* Dr. William Cobb
b. Jan 14 1745 (England?), d. Dec 18 1825 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
buried Cobb Station, near Clendenin WV
one source says d. Oct 18 1825
Reportedly came to Roane Co in 1813
m. Elizabeth Morrison Aug 8 1787 Greenbrier Co VA(WV)
b. abt 1765 d. 1830 Kanawha Co buried Cobb Station
* Joseph Cobb b. 1780 d. 1860
one source says b. 1788 d. 1881, another says b. 1799
m. Nancy A_
* George Betson Cobb b. 1790 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jul 10 1848 Kanawha Co
m. Jane Walton Jan 5 1818 Kanawha Co
* William Cobb b. 1820 Kanawha Co WV
m. Charity Wilson Jun 11 1865 Kanawha Co
* Nancy A Cobb b. Dec 1821 Kanawha Co WV
m. George Washington Taylor Aug 17 1846 Jackson Co WV, b. 1817 VA
Descendants of Nancy Cobb and George Taylor
* Elizabeth "Eliza" Cobb
b. Mar 1823 Kanawha Co WV, d. Roane Co WV
one source says b. Mar 1824
m. James A Harper Jr Sep 22 1846 Kanawha Co
b. Aug 1827 Russell Co VA, d. Roane Co
Descendants of Elizabeth Cobb and James Harper
* Emily Cobb b. 1830 Kanawha Co WV
1880 living in Lewis Co WV at WV Hospital for the insane,
she had married John, also a patient at the hospital
m. John Hardway Nov 8 1849 Kanawha Co WV
* Mary J Hardway b. 1849 Kanawha Co WV
* Mary Hardway b. Oct 6 1857 Elk River, Kanawha Co WV
* Rebecca Cobb b. 1831 Kanawha Co WV
m. Thomas Warburton May 29 1854 Kanawha Co
b. 1810 England, d. Dec 24 1866 Kanawha Co
Descendants of Rebecca Cobb and Thomas Warburton
2nd husband of Rebecca Cobb:
m. Jacob Schoolcraft May 18 1869 Kanawha Co WV
b. 1830 d. Aug 6 1925 Kanawha Co
* Belle Schoolcraft b. 1870 Kanawha Co WV
m. John Cook
* John Cobb
* Jane Cobb
m. Mr Nicholas
* Elizabeth Cobb
* Archibald Price Cobb b. 1833 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1887 Kanawha Co
buried Cobb Cem, Cobb Station, Clendenin WV
m. Sarah E Hill Mar 4 1856 Kanawha Co
b. 1831 VA, d. 1914 Kanawha Co
[d/o Henry Hill and Susan _]
A story passed through the family says she killed a grandaughter
and threw one grandchild down a well, and this child was saved.
It is said also that she was a full blooded Cherokee Indian.
Sarah m.1st John Price Jun 23 1852 Kanawha Co WV, they had
John Henry Price b. 1853
* Amanda M Cobb b. Dec 13 1857 Elk River, Kanawha Co WV
* Mark A Cobb
b. Jul 18 1860 Kanawha Co WV, d. Aug 21 1941 Kanawha Co
buried Cobb Cem, Cobb Station, Clendenin WV
m. America Ashley
b. Dec 11 1867 Kanawha Co, d. Jul 10 1944 Kanawha Co
buried Cobb Cem, Cobb Station
* Carrie Cobb b. Feb 1894 Kanawha Co WV
m. Austin Gwinn
* Callie Cobb b. Feb 19 1896 Kanawha Co WV
m. Charles Shaffer
* Wayne Clayton Cobb
b. Feb 19 1897 Kanawha Co WV, d. Sep 30 1933 Kanawha Co
* Allen Boyd Cobb b. Apr 1898 Kanawha Co WV
m. Lorena Harper
* Woodrow Cobb b. Dec 6 1900 Kanawha Co WV
* Nena Cobb
b. May 13 1904 Kanawha Co WV, d. Mar 10 1909 Kanawha Co
* Nora Cobb b. Oct 5 1904 Kanawha Co WV
* Georgia M Cobb b. Oct 26 1905 Kanawha Co WV
m. Mr McKnown
* Catherine Cobb
b. Feb 9 1910 Kanawha Co WV, d. Mar 11 1910 Kanawha Co
* Avis Cobb
m. Ruth Campbell
* Squire Jackson Cobb b. 1862 d. 1928
buried Cobb Cem, Cobb Station, Clendenin WV
Squire was married three times, he killed himself
m. Susan E Samples b. Oct 1864 d. Sep 1899 Kanawha Co WV
buried Cobb Cem, Cobb Station, tombstone has her
dying 1899 but she is listed on the 1900 census
[d/o Harrison Samples and Caroline Shamblin]
* James Ray Cobb b. Mar 30 1888 Kanawha Co WV, d. OK
Went to OK, married an Indian, both died there.
