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Nancy Arminda Dobbs

Personal Data:

Item	Date	Place/Description
Birth	12 Jan 1857	Tennessee or Kentucky
Fact 1		First husband, Poget, died. Hanged for cattle and/or horse rustling

Parents:

Parent	Name
Father	James H. Dobbs
Mother	Sally Ann Unknown
Father	James Dobbs
Mother	Ann Easrus

Personal Note(s):

Note Number	Note Text
1	A lot of this Dobbs info came from http://www.our-town.com/~brit/dat13.htm#13 brit@@our-town.com [Ehlers Family History.FBK.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW] 1. Information about Nancy in the folder from the Palo Pinto County, Texas History, page 96. 2. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated. "We have to thank Vera for this true story. Bless her. Grandma lived at the Park in the log cabin for quite a while. Vera has fond memories of going up and staying overnight and sleeping with Grandma. She remembers the storms outside and blazing fire in the old stone fireplace. One time Vera asked her if she wasn't afraid to stay alone. She replied, 'Heavens no, child, if someone came in I'd throw the pot in his face.' After that Vera was careful to call out if she came at night. She wasn't about to have that pot's contents in her face." 3. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated. "In Texas when Grandma was a very young girl she and some other youngsters were riding in the back end of the wagon. Mr. Dobbs often took the children along when he went out on the plains to look at the cattle. This day he took an extra horse along. He tied this horse to the back of the wagon with a rope. The horse was annoyed with the heat and dust and something spooked him. He gave a quick throw of his head and somehow the rope wrapped around the ankle of little Nancy Arminda and cinched up real tight. So tight, in fact, that she carried the indentation and white mark all the rest of her life." 4. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated. "It had been such a very cold winter and a huge snowdrift still lingered up by the cemetery till early summertime. So one Sunday Grandma decided to make ice cream from the snow, much to everyone's pleasure." 5. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated. "One of Grandad & Grandma's cows was about to have a calf and her time was near. So she crossed the little roadway and headed into the very heavy timber. Grandad was concerned about her so he followed. When he arrived in the vicinity (about a quarter mile due south of where Tobe Higginson's potato shed now stands), he noticed a big pile of fresh earth at the base of this tree along side of the path. On closer inspection saw the face of a bear peering out. When he got back to the house he told the children where Mr. Bear was. So, Freddie, Jimmie, Laura and Tom Kelly, who was visiting that day, took off with a rope and a short gun of some sort. They found the cave readily enough. And, without much thought of the consequences, Freddie crawled in with the rope and got a half hitch on one leg of Mr. Bear. Well, Freddie came out fast and Mr. Bear right behind him. He saw Laura, Jim & Tom to his left so he charged at them. He could only go so far because of the rope but Laura, Jim & Tom beat a quick retreat. In fact, Tom Kelly was so scared he about pushed Laura down in his haste. Mr. Bear then turned and charged Freddie who had been standing at the right side of the hole. Freddie blazed away with the little gun and Mr. Bear scrambled back into his hole. It was no trick to finish him off and pull him out by the rope. The next day Margie Pangborn came down with her camera and took a picture of the group with Mr. Bear. Laura has picture." 6. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated. "This little story took place sometime before 1899 on the Ehlers farm on Pangborn Road. Grandma was not feeling well this morning and Grandad was trying to make breakfast. But Freddie, Jimmie, Johnie and Laura were just too much for him so he sent them outside to play until he had breakfast ready. They went over to the 'park' to their regular play place by a big stump. To their delight found a kitten and hurried with it back to the house to show Grandma & Grandad. All Grandad could say at the point of stress was, 'Mine Gott in Himmell' as he hurriedly banished them from the house. He pondered what to do next. The four young ones had found a black and white skunk and they all smelled to high heaven. p.s. Breakfast was late that morning." 7. Notes by Effie Ehlers Fowler about H.C., undated. (EDITOR'S NOTE: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE H.C. EHLERS FOLDER.) "...scientist. Spent life trying to split the atom. Author of the book, ' Mechanism of Nature.' Farmer, prospector, father, deputy sheriff with Al Callahan. Worked closely with secret service & U.S. Border Patrol. Passed exam for Border Patrol. Assigned to N. Minnesota. Refused it. Veterinarian, powder man for P.S.P.L. (ed. note: Puget Sound Power and Light), butcher, blacksmith..." 