Cicero Holton Dobbs
M, #5384, (1880 - 1954)
Cicero Holton Dobbs|b. 11 May 1880\nd. 1 Jun 1954|p5384.htm|John Perry Dobbs|b. 20 Apr 1842\nd. 28 Jan 1911|p2247.htm|Martha Ann Woodon|b. 3 Nov 1854\nd. 31 Mar 1903||Burrell Dobbs|b. 17 Jan 1800\nd. 31 Dec 1869|p911.htm|Margaret Armstrong|b. 15 Sep 1802\nd. 27 Jan 1884|p1553.htm|||||||
Relationship=3rd cousin 1 time removed of James Monroe Dobbs Jr.
Last Edited=3 Nov 2009
Cicero Holton Dobbs was born on May 11, 1880.1 He was the son of John Perry Dobbs and Martha Ann Woodon.1 He died on June 1, 1954 at age 74.1
According to "And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank" by Steve Oney (Pantheon Books, 2003), Cicero H. Dobbs was involved in the lynching of Leo Frank and that he provided transportation for the lynch mob in his taxi. (see also Evan Prothro Dobbs).2,3
According to "And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank" by Steve Oney (Pantheon Books, 2003), Cicero H. Dobbs was involved in the lynching of Leo Frank and that he provided transportation for the lynch mob in his taxi. (see also Evan Prothro Dobbs).2,3
Citations
- [S416] Bevers, Hadaway, Wheeler & Griggs Families, online <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi>. Hereinafter cited as Bevers, Hadaway, Wheeler & Griggs Families.
- [S417] CNN: Leo Frank lynching lives on in memories of descendants, online http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/02/leo.frank/index.html, One of the 25 or so men was Cicero Dobbs, the grandfather-in-law of Roy Barnes, a Georgia lawyer and politician who is a former governor himself and will be running again in 2010.
- [S418] And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank, online http://www.lawsch.uga.edu/academics/profiles/dwilkes_more/…, According to Stephen J. Goldfarb, Cicero Dobbs "operated a grocery store in Marietta for 25 years, and later the Dobbs Barber Shop.
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