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William Henry COBB #33537

8 JAN 1839 - 7 DEC 1895

Personal Information

  • BIRTH: 8 JAN 1839, Calhoun, Georgia, USA
  • BURIAL: Rehobeth Cemetery
    Fannin, Texas, USA
  • DEATH: 7 DEC 1895, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes

During the War Between the States he served in the 22d Texas Cavalry (aka 1st Indian-Texas) Regiment. This unit was composed of volunteers from both Texas and the Indian Territory. It is not to be mistaken that the assigned personnel were native-American. He is popularly credited with having been born in Calhoun County, but it is more likely he was born in Floyd County, Georgia. Although well maintained, this cemetery is still in an isolated rural location. As a result it has been seriously vandalized. In Jun 2001, the only headstone of a person related to our family that could be positively identified was that of Sarah Terry, William Cobb's first wife.

Parents

Father: Rowland COBB #29775

Mother: Mary Ann EDWARDS #29160

Family 1 :

Wife: Sarah A TERRY

  • MARRIAGE: 18 MAR 1858, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
Note: This event was recorded in Marriage Book A, pp 187, Fannin County, Texas.

Children:

  1.  +Matilda COBB #33558
  2.  +Sarah Ann Sally COBB #33559
  3.  +Lucy Elvira COBB #33560
  4.  +Frances L. COBB #33561
  5.  +James Monroe COBB #33562
  6.  +Roland COBB #33563
  7.   Martha COBB #33564
  8.  +Allen Alexander COBB #33565
  9.  +Jasper Newton COBB #33566

Family 2 :

Wife: Sarah E. GAINES

  • MARRIAGE: 18 MAY 1879, Fannin, Texas, USA
Note: This event was recorded in Marriage Book C, pp 608, Fannin County, Texas.

Children:

  1.   Maude COBB #33552
  2.   William H COBB #33553
  3.   Lillie COBB #33554
  4.   Charles T COBB #33555

Family 3 :

Wife: Frances Eliza WOODWARD

  • MARRIAGE: 25 AUG 1874, Fannin, Texas, USA
Note: This event was recorded in Marriage Book C, pp 47, Fannin County, Texas. In Sep 1877, Cobb and Eliza petitioned the Fannin County court to have Cobb named as the legal guardian of Conyer Fuller, Eliza's daughter by her marriage to Joel Conyers Fuller. The motion was granted. Following Eliza's death not quite two years later, some discord arose among Fuller relatives concerning Cobb's continued guardianship of the child. The matter was resolved in court with Cobb being sustained as the child's guardian. He continued making regular reports to the court concerning the child's welfare all the way up to Jan 1893, when he reported she had come of age.

Children:

  1.   Ella COBB #33556
  2.   Elizabeth COBB #33557
 
 
                                             _Ambrose COBB _______+
                                            | (1729 - 1797)       
                       _John S COBB ________|
                      | (1759 - 1841)       |
                      |                     |_Sarah HOWELL _______
                      |                       (1734 - 1815)       
 _Rowland COBB _______|
| (1796 - 1867) m 1817|
|                     |                      _Christopher SMITH __
|                     |                     | (1730 - 1804)       
|                     |_Frances SMITH ______|
|                       (1770 - 1851)       |
|                                           |_Mary MAULDIN _______
|                                             (1735 - ....)       
|
|--William Henry COBB 
|  (1839 - 1895)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Fnu EDWARDS ________|
|                     |  m 1803             |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Mary Ann EDWARDS ___|
  (1803 - 1889) m 1817|
                      |                      _John MILLER ________
                      |                     | (.... - 1807) m 1767
                      |_Elizabeth MILLER ___|
                        (1780 - 1861) m 1803|
                                            |_Elizabeth SAY ______
                                              (.... - 1807) m 1767

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