His father went there, brought back the children
and raised them
m. _ _
* Janise Cobb (son)
* Juanita Cobb
* Elmer J Cobb b. 1888
* Burman B Cobb b. Feb 1889 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1889 Kanawha Co
buried Cobb Cem, Cobb Station, Clendenin WV
* Cyrilla Cobb b. Feb 18 1890 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1970 Kanawha Co
m. Claude Baldwin
* Russell A Cobb
b. Apr 23 1895 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1915 Kanawha Co
buried Cobb Cem, Cobb Station, Clendenin WV
* Earl Clarendon Cobb b. Oct 9 1896 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1993
Earl, and Owen below, have same birth date but only Owen
is listed in Kanawha Co birth records, they may be the
same person, not twins
m. Jennie Margaret Bowen b. May 11 1896 Roane Co WV
[d/o Frances Lippo Bowen and Margaret Malinda Waggoner]
* Cammie Elena Cobb b. Mar 5 1916 Kanawha Co WV
m. Phillips Perry Samples
* Betty Lou Samples
m. Donald Gray
* Valerie Gray
* Susan Gray
* Cindy Gray
2nd husband of Betty Lou Samples:
m. Jack Wright
3rd husband of Betty Lou Samples:
m. Jody Coftis
* Ida Margaret Samples
m. Charles Schaufler
* Charles Schaufler Jr
* Kathy Schaufler
* David Schaufler
* Patricia Kay Samples
m. Stanley Hayden
* Stanley Hayden Jr
* Richard Hayden
* Phyllis June Samples
m. Barry Hayden
* Barry Hayden Jr
* Debbie Hayden
* Phillip Hamilton Samples
m. Glenda _
* Perry Samples
* Richard Samples
* Sandra Elena Samples
m. Richard Bailey
* Richard Bailey Jr
* Kimberly Bailey
* Steven Bailey
* Ernest Clyde Cobb b. Aug 13 1917 Kanawha Co WV
m. Garnet Samples
* Ernestine Gay Cobb
m. Hubert Coleman
* Michelle Coleman
* Alisa Coleman
* son
* Stanley Cobb d. age 2 weeks
* David Cobb d. age one day
* Hoyt Carl Cobb
b. Nov 4 1918 Kanawha Co WV, d. Aug 1919 Kanawha Co
* Arthur Eugene Cobb b. Jun 14 1920 Kanawha Co WV
m. Imogene McCroskey
2nd wife of Arthur Eugene Cobb:
m. Gloria Ricco
* Peggy Ann Cobb
* Patty Cobb
3rd wife of Arthur Eugene Cobb:
m. Connie Rucker Elswick
* Roy Hershel Cobb b. and d. 1922 Kanawha Co WV
* Helen Irene Cobb b. Apr 26 1925 Springhill WV
m. Orville Hurst Elmore Apr 20 1943 Kanawha Co WV
* Margaret Alice Elmore
* Betty Jane Cobb
b. May 11 1927 Kanawha Co WV, d. May 1927 Kanawha Co
* Owen Cobb b. Oct 9 1896 Kanawha Co WV
2nd wife of Squire Jackson Cobb b. 1862:
m. Lenora Bell Lapardus Oct 28 1900 Kanawha Co WV
b. Apr 19 1883 Jackson Co WV, d. May 17 1922 Clendenin WV
buried Squire Cobb farm, Cobb Bottom, Clendenin
[d/o Peter Lapardus and Virginia Kyser]
* Gladys Sylvia Cobb
b. Apr 20 1903 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1967 Kanawha Co
m. Jules Gardner d. 1972
* Mark Thomas Cobb
b. May 22 1904 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1973 Kanawha Co
m. Mamie Stutter
* Ezra Silas Cobb b. Nov 6 1906 Kanawha Co WV
m. Virginia Smith
* Opal Cleo Cobb b. Sep 3 1908 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1981 Kanawha Co
m. Mackinzie Harding Jan 21 1928
* Opie Cecil Cobb b. Sep 3 1908 Kanawha Co WV
m. Helen Hayes
* Ivan Olin Cobb b. 1910 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1965 Kanawha Co
m. Jessie Hayes
* Claude Cobb b. 1912 Kanawha Co WV
m. Lorene Gandee
* Virginia Lee Cobb
b. 1916 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1939 Kanawha Co never married
* Kester Lee Cobb b. 1917 Kanawha Co WV
m. Louise Taylor
