History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 854, Pleasant Township
John C. Dobbins, retired farmer, son of Robert P. and Catharine
A., was born in Ohio March 27, '11; Capt. of militia in Ohio; came to
Illinois in 1836 and settled in this county; has been School Trustee
and Director and Township Assessor, and connected with the U. G. R. R.
In Ohio in 1834, he married Hannah A. Miller, who was a native of that
State. They have had 8 children; the 4 boys who are living are Robert
L., John C., Abler N. and David T. Mr. D. had 4 sons in the late war,
and lost 2 of them there. He resides in Ipava.
submitted by Glenene Brown
History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its
Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil,
Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and
Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 913, Vermont Township
John C. Dobbins, a well-known pioneer and farmer, was born in
Clermont county, O., in 1811; was a Captain in the Black Hawk war; in
1835 married Harriet A. Miller, and next year he emigrated to this tp.
and occupied an 80-acre lot of "raw" prairie, which his father had
purchased and given to him; went diligently to work and in course of
time obtained possession of 500 acres, but he has since given each of
his children 120 acres. He reserves 50 acres as a donation to churches.
His children were and are: Alexander, who died at Nashville in the late
war; Franklin, killed at the battle of Wahatchie Bridge; Robert and
Calvin, who enlisted in Co. H, 28th Ill., and Co. D, 151st Ill.; and
David T., above mentioned.
