Howell COBB #42203

7 SEP 1815 - 9 OCT 1868
EDUCATION Franklin College- 1834, Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA
OCCUPATION Attorney- 1836
BIRTH Cherry Hill Plantation 7 SEP 1815, Jefferson, Georgia, USA
BURIAL Oconee Hills Cemetery Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA
EVENT Solicitor General for western circuit of Georgia Appointment: 1837
DEATH 9 OCT 1868, New York, New York, New York, USA
EVENT US Congressman from Georgia Appointment: BET 1843 AND 1851
EVENT Governor of Georgia Appointment: BET 1851 AND 1853
EVENT US Congressman from Georgia Appointment: BET 1851 AND 1853
EVENT US Congressman from Georgia Appointment: BET 1855 AND 1857
EVENT Elected President of the provisional Congress of the Confederacy Appointment: 1861
EVENT Democrat, Elected U.S. House of Representatives Appointment: 1842
EVENT Speaker of the House Appointment: 1849
EVENT Secretary of Treasury under President Buchanan Appointment: 1856
EVENT President of Alabama Convention- Provisional Confederate Governmen Appointment: JAN 1861
EVENT Secretary of the U. S. Treasury Appointment: 1857

Parents

Father : John Addison COBB #42173

Mother : Sarah Robinson ROOTES #42193

Family 1

Mary Ann LAMAR
    MARRIAGE 26 MAY 1835, Americus, Sumter, Georgia, USA

Children

  1. +Andrew Jackson COBB Sr.
  2. +Sarah Mildred COBB
  3.  Elizabeth Craig COBB
  4.  Mary Ann Lamar COBB
  5.  Basil Lamar COBB
  6.  Henry Jackson COBB
  7.  James COBB
  8. +John Addison COBB II
  9. +Zachariah Lamar COBB
  10. +Howell COBB Jr.

Lineage 

                                                  _John COBBS ______________+
                                                 | (1691 - 1758) m 1712     
                          _John Addison COBBS ___|
                         | (1740 - 1803) m 1769  |
                         |                       |_Susannah Slater ADDISON _
                         |                         (1691 - 1772) m 1712     
 _John Addison COBB _____|
| (1783 - 1855) m 1812   |
|                        |                        _Howell LEWIS ____________+
|                        |                       | (1731 - 1813) m 1765     
|                        |_Mildred LEWIS ________|
|                          (1750 - 1791) m 1769  |
|                                                |_Mary Isabella WILLIS ____+
|                                                  (1733 - 1813) m 1765     
|
|--Howell COBB 
|  (1815 - 1868)
|                                                 __________________________
|                                                |                          
|                         _Thomas Reade ROOTES __|
|                        | (1763 - 1824)         |
|                        |                       |__________________________
|                        |                                                  
|_Sarah Robinson ROOTES _|
  (1792 - 1866) m 1812   |
                         |                        __________________________
                         |                       |                          
                         |_Sarah Ring BATTAILLE _|
                           (1765 - 1811)         |
                                                 |__________________________

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