Cumberland County NcArchives Obituaries.....Dobbin, J. C., Hon.  August 1857
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Sat. Aug. 8, 1857, North Carolina Argus
     DEATH OF HONORABLE J. C. DOBBIN
   It becomes our melancholy duty to announce the deeath of our distinguished 
townsman, the HON. J. C. DOBBIN, which occurred at his residence near this 
place on Tuesday morning last.
   MR. DOBBIN had been in a feeble state of health for several months, and his 
rapid decline for the last few weeks rendered it apparent that his end was 
near.
   Thus has passed away, in the prime of his life, a useful and respected 
citizen -- a leading and fearless Statesman, and one of the first spirits of 
the Country.
   His loss is a national bereavement. MR. DOBBIN was born on the 17th of 
January, 1814; graduated at our State University in 1832, read Law under the 
late JUDGE STRANGE, and was early ranked among the leading laywers of the 
State. He commenced his public career in 1845, during which year he was 
elected To Congress, which position he filed with marked ability; in 1848, he 
was elected to the Legislature and was elected Speaker of the House of Commons 
in 1850. He entered PRESIDENT PIERCE'S Cabinet in 1853, and during his entire 
Administration filled the position of Secretary of the Navy.
   In all the relations of life, MR. DOBBIN was distinguished alike for 
loftiness of purpose and genuine purity and goodness of heart  -- it is even 
supposed that his self-sacrificing efforts for the public good contributed 
materially to shorten his life. 

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