History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, published by Goodspeed, 1889, Pg. 732 
Cedar County Section

D. R. D. Dobyns, President of the Cruce Banking Company since its incorporation in 1885, 
and retired farmer, is now residing in El Dorado Springs.  He was born 
in Muhlenberg County, Ky., in 1814, and is the son of Dr. Lew and Ann 
(Anderson) Dobyns, natives of Virginia.  The parents were married in 
Kentucky, and there the father died in 1845.  He was a farmer in early 
life, but for many years was a successful physician; was justice of the 
peace for several years; was colonel of the militia in general muster 
days and was a member of the Christian Church. His father, Batton Dobyns,
was a native Virginian.  Mrs. Ann (Anderson) Dobyns died when her son, 
D. R. D. Dobyns, was but eight or ten years of age, and the father was 
married the second time.  Her father, Robert Anderson, was born in 
Virginia and died in Kentucky.  D. R. D. Dobyns was the second of three 
children, and received a limited education in the subscription schools 
of his native county.  At the age of fifteen he went to Tennessee, and 
carried mail from Murfreesboro to Springplace, in Georgia (then the 
Cherokee Nation), on horseback for four years.  The distance was 150 
miles.  In 1836 he married, in Rutherford County, Tenn., Miss Matilda 
Wadley, the daughter of John and Mary Wadley, who died in Kentucky in 
1845, leaving two children, both deceased.  He was married the second 
time in Christian County, Ky., to M. E., the daughter of John W. and 
Nancy Thompson, who emigrated from South Carolina in an early day to 
Christian County, Ky., and married there, remaining there during their 
lives. Mr. Dobyns reared four children by the last marriage, but all are 
now deceased.  In 1839 Mr. Dobyns returned to Kentucky, and in 1856 came 
to Cooper County, Mo. Where he remained until 1858, after which he 
removed to Henry County and ther remained until his removal to El Dorado 
Springs.  He has made farming and stock-dealing his principal occupation 
during life, and has accumulated a handsome property.  He has a fine farm 
of 115 acres four miles northeast of El Dorado Springs, and besides has 
considerable real estate in town.  He has been a Democrat all his life, 
and his first presidential vote was cast for Martin Van Buren in 1836.  
Mrs. Dobyns has been amember of the Christian Church for many years, 
and Mr. Dobyns, although not a member, contributes liberally to the 
churches, and to all laudable enterprises.

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