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John Bowen Cobb

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John Bowen Cobb

Birth
Death
7 Sep 1920 (aged 34)
Burial
Owens Cross Roads, Madison County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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John Bowen Cobb
21 Nov 1885 - 7 Sep 1920

John Bowen Cobb was the first son born to Andrew Jackson Cobb and his wife, Charlotte Worley. Three girls had been born first - Lena Rivers Cobb, Nancy Jane Cobb, and Nellie O Cobb - and as with most farming families, the birth of a son was important.

John was born in 1885. Following his birth, two other boys followed, and by 1897, the family was complete with eight children. On the 1900 census, Charlotte Worley Cobb reported that she had given birth to 8 children and 8 children survived.

The siblings of John Bowen Cobb were:
Lena Rivers Cobb (1879-1955)
Nancy Jane Cobb (1881-1968)
Nellie O Cobb (1883-1939)
Newton Andrew Cobb (1887-1975)
Richard Grady Cobb (1890-1927)
Grace Cobb (1893-1947)
Lillie Estelle Cobb (1897-1933)

John Bowen Cobb married Magnolia aka Maggie Kilgore on 11 Mar 1905 - date of marriage license.
The following children were born:
Sallie Gertrude Cobb (1906-1974)
William Andrew Cobb (1909-1969)
Mamie Cobb (1915-2003)
Fronie Cobb (1918-2003)

Coincidentally, Mamie and Fronie died two days apart - Fronie on January 17, 2003 and Mamie on January 19, 2003.

On September 7, 1920, John Bowen Cobb died and was buried at Chandler Cemetery. His widow, Maggie, remarried in 1921 and had additional children with her second husband, Robert N Brazelton.
John Bowen Cobb
21 Nov 1885 - 7 Sep 1920

John Bowen Cobb was the first son born to Andrew Jackson Cobb and his wife, Charlotte Worley. Three girls had been born first - Lena Rivers Cobb, Nancy Jane Cobb, and Nellie O Cobb - and as with most farming families, the birth of a son was important.

John was born in 1885. Following his birth, two other boys followed, and by 1897, the family was complete with eight children. On the 1900 census, Charlotte Worley Cobb reported that she had given birth to 8 children and 8 children survived.

The siblings of John Bowen Cobb were:
Lena Rivers Cobb (1879-1955)
Nancy Jane Cobb (1881-1968)
Nellie O Cobb (1883-1939)
Newton Andrew Cobb (1887-1975)
Richard Grady Cobb (1890-1927)
Grace Cobb (1893-1947)
Lillie Estelle Cobb (1897-1933)

John Bowen Cobb married Magnolia aka Maggie Kilgore on 11 Mar 1905 - date of marriage license.
The following children were born:
Sallie Gertrude Cobb (1906-1974)
William Andrew Cobb (1909-1969)
Mamie Cobb (1915-2003)
Fronie Cobb (1918-2003)

Coincidentally, Mamie and Fronie died two days apart - Fronie on January 17, 2003 and Mamie on January 19, 2003.

On September 7, 1920, John Bowen Cobb died and was buried at Chandler Cemetery. His widow, Maggie, remarried in 1921 and had additional children with her second husband, Robert N Brazelton.


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