When Simon Cobleigh Sr was born on 10 July 1811, in Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont, United States, his father, James Cobleigh, was 28 and his mother, Susanna Dyer, was 30. He married Orril Elizabeth Way on 21 February 1839. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Delton, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States in 1880. He died on 30 December 1887, in Sauk, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Lake Delton, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
American settlers began mining the Wisconsin Territory in the early 1800's. The lead ore in the territory had largely been mined previously by American Indians. By 1829, nearly 4,000 miners had moved to Wisconsin Territory. The miners became known as badgers as they burrowed into hillsides for shelter. The name eventually represented the state and Wisconsin is now known as the Badger State. (Wisconsin Historical Society: Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin)
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
English: habitational name from Cobley in Devon, from the Old English personal name Cobba (see Cobb 1) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Alternatively, a variant of Cubley, from either of two places called Cubley in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The Derbyshire name is earlier recorded as Cobelei. This surname is now extinct in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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