* Austin Joseph Cobb b. 1919 Kanawha Co WV
m. Fannie Casto
* Fonda A Cobb b. 1864
* Florence D Cobb
b. 1867 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1911 Kanawha Co never married
* Edna T Cobb
* Vernon A Cobb
b. Apr 26 1870 Kanawha Co WV, d. Dec 2 1946 Kanawha Co
m. Ms Love
* Sarah Elizabeth Cobb b. Apr 14 1875 Kanawha Co WV
* Archibald P Cobb
* Ann E Cobb
* Mary Josephine Cobb b. Sep 15 1878 Kanawha Co WV
m. Mr Parris
* Rebecca Cobb b. Aug 5 1796 Kanawha Co WV, d. May 10 1881 Kanawha Co
m. John Copen b. Jun 7 1791 Braxton Co WV, d. Jun 14 1851 Kanawha Co
Descendants of Rebecca Cobb and John Copen
2nd husband of Rebecca Cobb:
m. John W Rhodes Dec 17 1859 Kanawha Co WV
* Joseph Cobb b. Mar 20 1798 Kanawha Co WV, d. Mar 26 1860 Kanawha Co
m. Nancy _
* Mary Pauline Cobb b. 1799 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1896 Roane Co WV
one source says b. 1800
m. George Phillips Dec 17 1816 Kanawha Co
b. bef 1800 d. bef 1830 Kanawha Co
Descendants of Mary Cobb and George Phillips
* Hughett (Hewett/Hugitt) Cobb
b. Jun 30 1800 Kanawha Co WV, d. Sep 17 1876 Roane Co WV
buried at Cobb Station, near Clendenin WV
Lived in Kanawha Co until 1869, then moved to Roane Co
m. Nancy Minerva Ashley Jan 9 1827 Kanawha Co
b. Jan 7 1810 Roane Co WV
* Nancy Ann Elizabeth (Ann Eliza) Cobb
b. 1828 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1887 Mason Co WV
m. Bennet Rader
Family moved to Mason Co WV abt 1850
Descendants of Nancy Cobb and Bennet Rader
* child b. 1830
* Hildebert Cobb b. 1830 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef 1900 Fayette Co WV
Civil War: abt three years in Co. F, 9th VA Inf., mustered in at
Camp Carey WV Sep 16 1862, transfered F1 VI Nov 9 1864, mustered
out Jun 28 1865, nearly lost his sight and was given a pension
m. Sarah J Nicholas Aug 3 1851 Kanawha Co WV
b. 1833 d. aft 1900 Fayette Co WV
* Nancy J Cobb b. 1852 Kanawha Co WV
m. James A N Randolph Dec 4 1869 Roane Co WV
b. 1843 Jackson Co WV
[s/o William Randolph and Martha]
* Mary A Cobb b. 1854
* Joseph M Cobb b. Dec 12 1855 Sandy of Elk River, Kanawha Co WV
* William H Cobb b. Mar 1858 Jackson Co WV
m. Pina _ b. May 1871 WV
* Burton Cobb b. Jan 1887 Fayette Co WV
* Edgar Lee Cobb b. May 1888 Fayette Co WV
* Dotson Oscar Cobb b. Feb 1893 Fayette Co WV
* Montie A Cobb b. Jun 1899 Fayette Co WV
* Australia Cobb b. 1859
* Frances Ellen Cobb b. 1860 Clay Co WV, d. 1861 Kanawha Co WV
* John H Cobb b. 1861 Jackson Co WV
* Sarah Elizabeth Cobb b. Mar 17 1866 Kanawha Co WV
* Irene B Cobb b. 1868 Kanawha Co WV
* Simeon Cobb b. 1874
* Jennetta Cobb b. 1877
* Rebecca Cobb b. Apr 22 1830 Kanawha Co WV, d. Mar 20 1900 Kanawha Co
m. Patrick Casey
2nd wife of Rebecca Cobb:
m. Patrick A Board 1849 Kanawha Co WV
b. 1829 Mason Co VA(WV), d. Aug 11 1856 Greenbrier Co VA
Descendants of Rebecca Cobb and Patrick Board
3rd wife of Rebecca Cobb:
m. John Christopher Bird Aug 7 1860 Kanawha Co WV
b. Mar 10 1814 Bath Co VA, d. Oct 19 1866 Kanawha Co
[s/o William Bird and Catherine Morris]
John m.1st Lucinda J Hindman, they had Francis Marion Bird, and
Sarah E Bird. John m.2nd Jane Robinson, they had Lafayette Bird,
Martha Bird, Christy Bird, and John Bird
* William H Bird b. Aug 20 1861 Kanawha Co WV
m. Betty Narcissus Steele Mar 25 1884 Kanawha Co
* George S Bird b. Apr 5 1863 Kanawha Co WV
m. Sarah E Keffer Dec 2 1889 Kanawha Co
