Biographical Sketch of Rev. J. Hervey Dobbs, Greene County, Missouri, North Springfield >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Dobbs was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1844, and is the son of Bennett and Nancy Dobbs. After having served in the State and National Guards, he enlisted for government service in the civil war, in the Mississippi squadron, being assigned to duty on gun- boat Silver Lake, No. 23, where he remained till the war closed. He was mustered out June 26, 1865, at Mound City, Illinois, and soon afterwards entered Genesee Wesleyan seminary, of New York State, where he completed his education. He then went into the mercantile business, till 1876, when, by the urgent importunities of his friends he was in- duced to enter the temperance work as a lecturer, and also lectured on other subjects. Subsequently, he entered on the ministerial work, as a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, though he still con- tinued his temperance work till the spring of 1878, when he was appoin- ted State deputy and lecturer of the I. O. G. T. of Pennsylvania. While holding that position he was appointed secretary of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania State Temperance Union, and placed in charge of the legislative work in behalf of temperance. In March, 1881 he resigned his position and took a transfer from the Central Pennsyl- vania conference to the St. Louis conference, and was stationed at North Springfield, Greene County. Mr. Dobbs was married December 28, 1868, to Miss Mary Johnston, of Dunkirk, N. Y. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dobbs, two of whom still survive, named Mary D. and Nettie M. These children Mr. Dobbs and wife have taken great pains to rear and educate properly, teaching them the religion that gives the greatest value to life. Mr. Dobbs was assigned to a charge in Kansas City early in 1883. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================