Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....Dobbins, Oscar P. 1815 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

OSCAR P. DOBBINS, District Attorney of Solano County, was born in Vacaville,
same county, May 8, 1854; graduated at the Jesuits' College at Santa Clara in
1873, and for several years assisted his father in the management of his ranch
near Vacaville. During the winter of 1875-'76 he was clerk in the State
Legislature. In 1880 he commenced the study of law in the office of Hon. Joseph
McKenna, now the member of Congress from the Third District of the State. After
eighteen months of study he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court. He
continued in the office of his preceptor until 1884, attending to business for
himself and Mr. McKenna. Being then elected District Attorney, he has since
devoted his energies to the duties of that office, having been twice re-elected,
although his party was defeated both times in the county, owing to the navy yard
at Vallejo being under Democratic control, and he is again at this writing the
candidate for the fourth time of his party for the same office. During his
official career, over fifty men were tried for felony and all but six were
convicted and sentenced; and out of eight cases tried for murder during his term
of office, only one was acquitted, and that was during the first two weeks of
his term. It was the case of J. W. A. Gilmore and George Taylor, wherein Henry
E. Highton, of San Francisco, Hon. Joseph McKenna, now a Congressman, and George
A. Lament were all pitted against him. It was.of such a nature as to appeal
strongly to the sympathy of the jury as well as presenting strong evidence in
favor of defendant.

  Mr. Dobbins has always been a stanch supporter of the Republican party and
prominent in its councils in his county. He is a member of Suisun Lodge, No. 55,
F. & A. M.; also of Solano Chapter, No. 43, R. A. M., of Naval Commandery, No.
19, K. T., of the N. S. G. W., and of the K. of P.

  Mr. Dobbins was married, in 1878, to Miss Mollie R, daughter of Caleb and
Priscilla Wells, natives of Virginia, who came to California in 1860. They have
one child, Brantly W., born in 1879. The subject's father, W. J. Dobbins, was a
native of Kentucky, and his mother, nee Eliza E. Hunt, a native of North
Carolina, who came to California in 1850.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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