* Lewis Melvin Bird b. Mar 21 1865 Kanawha Co WV
m. Alice Turpin Apr 9 1896 Kanawha Co
* Crawford Lee Bird b. Feb 17 1867 Kanawha Co WV
m. Jennie Turpin Feb 24 1889 Kanawha Co
* Frances E Cobb b. 1832 Kanawha Co WV
* James Hirem/Hiram Cobb b. 1837 Kanawha Co WV
Civil War: Pvt., Co. F, 9th VA Inf., mustered in at Charleston WV
Feb 2 1862, wounded in action in right thigh at Winchester VA Sep
19 1865, mustered out Jun 29 1865 and given a pension
m. Miriam T Board Feb 21 1856 Kanawha Co
b. 1835 Jackson Co WV, d. 1899 Kanawha Co
* Leanora C "Nora" Cobb b. 1858 Jackson Co WV
m. Epperson (Eperson) "Ep" Westfall Apr 12 1873 Jackson Co
b. Jan 1854 Jackson Co WV
Descendants of Leanora Cobb and Epperson Westfall
* Penella Cobb b. 1860
* Charles H Cobb b. 1861 Kanawha Co WV
m. Mary Ray Feb 18 1883 Roane Co WV
* James H Cobb b. 1863
* Elizabeth M Cobb b. 1864 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1899
one source says b. 1865
m. Joseph H Rhodes Apr 10 1879 Jackson Co WV, b. Nov 1861 VA
Descendants of Elizabeth Cobb and Joseph Rhodes
* Penelope Cobb b. 1839 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jul 26 1907 Kanawha Co
buried Holcomb Cem, Clendenin WV
m. James Holcomb Aug 19 1859 Kanawha Co
b. Jun 2 1840 Nicholas Co WV, d. Nov 18 1905 Kanawha Co
one source says m. in Clay Co WV
Descendants of Penelope Cobb and James Holcomb
* Joseph Matthew Cobb b. 1840 Kanawha Co WV
Civil War: A Private in Co. F, 9th IV, mustered in Mouth of Mill
Creek at Ripley WV Feb 17 1862, mustered out Aug 1 1865
m. Margaret Board Feb 21 1856 Kanawha Co, b. 1840 Jackson Co WV
* Eliza E Cobb b. 1856 Jackson Co WV
* Martha Cobb b. 1860 Jackson Co WV
* Rosa V Cobb b. 1862 Jackson Co WV
* Amanda M Cobb b. 1866 Jackson Co WV
* Andrew C Cobb b. 1867 Jackson Co WV
* Mary C Cobb b. Feb 1870 Jackson Co WV
* Rev. John Ashley Cobb
b. Oct 24 1841 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jul 3 1919 Montrose WV
buried Old Ironsides Baptist Church Cem, Montrose
Civil War: three years in Co. C (or A), 8th VA Inf.
m. Mary Elizabeth Holcomb Aug 19 1858 Kanawha Co WV
b. Jul 2 1842 Sycamore Creek, Nicholas Co WV
d. Jun 2 1899 Falls Mill, Braxton Co WV
buried Highwood Cem near Falls Mill
one source says m. in Clay Co WV
* William Alexander Cobb b. Feb 1 1859 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jan 8 1965
m. Mary Tolley
* Festus A Cobb
* John G Cobb
2nd wife of William Alexander Cobb:
m. Margaret G J Rhodes 1880, b. 1858
* William M Cobb
m. Icey Tuttle
* Inez Cobb
* William Audith Cobb
* Iva Cobb
* Frankie Alton Cobb
* Gene Cobb
* Irena Elizabeth Cobb b. Aug 29 1860 Kanawha Co WV
m. Mr H T Carter Apr 18 1875
* Sarah Caroline Cobb b. Sep 6 1862 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jul 1944
one source says b. Sep 6 1863
m. Albert W Rhodes Feb 8 1883
* Lewis A Cobb b. May 30 1865 Kanawha Co WV, d. May 3 1922
m. Amanda D Stemple May 27 1886
* James Hewett Franklin Cobb
b. Jan 5 1867 Braxton Co WV, d. Jan 2 1932 Upshur Co WV
buried Waterloo Cem, near Adrian WV
one source says b. Kanawha Co WV
Moved to Roane Co WV from Braxton Co abt 1867/74
m. Elizabeth Jane Smith Aug 11 1887 Roane Co WV
b. Mar 21 1869 Roane Co, d. Mar 9 1938 Kanawha Co WV
* Donia Ellen Cobb
b. Nov 11 1887 Higby WV, d. 1965 Braxton Co WV
buried Mt. Hebron Cem, near Sutton WV
m. _ Gregory
* two children
* Henry Cobb b. abt 1888 d. near Akron OH
