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Charles Franklin Dubbs

Birth	:	30 Mar 1874 Burnt Cabins, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	30 Dec 1968 Ransom, Ness County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6316986, -99.9156036
Description	:	CHARLES DUBBS Chas. F. Dubbs, 94, widely known and highly respected Ransom community man, passed away at the Ransom Hospital on Monday, December 30. He had been in failing health for some time. Funeral services will be announced by Fitzgerald's later in the week. He was born at Burnt Cabins, Penna., March 30, 1874, and came to the Ransom community with his parents and brother, the late L.B. Dubs, in 1879. He had since resided there. He was a successful farmer over the years before retiring to the home in Ransom. He was married to Bertha Funk on May 17, 1917, who... Read More	CHARLES DUBBS Chas. F. Dubbs, 94, widely known and highly respected Ransom community man, passed away at the Ransom Hospital on Monday, December 30. He had been in failing health for some time. Funeral services will be announced by Fitzgerald's later in the week. He was born at Burnt Cabins, Penna., March 30, 1874, and came to the Ransom community with his parents and brother, the late L.B. Dubs, in 1879. He had since resided there. He was a successful farmer over the years before retiring to the home in Ransom. He was married to Bertha Funk on May 17, 1917, who passed away in December of that year. Mr. Dubbs served four terms as sheriff of Ness County, first being elected in 1918, serving the 1919-23 four year limits, and then again serving from 1927 to 1931. In 1934 Mr. Dubbs was elected county commissioner from the third district, and served in that capacity until retiring from active work in 1953. The body will lie in state at the Fitzgerald Funeral Home here. The casket will not be opened at the funeral service. Survivors include two nieces, Mrs. Netta Curry and Mrs. Bertha Whitaker, both of Ransom; and Chas. E. Dubbs of Kansas City, a nephew; other distant relatives and many, many friends. Ness Co. News, Jan. 2, 1969 OBITUARY Charles Franklin Dubbs was born March 30, 1874, at Burnt Cabins, Pa., the younger son of Albert M. Dubbs and Elizabeth Aller Dubbs. He passed away at the Grisell Memorial Hospital at Ransom, December 30, 1968. When a boy of five, Charles with his parents and grandparents moved to the Ransom community where he had lived ever since. His first home with his parents and his elder brother Burd was in a sod house on his father's homestead, three miles west of Ransom. He recorded the patent to his own homestead just north of his family home, on December 20, 1904. This patent was signed by Theodore Roosevelt. For the past 25 years he had lived with his brother, Burd, who preceded him in death by less than six months; and his two nieces, Mrs. Netta Curry and Mrs. Bertha Whitaker, who with their brother, Charles of Kansas City, survive him. Charles with his brother, Burd, received his elementary education in the Centralia school which was organized through the efforts of his mother whom everyone called "Aunt Lib." Later, he and Burd attended Central Normal college in Great Bend. On May 18, 1917, he was united in marriage to Bertha Funk of Ransom, who died in December the same year. Throughout his entire life, Charles' two main interests were his community and his occupation as farmer and rancher. He was always deeply concerned about, and took an active part in the business and political activities of Ness County. He was a member of the board of directors, and for many years the president of the Arnold State Bank through its half-century of service. He was a director, and at one time, the president of the Farmers State Bank of Ransom. When The Farmers State Bank and the First State Bank of Ransom merged, he was elected a member of the new board. In 1918 he was elected sheriff of Ness County, an office which he held for four terms. (1919-1923 and 1927-1931): In 1934 he was elected to the office of county commissioner from the third district and served in that office continuously until 1954. Charles Dubbs was known to practically everyone in Ness County, and many persons sought his advice and counsel which was given more often than not in his short, terse, and witty manner. A little known side of his character was his habit of contributing generously to many of the community projects and benevolent enterprises. He leaves a heritage of his exemplary life for all to imitate. He constantly lived the pioneer way of hard work, frugality, the lending of a "helping hand" and a profound faith in the progress of his community. Ness Co. News, Jan. 9, 1969

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Longitude: -99.9156036

Family Members:

Parent

Albert Moses Dubbs

(1846 - 1927)

Margaret Elizabeth Aller Dubbs

(1848 - 1940)

Spouse

Lydia Bertha Funk Dubbs

(1881 - 1917)

Siblings

Louis Burdette “Burd” Dubbs

(1871 - 1968)

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