8. Letter written by Effie Ehlers Fowler to the 'Alaska Line Scanner' in response to an article about seed potatoes that had originally come from the Ehlers farm. Dated May 29, 1968. Quotes a 'Lynden Tribune' article. 9. Letter from Effie Ehlers Fowler, dated June 15, (1965?). Includes excerpt from 'History of Whatcom County', page 212 which I have cited. "Henry Ehlers had a great love for a dog owned by Mr. Kelly, called Dennis Carney. At a hunting party Dennis came close to being responsible for Henry's death, had it not been for other members of the party. A cougar had been wounded and when it would try to get up into a tree the dogs would pull it back to the ground. It then ran into a hollow tree, and Dennis Carney and Cooley, the two dogs, went in after it. Dennis got belted and it looked as though 'school was out' for him. When Henry Ehlers saw the predicament Dennis was in, he got down on his hands and knees and began crawling into the hollow tree which held the cougar and the dog. Mr. Kelly grabbed him by one leg and pulled him out, asking where he was going. 'Oh, he is going to kill Dennis Carney,' said Henry, not thinking about what the cougar would do to him. (The ammunition was exhausted and the hunters broke a gun clubbing the cougar to death. The animal measured over nine feet.)" 10. Letter and poem by H.C. sent to Julia Jacobs in Ellensburg, Washington, October 4, 1896. Originals are in the folder. "Your letter reached us in due time, and we are very much gratified by it. We were glad to learn that you had fair sailing so far and we hope and wish that you may get along well." "We are still on the place and unlikely to get away. I am building a cheap new house in the orchard on the hill. It is 12 feet high and 22 by 30 feet. We have not the means to get rustic and other dressed lumber but I have got a good shingle roof on it. In about 10 days I expect to be ready to move. Everything is going wrong and slow. Not the rain has commenced and my legs are grumbling and stiff with forebodings of rheumatism, I think. It will have a sweet time before we get straitened up again. From New York we have not yet heard in answering to my letters." "Mr. Norton did not rent the place, but he got after me for his money so I had to pay him. Mr. Peter Hansen is helping me, but it would take a dozen men to straighten up the place." "We will never, I think, get out of our now, unless we just run away in desperation. I have not seen your folks for a week or two, but I am satisfied that they are well enough to be worrying with the cattle and hogs after the cabbage. If you ever get real rich you ought to make an appropriation of 5000 dollars to build good fences with." "Now girls, I send you herewith a great poem that I have lately built. If you were not told that it is great you might not know it. I send it to you for criticism. After you read it you can put it in the fire, sell it for a sack of flour, or send it to some paper, or to some person that might publish it. It seems to me, dear Julia, a terrible pity that you are not one of those that are capable of falling in love with nice young men. Perhaps time and place and opportunity may cure you deficiency." "The boys will forget some of their learning and it will be hard to keep them improving this winter, but about all there seems to be left of hope in life to us now is to get the children educated." "We will be glad to hear from you both and while you are still the least bit inclined to be homesick write to your uncle Henry C. Ehlers" The poem----"Thy Standard"--in the original is included in the folder. 11. A political statement by H.C. written in about 1900. Original is in the folder. "The crime of nineteen hundred. When last year the Csar of Russia called the peace conference, it seemed that the day was close at hand when brute force should forevermore be subjugated to the law of Right." "But what has been the fruit of this great peace congress? Rules and regulations to hamper the weak and the solemn(?) one(?), anointing of old King Might." "All of the inhabitants of a conquered State, Province, or Town shall be the absolute property of the conquerer. All of the private property, all that the people may have, all their personal rights, everything belongs to the victor." "This is the great result of the great peace council. This is in substance the law which these United States have hastened to subscribe." "Did our Senators realize what they were doing when they ratified this law? Oh yes it has allways been recognized that the victor acquired all the territory that his sword could conquer and everything within such territory. All