It's reported that Henry and sister Donia had the same
mother but not the same father. Lived in the Charleston
WV area, then Akron OH
m. _ _ d. near Akron OH
* three sons
2nd wife of James Hewett Franklin Cobb:
m. Caerzady Jones Jan 22 1893 Jackson Co WV, b. 1877 Roane Co WV
* James Lindsay Cobb b. Apr 1895
3rd wife of James Hewett Franklin Cobb
m. Matilda Jane Westfall Apr 7 1897 Braxton Co WV, b. 1867
buried Waterloo Cem next to James
* Worthy Roscoe Cobb b. May 26 1896 d. Nov 11 1936
* Clara A Cobb b. Mar 25 1898 d. 1978
* George McKinley Cobb b. Mar 28 1900 d. Nov 26 1940
* Charles Albert Cobb b. Nov 29 1902 d. Mar 12 1982
* Rosa Lea Cobb b. Jul 23 1905
* Emma Ethel Cobb b. Apr 17 1908 d. 1990
* Lawrence Minter Cobb b. Oct 4 1910 d. Feb 1993
* Okey Flynn Cobb b. Jun 26 1913 d. May 1992
* Martha Matilda Cobb b. Mar 9 1868 Kanawha Co WV, d. Apr 1934
m. William Dobson Apr 1934
* Peter Sampson Cobb b. Jun 12 1869 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jul 21 1898
m. Georgia F Clark Jul 17 1896
* Cary (Geary?) Melvin Cobb
b. Mar 3 1872 Kanawha Co WV, d. Dec 24 1946
m. Lou White Oct 24 1897 Roane Co WV
* Mary Dove Cobb b. Feb 4 1874 Roane Co WV, d. Aug 7 1964
m. John Veith Nov 5 1893 Roane Co, d. Feb 3 1945
* Willey Cobb b. 1891 d. Feb 13 1980 Braxton Co WV
born before mother married
m. Nettie Lockard Feb 25 1914 Braxton Co
b. Sep 11 1894 d. Sep 9 1974
* Millard Ashley Cobb b. Nov 2 1917 Rickwood WV
p. _ _
* Wayne Cobb
* Thomas Herman Cobb b. Sep 28 1920 Braxton Co WV
* William Eldon Cobb
b. Jun 29 1925 Braxton Co WV, d. Oct 2 1938 Braxton Co
* Calvin Paul Cobb b. Feb 8 1927 Braxton Co WV
* child d. very young sex unknown
* Roxie Bell Veith b. Dec 21 1895 Braxton Co WV, d. Feb 23 1975
* Daisy Mae Veith
b. Dec 24 1897 Braxton Co WV, d. Mar 4 1963 Braxton Co
m. George A Prince Sep 1 1917 Braxton Co
* Barbara Prince
* Gaylord Prince
* Elva Prince
m. Haye Hardman
* Floyd Nelson Veith
b. Feb 18 1899 Braxton Co WV d. Feb 25 1899 Braxton Co
* Samuel Sylvestor Veith
b. Aug 27 1901 Braxton Co WV, d. Sep 15 1953
m. Elizabeth Edmonds
* Hallie Rose Veith b. Aug 11 1904 Braxton Co WV
* Grace Maude Veith b. Sep 13 1906 Braxton Co WV, d. May 27 1969
* John Ashley Veith
b. Aug 14 1908 Braxton Co WV, d. Apr 20 1978 Harrison Co WV
* Samantha Alice Cobb
b. Jun 5 1877 Roane Co WV, d. Apr 5 1965 Braxton Co WV
m. Samuel Veith Apr 29 1894 Roane Co
b. Mar 27 1865 Braxton Co, d. Jan 23 1939 Braxton Co
[s/o John Veith and Margaret Jones]
* Aulus Wallace Veith
b. Nov 8 1895 Braxton Co WV, d. Jan 15 1896 Braxton Co
* Okey Wilson Veith b. and d. Oct 15 1896 Braxton Co WV
* John Eagon Veith b. May 15 1898 Braxton Co WV, d. Oct 2 1980
m. Ova Lake Nov 1946 Braxton Co
* William Donald Veith
b. Apr 8 1901 Braxton Co WV, d. Aug 26 1960 Braxton Co
m. Ina F Lowther Oct 12 1928 Braxton Co
* Peter Wilbur Veith b. Nov 22 1903 Braxton Co WV
never married
* Carrie Gertrude Veith b. Jul 31 1908 Braxton Co WV
m. Alphus D Kraft Apr 1 1928 Braxton Co, d. Sep 18 1962
* Audrey Belle Kraft b. Feb 25 1929
* Samuel Merlin Kraft b. Dec 17 1930 d. Jul 29 1962
* Audie Thorne Kraft b. Nov 28 1935
* Sadie Pearl Veith
b. Nov 25 1910 Braxton Co WV
d. Oct 26 1975 Braxton Co never married
buried Highwodd Cem, Braxton Co
* Samuel Audie Veith b. Jun 28 1913 Braxton Co WV
m. Ozella Hawkins May 25 1946
* Jettie Mildred Veith b. and d. Jun 10 1915 Braxton Co WV
