The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-23

North Carolina in 1919. lie was
reared an Episcopalian. but became
Methodist minister. Jesse H. Cobb and
his wife Olivia had Issue: 1. Susanon,
who married John II. Bullock. of Gram
Vile County. N. c. 2. John B. Cobb, of
Jackson. Tenn. B. Jesse II. Cobb. Jr.
4. Rev. William e., Cobb. 8. Ann Cobb.
married William B. Dortch. 6. Eliza
beth. who died at sixteen years OF age.
Z. Elizabeth Cobb. born April 81, 1880.
married John Washington. and was
the mother of John Cobb Washington.
De Augustine Washington, Mrs. Eliza
Knox. Mrs William A. Graham, OF Ar
kansas. and George Washington. of
New Jersey. William Donnoll Cobb.
son of John Cobb and Ann Whitfield.
born 1906, died 1865. married Ann Spic-
err Collier In 1888. and left nine chill
dren: /. John Probert Cobb. Need
ham Bryan Cobb. 8. Elizabeth Grun.
A. Bryan Whitfield. 5. William Henry
Harrison. s. Ann Whitfield. Z. Har-
riet Elizabeth. s. Joseph George Will
lis. .. Maria Carolina Cobb.
Needham Bryan COBB (1s38-1905),
married first Martha Louise Cobb. had
twelve children; second he married Ann
Delsle Fennell. issue three children.
Collier Cobb. born 1862, son of Need
ham Cobb. married first Mary Lind
soy Battle, married second Lucy Plum
mer Collier. Issue by first wife: VIII
liam. Collier, Mary l.. Issue by second
wife: Richard Battle Cobb.
Stephen Cobb. son Of John. of Gooch-
land. Va, moved to Tar River y. c.,
where no died leaving eight daugh
tiers and eight sons. Edward Cobb, the
youngest of Stephens children. settled
on Offers Creek, In North Carolina,
did and left five childrcn-Stephen
Gray. Jones. Joel and Edward Cobb.
Stephen Cobb, son OF Edward mar
ried frat Apple Mayo. and had Patsy
who married Eason Cherry and left
six children.
9. Peter, who married Miss Maylss.
of Alabama, married second. Miss Best
and had Elizabeth. who married Jona-
than Gay: Winnie married. audr>had
John, Elizabeth, Gray. who married.
first, Miss Waters and settled in Missis-
sippi. and married second Patsey Lang,
and had two children. =
Edward Cobb mtrried Polly Belch-
or. Issue: John. Gray. James Lang.
who married Fannie May Williams, and
had Martha, who married her cousin,
Needham Bryan Cobb. and had twelve
children. William Edward, who mar
ried Selia Spiney; Benjamin Joseph.
married Under Vines: lucy William,
| married Charles Henry Spencer.
Needham Bryan and Martha Lewis
Cobb and Collier Cobb. who married
| first Mary Lindsey Battle. and second
Lucy z. Battle. and had VIM. Battle
Cobb. Richard Battle Cobb.
Among the many interesting tradi-
| tions in regard to the origin OF the
| Cobb family is one that says the fam
| lily was originally OF French eXtrac-
| ton, but fled from its native land on
account of religious persecution. and
| located in England. The name in
| Cobbay. which, after they settled in
England. by dropping the final g. be-
came corrupted into Cobb. Two broth
ers from the eastern part of Virginia
descended from Joseph Cobb. tho i'm
migrant, born In Amsterdam in 1858,
| and his wife, Elizabeth who came to
| Virginia in the Treasurer in 1913. and
settled in Elizabeth City. located one in
| Albemarle, and the other, Charles Cobb.
| located in Campbell County. Charles
| Cobb took up large grant of land
containing a thousand acres lying on
| both sides OF the Stanton River, and
| built mansion on tho south side Of the
river, now in Halifax County.
| Charles Cobb married and reared
| twelve sons and ono daughter. OF
| these two settled in kentucky. and one
| In Alabama, and others located what is
now known as Bedford. Halifax and
Campbell Counties. John Cobb, son of
Charles. was born In Campbell County.
176162. He was a soldier In the Con-
| tinental army, and served under Cen
| eral Green In the Carolinas, and took
| part in the battles OF Cowpens and
Guilford Courthouses. After tho Revo-
lutionary War. John settled in Camp
bell County. on a farm on Falling
River, married Miss Sallie Mccoy about
1890. He died in his eighth
year. Patrick Henry was neighbor to
John Cobb. whose home was on the
| north side of the Staunton River. On
the south side of the river. few miles
ls<,A- =
| to distinguish between the two. the
John on the south side was called
| BLACK John"
| John and Sallie Mccoy Cobb had: 1.
Tilghman Addison Cobb: 2, Elizabeth
Cobb. who married Thos. Mashall; 3.
Nancy Cobb. who married Mr.. Murrell.
| of Campbell County; 1, Frankly Cobb.
who married Mr.. Mohr; 5. Thomas
| Cobb; 6, Mary Cobb. who married VIII
! liam Price. OF Charlotte County; z. John
Cobb. married Mildred Ann Stone.
daughter OF Rev. James Stone. of
Pittsylvania. Tilgham Anderson Cobb.
eldest son OF John and Sallie Mccoy
| 1892. married Hannah Marshall when
nineteen years of age Tilghman Adj
Olson Cobb lived In Bedford County.
| Va. on an estate situated about TWEEN
ty miles east of the Peakes of Otter.
He served in the State Legislature. but
tired to private life.
Tilghman Addison and Hannah MAR
| shalD Cobb had issue: /. Sophia, mar
ried Reaves Scruggs. of Bedford, Is
sue. Virginia Marshall Scruggs and
John Scruggs. 2. Sallie w. Cobb died
| since posterite.
| ts) James Mccoy Cobb died in Con-
| federate Army. All the sons of Thigh
man Cobb served in the army. John
| Cobb, born in 1905. son OF John and
Sallie Mccoy Cobb, of Campbell
County, located In Halifax County on
| the Dan River near the North Caro-
| lima line John Cobb was justice OF
peace for a number of years. He died
1882 married Mildred Stone; issue,
James stone Cobb. born 1929. married
Annie Wilson; John Fitzgerald Cobb.
| born 1891. married. Mary Flournoy
issue, Mildred, Stanhope Susan, mar
| ried Judge Landor. OF Kentucky;
Elizabeth. died: William, married
Louisa Flourney.
william Walton Cobb was United
States consul at Colon, South America
and died there, leaving Issue G) Mary
Love Cobb. t2) Mildred Cobb, mar
ried T. NJ. Broadus. OF Gordonsville,
| Va; CD Louisa Cobb, married John
| j. Pritchett, OF Whi,mel Va. Mamma