history can be made to prove it, and yet no nation for the last three hundred years has dared to take the private property of peaceful citizens of an invaded country without rigging up some excuse of necessity arising out of the war operations." "When the fathers of this republic declared that 'all just government is derived from the consent of the governed', the whole world understood full well the meaning , the truth and justice of that declaration. When the Monroe Doctrine grew naturally out of that sentiment, there was not nation strong enough to ride over it and the American nation that stood behind it. Today the Monroe Doctrine, instead of being set aside in spirit and in truth, ought to be applied to all the world. Today if the United States shall say,'No nation shall take the territory of another State,' the nations will gladly join in taking away the mainspring of war. Why is it that in our year of Grace 1900 we must turn back and establish by law the worse disgrace of the middle ages, the total submission to the mailed fist?" "Why is it that England may say today to the Orange Free State, Sovereign State...(EDITOR'S NOTE: the statement appears to be missing pages 3-5. It continues with the final two pages, 6-7) "...from the enacting of this law by the nations , as it would have seemed in seventy three, to expect any great afterclapp from de monetizing silver not then in circulation. But we have seen with our own eyes how a few men somewhere, by God knows what means, have fastened upon the American people the Gold Standard that all parties declared we did not want. Who are the persons that wanted to give to the conquering invaders everything by law that they may be able to lay their hands on? It seems impossible we do not realize the tremendous reaction that has set in carrying us fast and surely back to feudalism and tyranny. We hardly realise what imperialism means when we talk about it. And yet imperialism surely and inevitably means emperor and his denied ranks below. The Boers fighting far off in Africa are looking to America for encouragement and sympathy. Yet nine out of ten Americans believe that the Boers are right. Still the United States government is England's hope and stay. And yet the Boers are fighting for us and for our children. They are fighting against the supremacy of might over right. Against the overthrow of the doctrine that all people have the right to govern themselves. What is there to be said in favour of this new law of the Nations." signed by Henry C. Ehlers 12. Letter to Fred B. Ehlers from H.C., June 13, 1920 from St. Elmo, Alabama. In folder. 13. Article about the life of H.C. by Roth, Lottie Roeder, supervising editor, 'History of Whatcom County', volumes 1 & 2 illus., Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., Chicago and Seattle, 1926. In folder. 14. Poem written by H.C. in German about Johnie. Very difficult to read. In folder. 15. The following is found in the folder labeled FARM, EHLERS (Clearbrook, Wa.) Includes maps indicating the location of the farm. 16. The following is found in the folder labeled LOG CABIN: article and picture from the ' Lynden Tribune' about the donation of the cabin by Bill Ehlers to the Lynden Jaycees; Note by Effie, May 9, 1975, indicating her role in the project. Description of the log cabin and the activities by the family include the following: "H.C. Ehlers...built his log house in what is called 'Ehlers Park' on original homestead...SW 1 acre of Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6 Township 40 North Range 4 WE. All logs and timber were gathered from the immediate area. All window panes, doors and furniture were hand-hewn. He made his blacksmith shop complete with hand operated forge in the back of the building. We will never forget the bear meat stew served on the caldron suspended over the coals of the fireplace. Many happy evenings were spent in front of the fireplace eating popcorn and cookies and listening to true stories." This was probably written by Effie Ehlers Fowler. 17. The following is found in the folder labeled COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS---CLEARBROOK AREA: 6 picture postcards of mining and lumbering activities, approximately 1912-17; 2 ribbons from the meetings of historical associations, 1968 Pioneer Association of the State of Washington, and 1973 Old Settlers Association of Whatcom County; story about dealing with dental problems in the Nooksack Valley in the early days, written by Robert Emmett Hawley; Story by Hawley about the early settlement of Lynden; story about the creation of the Clamdiggers Club, a group of pioneers and their descents, written in about 1945 by Ed Edson in the "Bellingham Herald";an excellent story written by Annie Ebey about her Mother, Phoebe Judson's, moving to Washington State in the 1890's;

