This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dopson/Dobson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/965.3.3.1 Message Board Post: My ggfather Elias Dobson/Dopson gave his occupation as miner wnen he entered the Army in 1847 at Galena, IL.