Biography of William P Dobson, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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page 661

William P. Dobson, a practicing physician and surgeon, of Union Township,
Independence County, resides on a farm four miles north of Cushman postoffice.
He was born in Surrey County, N. C., in 1846, and is one of two children born
to John H. and Elizabeth Dobson. both natives of North Carolina. John H. was
born in 1807 and died in his native State in 1866; he was of English-Irish
descent. Mrs. Dobson, whose maiden name was Martin, was born in Wilkes County
in 1817, and died in 1867; her ancestors were Dutch. William P. was reared in
North Carolina. where he was given the advantages of a common-school education.
He obtained his medical knowledge at the University of Louisville, Ky., and,
since the year 1868, has been actively engaged in the practice of inedicine. He
located in Independence County, Ark., in 1870, where he has ever since resided
and devoted the greater part of his attention to his practice. which is
extensive and lucrative. In 1875 Dr. Dobson married Miss Kittie Williamson, a
native of Arkansas, who was born in 1856. Their six children are: John R.,
William T., David E., Burrus C., Archibald H. and Mary E. The mother is an
active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, and the family is one
well-known and respected. The Doctor owns 480 acres of land, of which he
cultivates 125 acres. His polities have been Democratic ever since he cast his
first presidential vote for Seymour and Blair.