Note Number

Note Text

A lot of this Dobbs info came from http://www.our-town.com/~brit/dat13.htm#13

brit@@our-town.com
[Ehlers Family History.FBK.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW]

1. Information about Nancy in the folder from the Palo Pinto County, Texas History, page 96.

2. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated.

"We have to thank Vera for this true story. Bless her. Grandma lived at the Park in the log cabin for quite a while. Vera has fond memories of going up and staying overnight and sleeping with Grandma. She remembers the storms outside and blazing fire in the old stone fireplace. One time Vera asked her if she wasn't afraid to stay alone. She replied, 'Heavens no, child, if someone came in I'd throw the pot in his face.' After that Vera was careful to call out if she came at night. She wasn't about to have that pot's contents in her face."

3. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated.

"In Texas when Grandma was a very young girl she and some other youngsters were riding in the back end of the wagon. Mr. Dobbs often took the children along when he went out on the plains to look at the cattle. This day he took an extra horse along. He tied this horse to the back of the wagon with a rope. The horse was annoyed with the heat and dust and something spooked him. He gave a quick throw of his head and somehow the rope wrapped around the ankle of little Nancy Arminda and cinched up real tight. So tight, in fact, that she carried the indentation and white mark all the rest of her life."

4. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated.

"It had been such a very cold winter and a huge snowdrift still lingered up by the cemetery till early summertime. So one Sunday Grandma decided to make ice cream from the snow, much to everyone's pleasure."

5. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated.

"One of Grandad & Grandma's cows was about to have a calf and her time was near. So she crossed the little roadway and headed into the very heavy timber. Grandad was concerned about her so he followed. When he arrived in the vicinity (about a quarter mile due south of where Tobe Higginson's potato shed now stands), he noticed a big pile of fresh earth at the base of this tree along side of the path. On closer inspection saw the face of a bear peering out. When he got back to the house he told the children where Mr. Bear was. So, Freddie, Jimmie, Laura and Tom Kelly, who was visiting that day, took off with a rope and a short gun of some sort. They found the cave readily enough. And, without much thought of the consequences, Freddie crawled in with the rope and got a half hitch on one leg of Mr. Bear. Well, Freddie came out fast and Mr. Bear right behind him. He saw Laura, Jim & Tom to his left so he charged at them. He could only go so far because of the rope but Laura, Jim & Tom beat a quick retreat. In fact, Tom Kelly was so scared he about pushed Laura down in his haste. Mr. Bear then turned and charged Freddie who had been standing at the right side of the hole. Freddie blazed away with the little gun and Mr. Bear scrambled back into his hole. It was no trick to finish him off and pull him out by the rope. The next day Margie Pangborn came down with her camera and took a picture of the group with Mr. Bear. Laura has picture."

6. Story by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated.

"This little story took place sometime before 1899 on the Ehlers farm on Pangborn Road. Grandma was not feeling well this morning and Grandad was trying to make breakfast. But Freddie, Jimmie, Johnie and Laura were just too much for him so he sent them outside to play until he had breakfast ready. They went over to the 'park' to their regular play place by a big stump. To their delight found a kitten and hurried with it back to the house to show Grandma & Grandad. All Grandad could say at the point of stress was, 'Mine Gott in Himmell' as he hurriedly banished them from the house. He pondered what to do next. The four young ones had found a black and white skunk and they all smelled to high heaven. p.s. Breakfast was late that morning."

7. Notes by Effie Ehlers Fowler about H.C., undated. (EDITOR'S NOTE: ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE H.C. EHLERS FOLDER.)

"...scientist. Spent life trying to split the atom. Author of the book, ' Mechanism of Nature.' Farmer, prospector, father, deputy sheriff with Al Callahan. Worked closely with secret service & U.S. Border Patrol. Passed exam for Border Patrol. Assigned to N. Minnesota. Refused it. Veterinarian, powder man for P.S.P.L. (ed. note: Puget Sound Power and Light), butcher, blacksmith..."

8. Letter written by Effie Ehlers Fowler to the 'Alaska Line Scanner' in response to an article about seed potatoes that had originally come from the Ehlers farm. Dated May 29, 1968. Quotes a 'Lynden Tribune' article.

