Clark County WA Archives Biographies.....Dobbs, Roy H. 1885 - 
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     ROY H. DOBBS, cashier of the Citizens State Bank of Camas, has in all of 
his affairs proven a man of marked initiative ability and sound and dependable 
judgment, and since coming to Camas has gained an enviable standing among its 
leading men of affairs. The Citizens State Bank was established in 1919 by W. 
A. Mansfield, Robert Stoller, Hugh MacMaster, B. W. Nonemaker, A. D. McKever 
and H. S. Clark, and is an entirely local institution, having a capital stock 
of thirty thousand dollars and total resources of three hundred and twenty-
five thousand dollars, Its first officers were W. A. Mansfield, president; 
Robert Stoller, vice president; and Roy H. Dobbs, cashier. Mr. Mansfield was 
succeeded in the presidency by H. T. Clark, and the present directors are A. 
C. Allen, of Camas; H. S. Clark, of the Crown Willamette Paper Company; Dr. H. 
W. Andresen, dentist; H. E. Jones, of the Crown Willamette Paper Company; Carl 
Laux, of Camas; B. W. Nonemaker and Hugh MacMaster, both of Camas.

     Roy H. Dobbs was born in Union, Union county, Oregon, in 1885, a son 
William and Melissa (Galloway) Dobbs. His father, who was a native of England, 
came to this country in 1863 and during the greater part of his subsequent 
life was a manufacturer of bricks at Union, Oregon, which trade he had learned 
in his native land, and the same business had been followed by his family for 
a number of generations. Many of the early buildings at Union were constructed 
of bricks which he made. At one time not quite satisfied with the quality of 
his product, he tore down and rebuilt his kilns. His death occurred in 1921. 
His wife was brought to Oregon in 1853, when about seven years old, and became 
the wife of Conrad Miller, who owned the first farm taken up at Union, and 
after his death she became the wife of William Dobbs. Her father, Thomas 
Galloway, was one of the early pioneer, having crossed the plains with ox 
teams and settled at Coffin Rock.

     Roy H. Dobbs attended the public schools at Union and for two winters the 
Armstrong Business College in Portland. He then took over his mother's farm 
and in 1905 established a milk route at Union, being the first to deliver milk 
in bottles east of the mountains. He acquired a fine herd of registered Jersey 
cattle and sold his cream for ten cents a pint. He followed that business 
successfully for two years and in 1908 went to Washougal, establishing the 
first herd of registered Jersey cattle in Clark county. He kept this herd 
until 1919, when he sold the farm and stock, but later had to take the farm 
back and still owns it. On leaving the farm he removed to Camas, where he 
became cashier of the Citizens State Bank, which position he has filled to the 
present time. By his careful and discriminating judgment, he has been an 
important factor in the splendid success which this institution has enjoyed 
and to a marked degree he commands the confidence of his business associates.

     In 1908, at Union, Mr. Dobbs was united in marriage to Miss Veta 
Shoemaker, who was born in Cove, Oregon, and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
William Shoemaker, who came to the coast in the '60s, and here Mr. Shoemaker 
followed blacksmithing. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbs are the parents of two children, 
Bruce, who is a student in Washington State College; and Jean.

     Mr. Dobbs is a Mason, in which order he has received the degrees of the 
Scottish Rite; is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine; and a member of the Loyal 
Order of Moose and the Kiwanis Club. He has shown a deep interest in the 
welfare of Camas and is rendering able and appreciated service as mayor of the 
city. He is part owner of a large farm at Cape Horn, which is being stocked 
with registered cattle. A man of sterling integrity, candid and 
straightforward, he has won a warm place in the hearts of the people of Camas 
and is deservedly popular throughout the community.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 913-914

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