Joseph Coble

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Coble was born about 1834, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, Peter Coble, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Holmes, was 38. He married Barbara Jane Sharpe on 20 May 1856, in Alamance, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Alamance, Alamance, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died in 1863, at the age of 30, and was buried in Foundiougne, Fatick, Senegal.

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Joseph Coble
1834–1863
Barbara Jane Sharpe
1837–1925
Marriage: 20 May 1856
Mary Jo Catharine Coble
1857–1920

Sources (7)

  • Joseph C Cobb in household of Peter Cobb, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Joseph A Cable, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Joe Cable in entry for Barbra Jane Cable, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

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World Events (5)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

Name Meaning

English (Norfolk): from Middle English cobel ‘rowboat’, presumably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such or possibly as a nickname for an oarsman.

Americanized form of German Kobel or Göbel, see Goebel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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