9. Letter from Effie Ehlers Fowler, dated June 15, (1965?). Includes excerpt from 'History of Whatcom County', page 212 which I have cited.

"Henry Ehlers had a great love for a dog owned by Mr. Kelly, called Dennis Carney. At a hunting party Dennis came close to being responsible for Henry's death, had it not been for other members of the party. A cougar had been wounded and when it would try to get up into a tree the dogs would pull it back to the ground. It then ran into a hollow tree, and Dennis Carney and Cooley, the two dogs, went in after it. Dennis got belted and it looked as though 'school was out' for him. When Henry Ehlers saw the predicament Dennis was in, he got down on his hands and knees and began crawling into the hollow tree which held the cougar and the dog. Mr. Kelly grabbed him by one leg and pulled him out, asking where he was going. 'Oh, he is going to kill Dennis Carney,' said Henry, not thinking about what the cougar would do to him. (The ammunition was exhausted and the hunters broke a gun clubbing the cougar to death. The animal measured over nine feet.)"

10. Letter and poem by H.C. sent to Julia Jacobs in Ellensburg, Washington, October 4, 1896. Originals are in the folder.

"Your letter reached us in due time, and we are very much gratified by it. We were glad to learn that you had fair sailing so far and we hope and wish that you may get along well."

"We are still on the place and unlikely to get away. I am building a cheap new house in the orchard on the hill. It is 12 feet high and 22 by 30 feet. We have not the means to get rustic and other dressed lumber but I have got a good shingle roof on it. In about 10 days I expect to be ready to move. Everything is going wrong and slow. Not the rain has commenced and my legs are grumbling and stiff with forebodings of rheumatism, I think. It will have a sweet time before we get straitened up again. From New York we have not yet heard in answering to my letters."

"Mr. Norton did not rent the place, but he got after me for his money so I had to pay him. Mr. Peter Hansen is helping me, but it would take a dozen men to straighten up the place."

"We will never, I think, get out of our now, unless we just run away in desperation. I have not seen your folks for a week or two, but I am satisfied that they are well enough to be worrying with the cattle and hogs after the cabbage. If you ever get real rich you ought to make an appropriation of 5000 dollars to build good fences with."

"Now girls, I send you herewith a great poem that I have lately built. If you were not told that it is great you might not know it. I send it to you for criticism. After you read it you can put it in the fire, sell it for a sack of flour, or send it to some paper, or to some person that might publish it. It seems to me, dear Julia, a terrible pity that you are not one of those that are capable of falling in love with nice young men. Perhaps time and place and opportunity may cure you deficiency."

"The boys will forget some of their learning and it will be hard to keep them improving this winter, but about all there seems to be left of hope in life to us now is to get the children educated."

"We will be glad to hear from you both and while you are still the least bit inclined to be homesick write to your uncle Henry C. Ehlers"

The poem----"Thy Standard"--in the original is included in the folder.

