WILLIAM B. COBB, the only son of Jerome T. Cobb, was born on the old home farm in Schoolcraft Township on December 1, 1847. He obtained his early education in the common schools, then attended the Schoolcraft high school and passed one year at the State Agricultural College, finishing his preparation for the' business of life by a course of special training in the Poughkeepsie, (N. Y.) Business College, from which he was graduated in 1861. He then returned to this county, and for a time was associated with his father in the manufacture of staves and headings until the explosion of the engine in the factory destroyed the property and killed the engineer. Since then he has steadfastly adhered to the work of farming, in which he has been eminently successful, and is now managing more than six hundred acres of excellent land. In connection with this he has been an extensive and progressive sheep grower and feeder, handling on an average one thousand to one thousand five hundred a year. On December 15, 1869, he united in marriage with Miss Louisa Nichols, a native of New York state and daughter of Orson Nichols, a well-known pioneer of the township, who is now deceased. They have three children, Hattie, wife of Lewis F. Anderson, a professor in the State Normal School at Marquette; Della, wife of Dr. Carl Felt, of Philadelphia; and Roy J., who is living at home. The older daughter is a graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, and the younger of the New England Conservatory of Fine Arts at Boston, Mass. The son is a student at the State Agricultural College at Lansing. The father has been a life-long Republican, and has served sixteen consecutive years as supervisor of his township, a portion of the period as chairman of the board. He is a Freemason of the Knights Templar (degree, with membership in the commandery at Three Rivers. Well and favorably known in all parts of the county, he is one of its leading citizens, an honor to the section and an example worthy of all emulation by its people of every class.
Compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Mich. / David Fisher and Frank Little, editors. P. 340
Compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Mich. / David Fisher and Frank Little, editors. P. 340
WILLIAM B. COBB, the only son of Jerome T. Cobb, was born on the old home farm in Schoolcraft Township on December 1, 1847. He obtained his early education in the common schools, then attended the Schoolcraft high school and passed one year at the State Agricultural College, finishing his preparation for the' business of life by a course of special training in the Poughkeepsie, (N. Y.) Business College, from which he was graduated in 1861. He then returned to this county, and for a time was associated with his father in the manufacture of staves and headings until the explosion of the engine in the factory destroyed the property and killed the engineer. Since then he has steadfastly adhered to the work of farming, in which he has been eminently successful, and is now managing more than six hundred acres of excellent land. In connection with this he has been an extensive and progressive sheep grower and feeder, handling on an average one thousand to one thousand five hundred a year. On December 15, 1869, he united in marriage with Miss Louisa Nichols, a native of New York state and daughter of Orson Nichols, a well-known pioneer of the township, who is now deceased. They have three children, Hattie, wife of Lewis F. Anderson, a professor in the State Normal School at Marquette; Della, wife of Dr. Carl Felt, of Philadelphia; and Roy J., who is living at home. The older daughter is a graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, and the younger of the New England Conservatory of Fine Arts at Boston, Mass. The son is a student at the State Agricultural College at Lansing. The father has been a life-long Republican, and has served sixteen consecutive years as supervisor of his township, a portion of the period as chairman of the board. He is a Freemason of the Knights Templar (degree, with membership in the commandery at Three Rivers. Well and favorably known in all parts of the county, he is one of its leading citizens, an honor to the section and an example worthy of all emulation by its people of every class.
Compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Mich. / David Fisher and Frank Little, editors. P. 340
Compendium of history and biography of Kalamazoo County, Mich. / David Fisher and Frank Little, editors. P. 340
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