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My Ancestor was a Preacher

Preachers, Minister, Priest,etc. Anyone whose ancestor was spreading the word of God, often called Circuit Riders.

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Rev. Joe P. King

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Comment by Carol Dobkins Keith on July 14, 2009 at 6:13am
My first known preacher ancestor was Evan Dobkins-also spelled Dobikin/Dobykin/Daubikin. He was first found in Augusta/Shenandoah County, VA-the son of John A. Dobikin, who had land from the original Fairfax grant. Evan served in Dunmore's War, as did his brothers Reuben & Jacob. Jacob fought at Kings Mountain. These Dobkins brothers migrated to Tennessee, where Evan performed the marriage of Catherine Waggoner-with John Sevier as a witness.

Then, my grandfather, William Devol Dobkins, who would have been Evan's great-great-great grandson, was a minister from his late teens until his death in the late 1960s. He was a circuit rider at times, held many brush arbor meetings, pastored churches in Missouri and Oklahoma. He spent quite a bit of time in McIntosh County, Oklahoma and wandered the Reservation holding meetings and revivals. He was a handsome "dude"; and I have several pictures of him in his "preacher garb".
 

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