Dobbs, Benjamin Franklin

1868 - 1942  (74 years)

• Name	Dobbs, Benjamin Franklin
  Birth	1868  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	DOBB.B001
  _FGRAVE	20648781
  Funeral	Harmony Church   [2]
  Death	1942	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Benjamin Franklin Dobbs, 74 years of age, died last night at his farm home southeast of Flora after an illness of two weeks.
  Burial	Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Dobbs, Ella A. and B. Franklin
  Person ID	I32961	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Atherton, Sarah Ella 'Ella',   b. 1871   d. 1943 (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Dobbs, Raymond E.,   b. 1 Jul 1894   d. 19 Oct 1952 (Age 58 years) + 2. DOBBS, Golda Atherton 'Goldie',   b. 24 Sep 1901, Illinois d. 1973 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F8700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1942 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Kneff Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Franklin Dobbs, 74 years of age, died last night at his farm home southeast of Flora after an illness of two weeks. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from Harmony church with Rev. W. W. Moore officiating. Burial will be in Kneff cemetery. The casket bearers to be Bert Leonard, Roy Kitley, Clarence McCommons, Orra Burt, Henry Mix and Edgar Kitley. The body was removed this afternoon from the Hancock Funeral Home in Flora to the family home where it will lie in state until the hour of final services. Mr. Dobbs is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Ellen Dobbs, one son, Raymond Dobbs, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Pearce, also of Flora. From the personal files of Frances Stanford Bones.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10179] (Reliability: 2). [S10180] (Reliability: 2).