The Bobbitt Family In America
This work is dedicated with love and appreciation to all the women whom Bobbitt men selected for their wives, and as mothers of their children.
I do not think it foolish to want to know of your ancestry. if you ever find a Bobbitt whether you care to or not, I doubt not you could run it back to a common ancestor."
"In all, I have ten grandchildren. I want each of them to be proud of the Bobbitt name, and to reflect honor upon it."
Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt, N.C.S.C. P.724
"Miles Bobbitt was a Confederate soldier. When the war was over he walked to his home in Warren County (N.C.), threw his gun and his sword in Fishing Creek and would not discuss the war or its events afterwards." P. 518
"Robert Lee Bobbitt is known in South Texas as a courageous, straightforward, capable and intelligent man."
Dedication 1974, San Antonio Express. P.569
"It is more than being intelligent, more than being personable, more than hard work, more than being educated, that made Robert Lee Bobbitt great. It was his instant willingness to be useful, but the key word is "willingness."
"To centurion, Lee Hill Bobbitt, April 13, 1963 --The depth of your days has been but the reflection of that love and service, which have characterized a century of living on God's good earth."
U. S. Senator Jennings Randolph, D.W.Va. P.503
"I am always glad to hear from a Bobbitt. I have been interested in the Bobbitt family history all my life. My grandmother, Martha VanBuren Bobbitt, used to tell me about the family. My great grandfather was Major William Bobbitt, a friend of President James Polk. I am writing from a table given to my great grandfather by Polk."
Letter written in 1972, Essie Barton Balch, age 95. P.704
