James
McBride
Dabbs
Born in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Eugene Whitfield Dabbs Jr., Elizabeth Gertrude (Dabbs) Thompson, Sophie McBride Dabbs, Thomas Hoole Dabbs and Guy McBride Dabbs Sr.
Husband of
Jessie (Armstrong) Dabbs
— married
1930 [location unknown]
Husband of
Edith Wells (Mitchell) Dabbs
— married
11 Jun 1935 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Father of
Richard Whitefield Dabbs
Died
at age 74
in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jul 2018
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Biography
James Dabbs is Notable.
James Dabbs was a South Carolinian.
James was an American author and farmer from South Carolina known for his writings on religion and Southern culture.
He was the son of Eugene Whitfield and Alice Maude McBride Dabbs of Rip Rap Plantation. He served in the Great War as a 1st Lieutenant, Field Artillery in France. He was the husband of Jessie Armstrong Dabbs, with whom he had two daughters. After she died in 1933, he married Edith Mitchell, with whom he had three more children. Edith was his former student at Coker College from his time as an English professor.
Books
- The Southern Heritage. 1958.
- The Road Home. 1960.
- Who Speaks for the South? 1964.
- Haunted by God. 1972.
Journal articles
- "Religion Without Poetry" in The Southern Review. 1936.
Essays
- 'The Land in The Lasting South
Sources
- Brenda Remmes, "James McBride Dabbs - second son," Everything Happens at the Crossroads: History of the Dabbs Family
- Wikipedia: James McBride Dabbs
See also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 January 2023), memorial page for James McBride Dabbs (8 May 1896–30 May 1970), Find A Grave: Memorial #60442041, citing Salem Black River Cemetery, Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Donna McPherson (contributor 46906329).
- FamilySearch Person: KCMJ-W7W
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