Lemuel Terrell Cobb

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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Family Time Line

Lemuel Terrell Cobb
1858–1936
Elizabeth Frances Simmons
1860–1951
Marriage: 9 November 1884
Judson E. Cobb
1882–1933
Herman Wilson Cobb Sr
1887–1973
Ross Cobb
1890–1951
Walter Whittle Cobb
1892–1954
Lillie Magnolia Cobb
1894–1993
Kansas Nevada Cobb
1896–1983
Irvin Terrell Cobb
1900–1967
Lemmie Cobb
1903–

Sources (25)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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