. Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. 1895. He waseducated in the common schools and was ahatter by trade. In early life he learned histrade in New York City and became veryskillful in making silk hats. He marriecl,December 21, 1859, Sarah R. Bennett. Chil-dren : William F., mentioned below ; Susan,born at Danbury, died there in infancy, Jan-uary 27, 1865. (V) ^^illiam F., son of Frederick Dobbs,was born January 29, 1861, at Danbury. Pieattended the public schools
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. 1895. He waseducated in the common schools and was ahatter by trade. In early life he learned histrade in New York City and became veryskillful in making silk hats. He marriecl,December 21, 1859, Sarah R. Bennett. Chil-dren : William F., mentioned below ; Susan,born at Danbury, died there in infancy, Jan-uary 27, 1865. (V) ^^illiam F., son of Frederick Dobbs,was born January 29, 1861, at Danbury. Pieattended the public schools and high schoolof Danbury. In 1876 he entered the employof the Danbury Ne^ws and has continued onthat paper, with slight intermission, until thepresent time. In 1900 he went to Dayton,Ohio, as advertising manager of the Na-tional Cash Register Company. After oneseason in that capacity he returned to Dan-bury and resumed a position as superintend-ent with the. Xcivs. and at the same time es-tablished the Dobbs Advertising Agency,which he has built up to a high standard inthe business world, especially in the generalnc\vs]-»apcr advertising field. He attends to. e-^ Lems Hjifoncdi Pub Co. CONNECTICUT 1707 the advertising- of nearly all the most promi-nent local merchants, also of the famous Dan-bury Fair, and has a part in nearly all thepublicity for which Danbury is noted. He isvice-president and treasurer of the DanburySquare Rox Company. He is a director ofthe Danbury Business Mens Association andchairman of its publicity committee, belongsto all the Masonic bgdies of Danbury and toPyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Bridge-port. He is an Elk and a member of theRoval Arcanimi, and a member of the Dan-bury Club. He is a Methodist, and in poli-tics a Republican. He married, April 19, 1882,Katherine M., daughter of Harris and Sarah(Keeler) Eames at West Haven, Connecti-cut. Three children were born to them: Eames, bcirn at Danbury, Janu-arv 27, 1883. now holding a resp
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