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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY Dobbin, James, D. D., rector of Shattuck school of Faribault, Minn., was bom June 29, 1833, in Salem, N.Y. He received hia education at the Salem

Washington

academy, Argyle academy; and in 1859 graduated from the Union college with the degree of A. 13. The same year he the

moved

to Faribault as assistant in the mission school established by Dr. Breck the previous year. Returning to New York in

1860

he

had

charge

successively of the academies of Argyle and Greenwich until 1864. He then returned to Faribault for the purpose of studying for orders resumed his old place as assistant to Dr. Breck, and in 1867 succeeded him as resident head of the boarding school for boys that had just been founded; and a year later was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Whipple. The upbuilding of Shattuck school has been his life work. He has administered its affairs almost from the beginning with such great fore-sight and executive ability that after thirty-three years of incessant labor on his part this great institution of learning has become one of the largest and most successful schools in America. In 1888 he received the degree of D.D. from Trinity college of Hartford. Dobbin, James Cochrane, lawyer, congressman, cabinet ofl&cer, was bom in 1814 in Fayetteville, N.C. In 1845-47 he was a representative from North Carolina to the twenty-ninth congress. He served in the state legislature in 1848 and 1850, and during the last session officiated as speaker; and in 1852 was a presidential elector. In 1853-57 was secretary of the navy. He died Aug. 4, 1857, in Fayetteville, N.C. Dobbin, Robert, Archibald, lawyer, legislator, was born March 17, 1839, in Baltimore, Md. In 1880-82 he served as a member of the house of delegates of Maryland. Since 1893 he has been postmaster in the United States senate. In 1862-65 he was in the confederate service; and subsequently attained prominence as an able lawyer of Maryland. Dobbins, Daniel, naval officer, was bom July 5, 1776, in Mifflin, Pa. He was of great service in fitting out Perry's fleet on Lake Erie; and was with the expedition under Commodore Sinclair that attempted to recapture Mackinaw. He died Feb. 29, 1856, in

Presque Isle. Dobbins, Samuel A., farmer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 14, 1814, in Burlington county, N.J. He was the high sheriff of Burlington county, in 1854-57; aiid

was a member

of the state legislature in 1859-62. In 1873-77 he was a representative to the forty-third and the forty-fourth congresses as a republican.

OB'

AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.

Dobbs, Arthur, colonial governor, author, in 1684 in Ireland. In 1744 he emigrated to North Carolina; and was colonial governor in 1754-66. He was the author of An Account of the Countries Adjoining Hud-

was born

son's Bay; Trade and Improvement of Ireland; and Captain Middleton's Defense. He died March 28, 1765, in Town Ci-eek, N.C. Dodds, Willoughby Barrett, journalist, lawyer, was born Sept. 9, 1861, in Portsmouth, Va. He was educated in the public schools of Lexington, Ky.; attended Warren college of Bowling Green, Ky.; and in 1880 graduated with the degree of A.B. from Bethel college of Russellville, Ky. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar; in 1885-86 was managing editor of the Daily Times and Daily Gazette of Bowling Green, Ky.; and in 1888-89 was proprietor and editor of the Allen Sentinel of Scottsville, Ky. In 1892-95 he was a member of the Central board of examiners of the United States civil service commissioners of the United States civil service commission at Washington, D.C. Dobyns, John Robert, educator, was bom March 31, 1850, in Columbus, Mo. He was educated in the public schools of his native state; and graduated with the degrees of A.B'.

and A.M. from Westminster

college of

Missouri; subsequently receiving the degree of LL.D. from that institution of learning. For many years he has been engaged in teaching deaf mutes; taught in the institution for the deaf at Pulton Mo. and afterward in the Texas institution for the deaf. Since 1881 he has been superintendent of the Mississippi state institution for the deaf; and resides in Jackson. He was secretary of the convention of the American instructors of the deaf; and secretary of the bureau of information for the same.

Dock, George, physician, scientist, was born April 1, 1860, in Hopewell, Pa. He is a professor of theory and practice of medicine at the university of Michigan. He is a fellow of the American association for the advance-

ment

of science.

Dockery, Alexander Monroe, physician, congressman, governor, was born Feb. 11, 1845, in Daviess county, Mo. In 1874 he

moved

to

Gallatin,

Mo., and assisted in organizing the Farmers' Exchange bank, of which organization he was cashier until elecHe ted to congress. was one of the curators of the university of Missouri in 1872-82, and in 1870-72 president of the bo.ard of education Chilliof cothe. Mo. He was a of the city council of Gallatin in 1878-83; and served two years as mayor. In 1883-99 he was a representative to the forty-

member