* Von Bernstorf Veith b. and d. Apr 28 1917 Braxton Co WV
* Lorena Luverna Cobb b. Jan 3 1879 Roane Co WV, d. Mar 28 1961
buried Buckhannon Cem
m. Frantz "Frank" Veith Feb 2 1898 Roane Co, b. 1871 d. 1962
buried Buckhannon Cem with wife,
and Frantz Ray Veith b. 1905 d. 1972
* Perry Nelson Cobb b. Mar 14 1880 d. Dec 5 1977
m. Delilah Naomi Barrett Fergerson Aug 29 1952
* Floyd W Cobb b. Jul 11 1881 d. Feb 9 1955
m. Maggie Wolfe
* John W Cobb b. Aug 8 1882
* Nora May Cobb
b. Feb 8 1883 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV, d. Mar 11 1886
* Cora Gay Cobb
b. Feb 8 1883 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV, d. Sep 19 1886
* Dona M Cobb b. Feb 17 1886
* Okey K Cobb b. Mar 25 1887
2nd wife of John Ashley Cobb b. Oct 24 1841:
m. Hattie Dunnington Oct 20 1899 Upshur Co WV, b. Sep 1870
buried Old Ironsides Baptist Church Cem, next to husband
* Mary Virginia Cobb b. 1842 Kanawha Co WA, d. Nov 24 1922 Kanawha Co
buried Clendenin Cem, Clendenin WV
m. James A Cobb Apr 30 1864 Roane Co WV, b. Kanawha Co
[s/o Thomas Cobb and Virginia]
2nd husband of Mary Virginia Cobb:
m. Charles P Zimmerman Dec 7 1865 Kanawha Co WV
b. 1845 d. 1911 Kanawha Co buried Clendenin Cem, Clendenin WV
* William Wiley Cobb b. 1845 Kanawha Co WV
Civil War: Co. A, 9th VA Inf., mustered in at Winchester VA, Sep
21 1862, transfered to Co. F, Sep 9 1864 mustered out Jun 28 1865
m. Frances Morton Aug 17 1865 Kanawha Co
* Mr C P "Jack" Cobb
b. Mar 1 1877 Clendenin WV, d. Mar 22 1944 Fayette Co WV
Moved to Oak Hill WV in 1902
m. Electra Foster Sep 28 1898 Belva WV
* Winfield Scott Cobb b. 1847 Kanawha(Roane) Co VA(WV)
m. Sarah Eaken Mar 15 1871 Kanawha Co
[d/o Thomas Eaken]
* Nancy A L Cobb b. Apr 1 1875 Roane Co
* Josephine C Cobb
b. Aug 10 1892 Billy's Run of Mill Creek, Roane Co WV
* Zachariah Taylor Cobb
b. Apr 15 1850 Kanawha(Roane) Co VA(WV), d. Jan 4 1928 Roane Co
buried Miles H Rhodes Cem, Higby WV
Postmaster of Higby
m. Susannah Boothe Jun 10 1869 Roane Co
b. Jun 16 1852 Roane Co, d. 1919 Roane Co
* Julian Franklin "Frank" Cobb
b. May 17 1870 Higby WV, d. Apr 24 1915 Higby
m. S Ellen "Ella" Tolley Jan 15 1891
b. Oct 7 1873 d. May 9 1906 Higby WV
* Ira Lee Cobb
b. Nov 10 1892 Roane Co WV, d. Jun 10 1980 Kanawha Co WV
m. Gae Hunt Apr 28 1917 Roane Co
b. Jul 11 1898 d. Apr 1977 Kanawha Co
* Effie G Cobb b. Dec 16 1894
* Orda H Cobb
b. May 11 1897 Bear Fork, Mill Creek WV
d. Sep 3 1915 Higby WV buried Miles H Rhodes Cem, Higby
* Orva C Cobb b. Jan 20 1900 d. Aug 17 1915
buried Miles H Rhodes Cem, Higby WV
* Elsie Cobb b. Aug 10 1902 Roane Co WV, d. Aug 30 1924 Roane Co
buried Rhodes-Cox Cem, Higby WV
* Jas. F Cobb b. Aug 10 1902 Higby WV
* Ivil Gae Cobb b. Sep 6 1905 Roane Co WV
* Melissa Jane Cobb
b. Oct 15 1872 Roane Co WV, d. May 29 1956 Charleston WV
buried Miles H Rhodes Cem, Higby WV
m. Miles Herbert Rhodes Oct 2 1892
Descendants of Melizza Cobb and Miles Rhodes
* Charles H Cobb b. Aug 17 1876 Roane Co WV
m. Loula (Lulu) Knopp Apr 4 1899 Roane Co
* Emma Easter Cobb b. Apr 15 1900 Higby WV, d. Jan 22 1984
* Ray Cobb b. Jun 22 1905 Higby WV, d. Mar 9 1992
* Ruby Mae Cobb b. Apr 16 1908 Higby WV
m. Mr Young
* Velma Cobb
m. Mr Cox
* Mary Cobb
m. Mr Slater
* Freda Cobb
m. Mr Smith
* Rachel Minerva Cobb b. Feb 2 1880 Roane Co WV, d. Aug 2 1954
buried Taylor Cem
one source says b. Feb 5 1880
m. Leander "Lee" Taylor Nov 14 1897 Roane Co, b. 1858 VA
