When Robert Lee was thirty years of age, he married Miss Belle Westbrook of Laredo, Texas. The marriage was performed on April

The Bobbitt Family In America

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When Robert Lee was thirty years of age, he married Miss Belle Westbrook of Laredo, Texas. The marriage was performed on April 20, 1918. At the time, Robert Lee was an Attorney in the law firm of Hicks, Hicks, and Dickson of Laredo and San Antonio.

The only child of Robert Lee and Belle Bobbitt was born on October 4, 1922 in Laredo, Texas. Their son was named Robert Lee Bobbitt, Jr. The Bobbitt family was essentially a Confederate family and the number of "Robert Lee Bobbitts" is numerous to the present day.

Robert Lee Bobbitt, Jr. an Attorney in San Antonio, Texas married Elizabeth Calhoun. They had three sons, Robert Lee Bobbitt III, Galloway Calhoun Bobbitt, and John Galloway Bobbitt.

Robert Lee Bobbitt was a Democrat. He was interested in politics, was a loyal party member, and absolutely dedicated to the principals of the Democratic Party. He was a personal friend of United States Presidents Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a close friend of Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, and knew many of the senators, governors, and congressmen of his time. He deplored dishonesty and graft in politics regardless of the party and was known for his integrity among politicians of both parties. For the purposes of this Biography I am leaving out the specifics of the political life of Robert Lee Bobbitt except as it is mentioned in newspaper articles I have abstracted.

One of the best short biographies written about Robert Lee Bobbitt was written by columnist Bob Dunn, for "Spotlight". It reads:

"Robert Lee Bobbitt was written up in "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA" a few years ago and the article gave a long and impressive list of his honors and accomplishments. It did not, however, touch on many of the personal things which you almost have to pry out of this interesting, genial and modestly proud lawyer, so I will try to cover a few of them.

"Judge Bobbitt was born on the family farm at Cobb Creek out of Hillsboro, Texas, where his father had established a homestead after coming to Texas from Virginia by way of Missouri in a covered wagon in the 1870's. There were ten boys and four girls who lived to maturity and some of them still live on the old home place.

"The Judge started his education at Carlyle Military Academy in Arlington, then on to North Texas State and then finished up with a Law Degree at the University of Texas where he spent part of his time as an Assistant Professor.

"He started practicing law in Laredo in 1916 and became the junior partner in the firm of Hicks, Hicks, Dickson and Bobbitt with offices in Laredo and San Antonio.

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