 2nd wife Cynthia Ann Ruark Brown Dobbs 2nd Row: Holly Ruark Dobbs, Ollie F. Dobbs