Descendants of Rachel Cobb and Leander Taylor
* Susannah Colona "Lona" Cobb
b. Oct 17 1882 Roane Co WV, d. 1986 Columbus OH
m. Joseph Marcellis Cox Feb 28 1904
b. Apr 5 1875 d. Jun 16 1950 OH
Descendants of Susannah Cobb and Joseph Cox
* Rosetta Lee Cobb
b. Jul 24 1886 Roane Co WV, d. Oct 28 1974 Gandeeville WV
one source says b. Jul 23 1889
m. Roy Jones
* Nelson B Cobb
b. Feb 13 1889 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jun 30 1974 Hurricane WV
m. Chloe Jones Sep 11 1910 Jackson Co WV
* Rufus Cobb b. Sep 3 1911 Roane Co WV, d. Jun 14 1978 Roane Co
ashes scattered in Miles Rhodes Cem, Roane Co
m. Elfrieda E _
* daughter
m. Charles Gillespie
* daughter
m. William Farmer
* daughter
m. Toland Stone
* William Edward "Willie" Cobb
b. Oct 27 1893 Kanawha Co WV, d. Mar 22 1972 Statts Hospital
m. Amy E Smith
* Nancy M Cobb b. 1852 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
m. Charles B Rhoades/Rhodes Apr 20 1868, b. 1848
* Madison Cobb
Civil War: Co. F, 9th VA
* Thomas B Cobb b. 1802 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1854 Roane Co WV
m. Jane Mayhorn Mar 11 1833 Kanawha Co
b. 1816 VA, d. bef 1900 Roane Co
* Henderson Cobb b. 1833 Kanawha Co WV
* Mary Cobb b. 1836 Kanawha Co WV
m. Sanford Williams
* Bryant Cobb b. 1838 Kanawha Co WV
* Francis M Cobb b. 1840 Kanawha Co WV
* Salina Cobb b. 1843 Kanawha Co WV
* James C Cobb b. 1844 Kanawha Co WV
* Frances Cobb b. 1847 Kanawha Co WV
* Sarah J Cobb b. 1850 Kanawha Co WV
m. David M Strickland b. 1848 Kanawha Co
Descendants of Sarah Cobb and David Strickland
* Alexander Cobb b. 1804 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef Nov 24 1851 Kanawha Co
m. Nancy Smith Nov 1 1830 Kanawha Co, b. 1813 Kanawha Co
[d/o Littleberry Smith and Mary Trent]
Nancy m.2nd Benjamin Rucker
* Andrew Jackson Cobb b. Jan 1833 Kanawha Co WV
m. Salina _ b. Jan 1842 VA
2nd wife of Andrew Jackson Cobb:
m. Mary Nicholas Aug 26 1853 Kanawha Co WV
* Mary F Cobb b. Mar 1859
* Frances M Cobb b. Sep 1860 Roane Co WV
* Charles A Cobb b. 1854
* Lewis M Cobb b. 1872 Kanawha Co WV
* Letitia Cobb b. 1875 Kanawha Co WV
* William H Cobb b. 1837 Kanawha Co WV, d. Mar 23 1901 Kanawha Co
Civil War: Union Army, Co. A, 13th WV Vol. Inf. Enlisted
Aug 15 1862 discharged Jun 22 1865 at Wheeling WV
m. Barbara Ellen Virginia Starcher Aug 17 1852 Glenville WV
b. 1830 VA
* Thomas Cobb b. 1854 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef 1870 Roane Co WV
* Ms A Y Cobb b. Apr 9 1856 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef 1860 Roane Co WV
* Daniel M Cobb b. Jun 15 1858 Kanawha Co WV
m. Siller Bishop Sep 7 1882 Roane Co WV
* Josiah P Cobb
b. Jul 15 1860 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef 1880 Kanawha Co
* James Clark Cobb
b. Mar 12 1864 Roane Co WV, d. Nov 25 1942 Kanawha Co
m. Eleanor Short Sep 22 1888 Roane Co, b. 1870 Roane Co
* Jordan Cobb b. 1867 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef 1870 Kanawha Co
* Phillip S Cobb b. Aug 2 1867
* Ulysess Grant Cobb b. 1869/70 Roane Co WV, d. Sep 2 1892 Roane Co
* Filmore Cobb b. 1872 Roane Co WV, d. bef 1900 Kanawha Co WV
* Virginia Cobb b. May 31 1873 Roane Co WV
* Elizabeth Cobb b. Apr 23 1879
* Sarah J Cobb b. May 1839 Kanawha Co WV
m. Robinson Drake Sep 15 1853 Kanawha Co, b. Feb 14 1833 Pike Co KY
Descendants of Sarah Cobb and Robinson Drake
* Lewis F Cobb b. abt 1841
