Background
Dobyns, Fletcher was born in 1872 in near Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of William Alexander and Anne M. (Kidwell) Dobyns.
Dobyns, Fletcher was born in 1872 in near Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of William Alexander and Anne M. (Kidwell) Dobyns.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1898. Northwestern University, Law School, 1899-1901.
Admitted Illinois bar, 1901, began practice at Chicago. Assistant state’s attorney, Cook County, 1903-1906. Special assistant United States district attorney Northern District of Illinois, 1907-1909.
Special assistant attorney general of the United States, 1911. Candidate for attorney general of Illinois on Progressive Ticket, 1912. Special counsel for United States Shipping Board and special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1921-1922.
Member American Bar Association.
Married Winifred Ursula Starr, October 21, 1909.