Biographical Sketch of William P. Dabbs, Greene County, Missouri,
Campbell Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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This gentleman was born May 28, 1829, in Virginia, and is the son of
Abner, and Mary Dabbs.  His parents moved to North Carolina in 1838,
and remained there until 1844.  They then came to Greene county, Miss-
ouri, where William P. grew to manhood, in the city of Springfield. In
the fall of 1861 he enlisted in the State Guards, and in February, 
1862, he joined Capt. Dick Campbell's company, under Gen. Price.  He
was taken prisoner at the battle of Champion Hill, Miss., upon the 17th
of May, 1863, and held at Camp Morton, Fort Delaware and Point Lookout
until March, 1864, when he was released.  He then went to Clark county,
Ohio where he met his family, who had been ordered out of the county in
the spring of that year.  He lived in Ohio until September, 1881, when
he returned to Greene county, Missouri and bought the farm of one hun-
dred and seventy-five acres, where he now resides.  Mr. Dabbs was 
married October 3, 1858, to Miss Hannah M., daughter of John B. Johns-
ton, a former citizen of Springfield.  Their union has been blest with
ten children, eight of whom are now living, viz.: Mary C., John W.,
Hannah E., Clara L., Ellen V., Edward A., Thomas E., and an infant
daughter.

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