* Abigail Cobb b. 1845/49 Kanawha Co WV, d. May 11 1879 Kanawha Co
m. William Lemuel Strickland Sep 25 1865 Kanawha Co
b. Mar 15 1841 Kanawha Co, d. Apr 1 1918 Kanawha Co
Descendants of Abigail Cobb and William Strickland
* Charles Cobb b. abt 1847
* Joseph Cobb b. 1849
* Elizabeth Cobb b. 1806 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1850 Kanawha Co
m. Benjamin Rucker Sep 1831 Kanawha Co, b. 1814
[s/o John Rucker and Elizabeth Young]
Benjamin m.2nd Nancy Smith
* William John Cobb b. 1807 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jan 5 1877 Kanawha Co
m. Elizabeth Smith d. Feb 24 1894 Kanawha Co
* James M Cobb b. 1829 Kanawha Co WV
m. Martha J Beverly Jun 28 1871 Kanawha Co
* Allen S Cobb b. 1831 Kanawha Co WV
m. Elizabeth Powell Nov 13 1860 Kanawha Co WV
* Catherine Cobb
b. May 15 1832 Kanawha Co WV, d. Nov 15 1855 Kanawha Co
* Silas Cobb b. 1834 Kanawha Co WV
* Joseph Madison Cobb Sr b. Jan 14 1835 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
Civil War service: abt three years in Co. F, 9th VA Inf.; another
source says he served in the 13th WV Inf. Jan 11 1863-Feb 20 1865
m. Cinderella Martin Jan 23 1852 Kanawha Co, b. 1834 OH
* Joseph Madison Cobb Jr
b. 1863 Jackson Co WV, d. Dec 29 1942 Kanawha Co WV
m. Nancy Casto Mar 11 1883 Jackson Co, d. Feb 7 1936 Kanawha Co
* Dennis Dorsey Cobb
b. Dec 12 1884 Jackson Co WV, d. Aug 31 1937 Kanawha Co WV
m. Ola Belle Casto
b. Oct 13 1889 Jackson Co WV
d. Oct 12 1956 Ft Lauderdale FL
[d/o William Casto and Julia Heck]
* David Arthur Cobb
b. Apr 2 1886 Jackson Co WV, d. May 28 1961 Kanawha Co WV
m. Effie Fields May 8 1903 Kanawha Co
2nd wife of David Arthur Cobb:
m. Belva Leah Parsons Feb 1912 Jackson Co WV
b. Sep 11 1888 Jackson Co, d. Jun 6 1969 Kanawha Co
* Flourie Gay Cobb
b. Jul 16 1893 Jackson Co WV, d. Jul 16 1932 Jackson Co
m. Walter Garfield Hackney
b. Nov 3 1880 Jackson Co, d. Nov 13 1954 Kanawha Co WV
* Luther Eugene Cobb
b. Feb 8 1895 Jackson Co WV, d. Apr 9 1941 Kanawha Co WV
m. Cora Belle Guthrie Jun 28 1914 Jackson Co
b. Sep 12 1894 Kanawha Co, d. Jan 24 1926 Kanawha Co
* Lettie Hayden Cobb
b. Dec 28 1896 Jackson Co WV, d. May 27 1972 Kanawha Co WV
m. Albert Oscar Fore
b. Apr 11 1890 Kanawha Co, d. Apr 15 1972 Kanawha Co
* Earl Clinton Cobb b. May 21 1901 Jackson Co WV
m. Dollie Mae Parsons Sep 12 1925 Jackson Co
* James Austin Cobb b. Jul 4 1907 Jackson Co WV
m. Margaret Covington May 3 1930 Jackson Co
2nd wife of Joseph Madison Cobb Sr:
m. Martha Jane Godbey May 27 1871 Kanawha Co WV
b. Oct 11 1843 Pulaski Co VA
[d/o Benjamin Godby and Nancy Elkins]
* Ulizzie Grant Cobb b. Jun 19 1872
m. Joseph E Mays Aug 22 1886 Kanawha Co WV
* Ulysses Lincoln Cobb b. Dec 17 1873 Kanawha Co WV, d. in infancy
* Elizabeth A Cobb b. 1840 Kanawha Co WV
m. James Tenney Nov 29 1868 Kanawha Co
* John M Cobb b. 1847 Kanawha Co WV
m. Rebecca J Pendall Jan 2 1868 Kanawha Co, b. 1852
* Mary E Cobb b. 1873 Kanawha Co WV
m. Stephen Huffman Apr 8 1891 Kanawha Co
* John W Cobb b. Sep 1 1874 Kanawha Co WV
m. Bertha E Ward Jun 6 1895 Kanawha Co
* Effie May Cobb b. May 4 1879 Kanawha Co WV
* Charles Cobb b. Aug 18 1884 Kanawha Co WV
Contributors:
Sandy McSpadden - [email protected] - In general
Jerry Coffman - [email protected] - In general
Janet Martin - [email protected] - In general
Joyce M Mertens - [email protected] - Descendants of Zachariah T Cobb