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From: "Virginia L. (Ginny) Keefer in LasVegas" <ginnykeefer(a)cox.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:06 PM
> Source: TNLINCOL-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: Cobb family
>
>
> Elizabeth, maybe your friend would enjoy reading this material from The
> Heritage Book of Caswell County NC, 1985, p 152
> The following story appeared as an article in a newspaper in 1980. The
> name
> of the paper is unknown to submitter.
> "Recently on the Lee Kinard Good Morning Show they showed the Sedgefield
> hunting lodge built by John Blackwell Cobb who lived in CT at the time and
> who a native of Caswell Co NC. He built Cobb School in 1920 in memory of
> his
> parents, Henry and Mary Howard Cobb". It brought to my mind how much
> history
> has been made in eastern Guilford Co as well as in northwestern Caswell
> Co.
> According to genealogy records, Henry [Kopp] Cobb settled in eastern
> Guilford in 1740 and came there from Germany in 1740 and in 1777 left
> Guilford and moved to western Caswell Co [then Orange Co] settling at a
> place later called Cobb Shop.
> His wife, Catherine came from Germany in 1738. Among the others who came
> from Germany about the same time was; John Foust 1720, Rosine Summers
> 1812,
> Peter Summers,Sommers, Somers... Susanna [Shumacker] Cobb came from
> Germany
> to Guilford Co in 1770. According to Guilford Co history the early Germans
> who settled in eastern Guilford were referred to as German Calvinists.
> Among the family names listed of the early German settlers were Albright,
> Clapp, Cobb, Coble, Foust, Holt, Keim, Leinberger, Sharp, Shoffner,
> Strader,
> [Somers], Reitzell, Whitsell, Whitsett and Wyrick.
> Dr. Whitsett of Whitsett once said that the Cobbs of Caswell Co NC came
> from
> Guilford Co and those in Allamance came from Caswell Co.
> At about the time that Henry [Kopp] Cobb lest eastern Guilford some of the
> Somers family and some of the Strader family, it is believed, left
> Guilford
> and settled in Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church community.According
> to David Strader of Oregon Hill, some of the Straders were buried in the
> cemetery there as was the custom in those days marked only by a plain
> stone.
> Several of the old Somers' homeplaces stood nearby. Near one of them once
> stood a log school where the early Baptist got their education and met to
> worship. Later Pleasant Grove was organized in 1829. Near here is also
> where
> the Dill family settled in 1759, from Kent Co Delaware. They were dark
> complexioned people and originally came from a corner of Holland bordering
> on Germany. It is said that during a terrible windstorm this log school
> house blew down and the schoolmaster had the oldest pupils to catch hold
> of
> young trees and the smallest to catch hold of him, in that way, none of
> them
> were hurt.
> No doubt my great grandfather [Noah Cobb II] met his wife to be, Jane Dill
> here, one of the Dills [Reuben] was referred to as the fireside preacher.
> aunt Polly Strader is buried in the Cobb Cemetery. She, we believe was the
> sister of our great grandmother, Jane Dill Cobb. Aunt Polly died of
> smallpox
> and fear of smallpox at the time was so great, for some reason, they
> buried
> her at night. Our great grandparents home stood on the edge of our little
> farm and near the present home of Jeffery and Susan Cobb McKinney.
> According to the will of my great great grandfather, Noah Cobb I, he had 7
> sons and two daughters. Henry Cobb was one of the older sons. He settled
> near Bethel Methodist Church. The house he lived in still stands and is
> owned by the Law family. Samuel Cobb settled below Yanceyville. James
> Cobb,
> another son moved southward into southern Caswell. some of his descendants
> moved into Alamance Co NC, one being Allie Cobb of Burlington. My great
> great grandfather gave land for Bethesda Church. Some of his sons left the
> section and moved to TN. **
> I am told the Cobb name is familiar today in the Whitehaven section of
> Memphis. Not all the Cobbs were as fortunate as John Blackwell Cobb, son
> of
> Henry. My grandfather, Archibald Cobb, fought in the Civil War. When he
> got
> out, he married Frances [Fanny] Canaday. He died when he was only 49 years
> old, leaving my grandmother with 5 or 6 children, the oldest being around
> 15
> and with the farm to look after. Uncle Burns told before he passed away
> that
> my grandmother would go to Mr. Philemon [Philly] Walker and Mr. Hiram
> Harrelson for advice and to borrow money. She sold most of her tobacco in
> Reidsville.
