Margret Sarah Mary Cobb

Brief Life History of Margret Sarah Mary

When Margret Sarah Mary Cobb was born in September 1836, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Absolom Cobb, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Barfield, was 18. She married Henry H. Swords on 15 April 1860. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States in 1900 and District 1374, Colquitt, Georgia, United States in 1910. She died on 12 May 1928, in Colquitt, Georgia, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Colquitt, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry H. Swords
1841–1929
Margret Sarah Mary Cobb
1836–1928
Marriage: 15 April 1860
John Aberham Swords
1861–1937
Alford Noah Swords
1864–1926
Elbert H Swords
1865–1948
Not named Swords
1876–

Sources (15)

  • Sarah A. Swords, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Henry Swords…..Randolph. Birth Records 1875–1877
  • Sarah M. Cobb, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1854

Historical Boundaries 1854: Calhoun, Georgia, United States

1860

In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (Angus): from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning ‘lump’, used to denote a large man.

Irish: shortened form of McCobb , a patronymic from the personal name Hob, an English pet form of Robert .

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

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