NameJames Monroe Dobbs
Birth15 Sep 1851, Bradley Co. Tennessee
Death30 Apr 1907, Parker Co., Texas217
Death MemoDied at age 55, liver complaint
BurialLittle Bethel Cemetery, Parker Co., Texas
Spouses
Birth4 Dec 1861, Missouri
Death17 Jan 1938, Parker Co., Texas
Burial20 Jan 1938, Little Bethel Cemetery, Parker Co., Texas
FatherJohn L. Brown (~1835-<1864)
MotherCynthia Ann Ruark (1841-1902)
Marriage17 May 1877, Parker Co., Texas217
ChildrenMonroe Lee “Rodie” (1878-1955)
 Eva May (1881-1961)
 Lillie “Ethel” (1887-1968)
 Essie Fay (1893-)
Notes for James Monroe Dobbs
217Daily Herald, Thursday, May 2, 1907
J.M. Dobbs, an old resident of Parker County, died at Carter Tuesday and was buried yesterday at Bethel Church. He was fifty-five years of age, and leaves a wife and three grown children. His death was due to liver complaint, he having been sick several months. [He actually had four adult children]
Notes for Margaret Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
217Obituary, The Daily Herald in Weatherford, Jan. 20, 1938.
Mrs. J. M. (Josh)  Lynch, age 77 years, died at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at her home north of Weatherford, following an illness of only three days. Mrs. Lynch was born in Missouri but came to Parker County when a child of two years, and at the time of her death, had been a resident of the county for 75 years.
Survivors are her husband, Josh Lynch and four children, one son and three daughters as follows;  M. L. Dobbs, Mrs. E. Crelia and Mrs. M. A. Statum all of Weatherford, and Mrs. W. I. Campbell, Hobbs, New Mexico. She is also survived by one brother, Henry Brown of Oklahoma City.
The funeral services were held at 3 p.m. o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bethel, eight miles north of Weatherford, with Rev. Jimmy Dobbs officiating. Burial took place in the Dobbs Cemetery at Bethel. (buried beside 1st husband)
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