> When Uncle Burns and Aunt Fanny married they started housekeeping in a
> kitchen that stood out from the Archie Cobb house. He said after he
> married
> and bought the necessary essentials he had 25 cents left. Two of his sons
> went to work for R. J. Reynolds in Winston-Salem and did well there.
> Several of the Cobbs in later years moved into Rockingham Co, and like the
> Somers family moved into TN. Most of the Strader family moved into the
> Ruffin and Oregon Hill areas. The Dill family moved out of Caswell County
> and as far as I know there aren't any left in Caswell County, NC
>
>
> According to his will, the children of Noah Cobb were;
> 1. Henry married Martha Nunnaly and went west in 1830
> 2. Joseph who married Nancy Jennings
> 3. John who married Jane Brackin
> 4. Robert
> 5. James who is buried in Bethesda Cemetery
> 6. Samuel
> 7. ?
>
> Misc info
> Some Cobb marriages I have noted;
> Samuel to Bettie Barton
> Henry to Mary Howard
> Melinda Cobb to Archibald Hubbard
> John Wilson Cobb to Ellen King
> Louisa Cobb to Abraham Womack
> Martha Cobb to Nat Gardener
> The Brackin-Cobb has some of these couples buried there, the oldest grave
> being John Cobb born 1761 and died at 75 years of age, his wife, Jane
> Brackin was a daughter of Samuel and Jane Dixon Brackin or Bracken.
>
> Sources; Of above are Bible and cemetery records, recollections and
> Caswell
> County NC records.
>
>
> Remember, I have not proven any of above and these families are not of my
> line.
> Ginny Keefer
>
>
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I think I have your family, please contact me at :
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I am still looking for Ida coble she was born 18 June 1855 unknown place but she died 9 Feb.1892 in Caroll Co., Missouri. She married Henry Clay Moler 25 Apr. 1873 in Carol Co., Missouri
Thanks Shirley
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hi jannine,
how are you well this is a little about what i know my dads name is robert clayton coble he was born in chanute kansashe was born on september 1, 1964 i think he is 41 now his dads name holmer coble his moms is pearl felts
i think i have two sisters and two brothers hope dawn coble, crystal la'shel coble robert ray coble and i think its the same robert ray coble i think this is not going to help
cause none of them has died yet thank god for that
love, amanda dawn coble
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Amanda, this is a great project for you at your age. I have been researching this family for 20 years.
Please give us the name, date of birth, place of birth on your Father if you have it.
Give us all the information that you have. Dates and places are very important.
I know we can help you
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my name is amanda dawn geraldon but my real last name is coble my dad is robert c. coble i wanted to find all cobles i thought i should know about my ancestors/family members now by the way im 15 years old i live in tx. was born in ok. i think this is a good project to do while im still young and not busy you can send me a message on yahoo.com my user name is girlstuff_10(a)yahoo.com. love always amanda dawn coble
I found this and thought I would pass it on to anyone on the List that is researching this family.
Abram Coble was born July 25, 1843, in York County, Penn., and is the fifth of eight children of Peter and Mary (Christ) Coble, deceased, of York County, Penn., and of Dutch descent. The father was a shoe-maker by trade, but quitted that occupation and began farming, which he followed till his death.
Abram Coble was brought up a farmer, and followed that occupation until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and participated in the engagements of Mine Run, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester and numerous others. He was discharged as corporal at York in 1864.
In the fall of 1865 he began learning the blacksmith's trade, and moved to York, Penn., where he worked nine years. Thence he went to Fairview Township, where he remained three years, and then located in Yocumtown, Penn., where he is now doing a good business. In 1867 he married Susan Hartman, daughter of Cornelius and Mary A. (Danner) Hartman, of German descent. By this union they have three children: John W., Mary A. and Carrie E. Mr. and Mrs. Coble are members of the United Brethren Church.
Source: York County, Pennsylvania Biographical History, John Gibson, Chicago: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
Jannine Coble Gregory
Austin, Texas