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==Background==

==Background==

Named for [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]] and called "Robert Lee," Bobbitt was born on Cobb Creek on a [[cotton]] farm and [[cattle]] ranch called Plum Hill. The specific location is near Hillsboro, north of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. His parents were Joseph Alderson Bobbitt (1858–1937), a native of Summersville, in Nicholas County in south central [[West Virginia]], and the former Laura Abigail Duff, originally from McNairy County, in southwestern [[Tennessee]]. Joseph Alderson came with family members by covered wagon from [[Missouri]] to Hill County, Texas. His mother died in December 1895. Almost exactly a year later, Joseph Bobbitt married 23-year-old Irene Ficklin. By 1913, Robert Lee Bobbitt, at twenty-five, was living in the family home and working on the plantation with eighteen other persons, including for a time his paternal grandfather, Captain James Tolliver Bobbitt (1836–1928) and grandmother, the former Malinda Catherine Alderson. Young Bobbitt worked in the cotton fields, where the crop was gathered and bailed and then loaded on a horse-drawn wagon. Bobbitt became particularly close to a younger half-brother, James Ficklin Bobbit (1904-1978), an attorney in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=military>Robert L. Bobbitt | Military Wiki | Fandom, accessed March 15, 2022.</ref>

Named for [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]] and called "Robert Lee," Bobbitt was born on Cobb Creek on a [[cotton]] farm and [[cattle]] ranch called Plum Hill. The specific location is near Hillsboro, north of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. His parents were Joseph Alderson Bobbitt (1858–1937), a native of Summersville in Nicholas County in south central [[West Virginia]], and the former Laura Abigail Duff, originally from McNairy County, in southwestern [[Tennessee]]. Joseph Alderson came with family members by covered wagon from [[Missouri]] to Hill County, Texas. His mother died in December 1895. Almost exactly a year later, Joseph Bobbitt married 23-year-old Irene Ficklin. By 1913, Robert Lee Bobbitt, at twenty-five, was living in the family home and working on the plantation with eighteen other persons, including for a time his paternal grandfather, Captain James Tolliver Bobbitt (1836–1928) and grandmother, the former Malinda Catherine Alderson. Young Bobbitt worked in the cotton fields, where the crop was gathered and bailed and then loaded on a horse-drawn wagon. Bobbitt became particularly close to a younger half-brother, James Ficklin Bobbit (1904-1978), an attorney in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name=military>Robert L. Bobbitt | Military Wiki | Fandom, accessed March 15, 2022.</ref>

Bobbitt attended the Carlisle Military School in Arlington, Texas. In 1911, he graduated from the University of North Texas in [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], then a teacher-training institute. He worked his way through college, mowing lawns, laboring in restaurants, and clerking in the library of the Texas State Capitol.  In 1915, Bobbitt received his law degree from the [[University of Texas]] School of Law in [[Austin]], having been elected president and chancellor by his law school classmates. He was affiliated with Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.<ref>Nancy Santos (May 28, 2016). "Laredoan admitted to prestigious honor society", ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' accessed June 11, 2016.</ref>

Bobbitt attended the Carlisle Military School in Arlington, Texas. In 1911, he graduated from the University of North Texas in [[Denton, Texas|Denton]], then a teacher-training institute. He worked his way through college, mowing lawns, laboring in restaurants, and clerking in the library of the Texas State Capitol.  In 1915, Bobbitt received his law degree from the [[University of Texas]] School of Law in [[Austin]], having been elected president and chancellor by his law school classmates. He was affiliated with Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.<ref>Nancy Santos (May 28, 2016). "Laredoan admitted to prestigious honor society", ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' accessed June 11, 2016.</ref>