Dr. John Lafayette Cobb

Notes:

Ancestry.com shows him on U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, Confederate, Georgia, 10 Georgia Infantry, Tenth Regiment, Company C, Private, M226 roll 12, Enlisted 24 Mar 1862. His widow, Lydia, applied for a Confederate Pension on 17 May 1909 in Sabine County, Texas. She showed that they were married on 18 Sept 1860 in Georgia and that he died on 2 May 1897 in Sabine County.

Yvonne Page and Ronald Clemons show him as a son of Deacon Seth COBB (b. 1798, Washington County, GA) and Martha HILL (b. 1807, Baldwin County, GA).

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 20 SD 1 ED 80
172-172
CHANCE family
WOODS family
McBROOM family
ROBERTS family
COBB, L W M 38 --- Farmer Ga Ga Ga
COBB, Lydia W F 35 Wf Keep House Ga Ga Ga
COBB, Willie W M 12 Son At School Tx Ga Ga
COBB, Adeline W F 7 Dtr At School Tx Ga Ga
COBB, Fannie W F 5 Dt At Home Tx Ga Ga
COBB, Ugenia W M 4 Son At Home Tx Ga Ga
COBB, Maggie W F 4/12 Apr Dtr At Home Tx Ga Ga

John married Lydia Ann Dent on 18 Sep 1860 in Chattahoochee County, Georgia. Lydia (daughter of Richard Hezekiah Dent and Elizabeth Walker) was born on 28 Feb 1844 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died on 15 Feb 1932 in Tebo, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Tebo Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Willie Cobb was born on 13 Feb 1867 in Texas; died on 2 Feb 1881 in Texas; was buried in Tebo Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Alice Adella "Della" Cobb was born on 26 Oct 1872 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Sep 1967 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Fannie Venetta Cobb was born on 20 Mar 1876 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Dec 1958 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in McGown Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
4. Eugene C. Cobb was born on 28 Jan 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 5 Feb 1951 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Tebo Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Maggie Cobb was born on 18 Mar 1880 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Feb 1969 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried on 19 Feb 1969 in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.