Husband: Seaborn DOBSON
Birthdate: 15 December 1825
Birthplace: Leon County, Florida
Death date: 08 September 1919
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Florida
Father: Isiah DOBSON
Mother: Sarah YELVINGTON

Marriage date: Circa 1855
Marriage place: Florida

Wife: Melvina NEWMANS
Birthdate: 15 March 1836
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: 1866-1867
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery?, Union County, Florida
Father: Charles NEWMANS
Mother: Ann (Last name unknown)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mollie DOBSON
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 26 February 1856
Birthplace: Olustee, Florida
Death date: 26 September 1940
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Florida
Marriage date: 1st Bet. 1900 and 1908,
  2nd 27 November 1909
Marriage place: 1st Suwanee Co., Florida?,
  2nd Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: 1st Mr. Blume,
  2nd David Jackson DUGGER

Child No. 2: Gideon DOBSON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 19 March 1858
Birthplace: Olustee, Florida
Death date: Bef. 1950
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Florida
Marriage date: Circa 1879
Marriage place: Florida
Spouse's name: Hattie THOMAS

Child No. 3: Elijah James DOBSON
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 04 February 1860
Birthplace: Olustee, Florida
Death date: 23 November 1950
Place of death: Olustee, Baker County, Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Florida
Marriage date: 03 February 1881
Marriage place: Lake Butler, Bradford County, Florida
Spouse's name: Mary Jane ROBERTS

Child No. 4: Seaborn DOBSON, Jr.
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 29 August 1863
Birthplace: Olustee, Florida
Death date: 29 July 1942
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Swift Creek Cemetery, Union County, Flroida
Marriage date: 1st: 23 April 1886,
  2nd: 05 December 1907
Marriage place: 1st: Bradford County, Florida.
  2nd: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: 1st. Emma Lulu FELLINGER
  2nd. Emily Jane BRANNEN
 
 
Sources:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV;
* Late Eunice Dobson Burnett of Sanderson, Florida.
* Florida Census: 1860--New River, 1870-- Baker Co., 1880 & 1885--Bradford Co., 1900, 1910 Bradford Co.
* Swift Creek Cemetery Records, Union County Florida,
* Bradford County Marriage Records.

Notes:
* New River County was created in 1860 and in 1861 was renamed Bradford Co.
* Seaborn Dobson served in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company F, 4th Florida Infantry. He enlisted in 1862 and was captured at Dallas, Georgia in 1864 and sent to Union prison at Rock Island, Illinois. He was exchanged on March 2, 1865 at City Point, Virginia. He applied for a received a Confederate pension in 1908 and received this until his death in 1919.
* After the death of his first wife he married Martha Ann Alford Harriett (widow of Joseph Harriett) Circa 1867/68 in Florida. From this marriage there was nine children: Henry Dobson, Joseph Dobson, Seleta Dobson, Mattie Dobson, Bell Dobson, Anna Dobson, George Dobson, Sidney Dobson and Bessie Dobson.
* Mary Ann Alford died 5 January 1912 at Lake Butler, Florida.

Last Updated: 7/31/2010