Brief Life History of Lemuel Terrell
When Lemuel Terrell Cobb was born on 18 February 1858, in Georgia, United States, his father, Alfred H Cobb, was 38 and his mother, Nancy LeGrand, was 30. He married Elizabeth Frances Simmons on 9 November 1884, in Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1880 and Cardiff, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1900. He died on 24 April 1936, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.
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- Lemuel Cobb in household of A H Cobb, "United States Census, 1860"
- L T Cobb, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Lemuel Terrall Cott, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Jefferson, Alabama, United States [Spreads across Jefferson and Shelby counties]
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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