*William Whitfield Dobyns

5/1/1866 — 6/20/1925

Vital Records

Birth Date
5/1/1866
Birth Place
Bedford County, Virginia
Death Date
6/20/1925
Death Place
Bedford County, Virginia
Age at Death
59 years
Cause
Aortic Heart Disease
Military
No
Profession
Farmer

Marker Details

Type
Material
Condition
Memorial Details
Burial suspected here due to obituary and death certificate
Footstone
No

Burial Location

Cemetery
William Joseph Martin Family Cemetery
Plot/Section
In Dobyn section, possibly near "black rock" per oral history relayed to informant
"None"
Other Details Lost three sons in France during WW1

Family Lineage

Father
Colita Whitfield Dobyns (1833-1900)
*William Whitfield Dobyns

Children

William Austin Dobyns 1890–1976 - Cumbie Memorial Cemetery, Campbell Co. Va
Samuel Griffin Dobyns
Opie Dobyns 1894–1918 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Co. Va (KIA WW1)
Colear Ellis Dobyns 1894–1918 - Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Picardie, France (KIA WW1)
Jesse Lee Dobyns 1896–1918 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Co. Va (KIA WW1)
Cora Malvina Dobyns Witt 1898–1962 - Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg City, Va
Nina Lois Dobyns McCormick 1899–1981 Marsh Memorial UMC Cemetery
Eva May Dobyns Milton Bruffy 1902–1986 - Cumbie Memorial Cemetery, Campbell Co. Va
Hugh Dobyns 1904–1926 - Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg City, Va
Thomas Sherwood Dobyns Sr. 1920-1986 - Bedford Va
Alice Julia Dobyns Witt