11. A political statement by H.C. written in about 1900. Original is in the folder.

"The crime of nineteen hundred. When last year the Csar of Russia called the peace conference, it seemed that the day was close at hand when brute force should forevermore be subjugated to the law of Right."
"But what has been the fruit of this great peace congress? Rules and regulations to hamper the weak and the solemn(?) one(?), anointing of old King Might."
"All of the inhabitants of a conquered State, Province, or Town shall be the absolute property of the conquerer. All of the private property, all that the people may have, all their personal rights, everything belongs to the victor."
"This is the great result of the great peace council. This is in substance the law which these United States have hastened to subscribe."
"Did our Senators realize what they were doing when they ratified this law? Oh yes it has allways been recognized that the victor acquired all the territory that his sword could conquer and everything within such territory. All history can be made to prove it, and yet no nation for the last three hundred years has dared to take the private property of peaceful citizens of an invaded country without rigging up some excuse of necessity arising out of the war operations."
"When the fathers of this republic declared that 'all just government is derived from the consent of the governed', the whole world understood full well the meaning , the truth and justice of that declaration. When the Monroe Doctrine grew naturally out of that sentiment, there was not nation strong enough to ride over it and the American nation that stood behind it. Today the Monroe Doctrine, instead of being set aside in spirit and in truth, ought to be applied to all the world. Today if the United States shall say,'No nation shall take the territory of another State,' the nations will gladly join in taking away the mainspring of war. Why is it that in our year of Grace 1900 we must turn back and establish by law the worse disgrace of the middle ages, the total submission to the mailed fist?"
"Why is it that England may say today to the Orange Free State, Sovereign State...(EDITOR'S NOTE: the statement appears to be missing pages 3-5. It continues with the final two pages, 6-7)
"...from the enacting of this law by the nations , as it would have seemed in seventy three, to expect any great afterclapp from de monetizing silver not then in circulation. But we have seen with our own eyes how a few men somewhere, by God knows what means, have fastened upon the American people the Gold Standard that all parties declared we did not want. Who are the persons that wanted to give to the conquering invaders everything by law that they may be able to lay their hands on? It seems impossible we do not realize the tremendous reaction that has set in carrying us fast and surely back to feudalism and tyranny. We hardly realise what imperialism means when we talk about it. And yet imperialism surely and inevitably means emperor and his denied ranks below. The Boers fighting far off in Africa are looking to America for encouragement and sympathy. Yet nine out of ten Americans believe that the Boers are right. Still the United States government is England's hope and stay. And yet the Boers are fighting for us and for our children. They are fighting against the supremacy of might over right. Against the overthrow of the doctrine that all people have the right to govern themselves. What is there to be said in favour of this new law of the Nations." signed by Henry C. Ehlers

12. Letter to Fred B. Ehlers from H.C., June 13, 1920 from St. Elmo, Alabama. In folder.

13. Article about the life of H.C. by Roth, Lottie Roeder, supervising editor, 'History of Whatcom County', volumes 1 & 2 illus., Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., Chicago and Seattle, 1926. In folder.

14. Poem written by H.C. in German about Johnie. Very difficult to read. In folder.

15. The following is found in the folder labeled FARM, EHLERS (Clearbrook, Wa.) Includes maps indicating the location of the farm.

16. The following is found in the folder labeled LOG CABIN: article and picture from the ' Lynden Tribune' about the donation of the cabin by Bill Ehlers to the Lynden Jaycees; Note by Effie, May 9, 1975, indicating her role in the project.

Description of the log cabin and the activities by the family include the following: "H.C. Ehlers...built his log house in what is called 'Ehlers Park' on original homestead...SW 1 acre of Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6 Township 40 North Range 4 WE. All logs and timber were gathered from the immediate area. All window panes, doors and furniture were hand-hewn. He made his blacksmith shop complete with hand operated forge in the back of the building. We will never forget the bear meat stew served on the caldron suspended over the coals of the fireplace. Many happy evenings were spent in front of the fireplace eating popcorn and cookies and listening to true stories." This was probably written by Effie Ehlers Fowler.

17. The following is found in the folder labeled COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS---CLEARBROOK AREA: 6 picture postcards of mining and lumbering activities, approximately 1912-17; 2 ribbons from the meetings of historical associations, 1968 Pioneer Association of the State of Washington, and 1973 Old Settlers Association of Whatcom County; story about dealing with dental problems in the Nooksack Valley in the early days, written by Robert Emmett Hawley; Story by Hawley about the early settlement of Lynden; story about the creation of the Clamdiggers Club, a group of pioneers and their descents, written in about 1945 by Ed Edson in the "Bellingham Herald";an excellent story written by Annie Ebey about her Mother, Phoebe Judson's, moving to Washington State in the 1890's;

Partnerships:

Unknown Poget
Poget
Henry Christopher Eberhard Ehlers

Son:	James Parker Ehlers	Born: 15 Oct 1887
Daughter:	Laura Ehlers	Born: 30 Sep 1891
Son:	Frederick Bernard Ehlers	Born: 12 May 1886
Son:	John C. Ehlers	Born: 15 Oct 1887
Son:	John Christopher Ehlers	Born: 7 Apr 1889