Captain, Cobb's Kentucky Battery, CSA
Major, Cobb's Artillery Battalion, CSA
Major Robert Cobb, ranking artillery officer of the Confederate army and for thirty years a resident of this city, died at his home here this afternoon as a result of a paralytic stroke. His widow and five children survive.
Major Cobb enlisted in the Confederacy from Kentucky, being first Lieutenant of his company. It later was made an artillery organization and Major Cobb was promoted to Captaincy when the Captain was promoted. Later he was made Major of a battalion of artillery. As Commander of "Cobbs Battery" he took part in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Vicksburg Siege and many others. At the close of the war he engaged in the practice of Law in Paducah moving to this city, then a village in 1884.
The children are Percy Cobb, Miss Ethyl Cobb, and Mrs Robert Thornburn of this city. Mrs Stinnett and Mrs Harding of Amarillo. A son Robert died almost two years ago.
Major Cobb was always a close follower of politics, but took little active part himself, devoting his energies to the practice of law until he became too old. The funeral will take place Tuesday under the auspices of the Masons and the Confederate Veterans.
Source: Tuesday, July 21, 1914
Paper: Dallas Morning News
Major, Cobb's Artillery Battalion, CSA
Major Robert Cobb, ranking artillery officer of the Confederate army and for thirty years a resident of this city, died at his home here this afternoon as a result of a paralytic stroke. His widow and five children survive.
Major Cobb enlisted in the Confederacy from Kentucky, being first Lieutenant of his company. It later was made an artillery organization and Major Cobb was promoted to Captaincy when the Captain was promoted. Later he was made Major of a battalion of artillery. As Commander of "Cobbs Battery" he took part in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Vicksburg Siege and many others. At the close of the war he engaged in the practice of Law in Paducah moving to this city, then a village in 1884.
The children are Percy Cobb, Miss Ethyl Cobb, and Mrs Robert Thornburn of this city. Mrs Stinnett and Mrs Harding of Amarillo. A son Robert died almost two years ago.
Major Cobb was always a close follower of politics, but took little active part himself, devoting his energies to the practice of law until he became too old. The funeral will take place Tuesday under the auspices of the Masons and the Confederate Veterans.
Source: Tuesday, July 21, 1914
Paper: Dallas Morning News
Captain, Cobb's Kentucky Battery, CSA
Major, Cobb's Artillery Battalion, CSA
Major Robert Cobb, ranking artillery officer of the Confederate army and for thirty years a resident of this city, died at his home here this afternoon as a result of a paralytic stroke. His widow and five children survive.
Major Cobb enlisted in the Confederacy from Kentucky, being first Lieutenant of his company. It later was made an artillery organization and Major Cobb was promoted to Captaincy when the Captain was promoted. Later he was made Major of a battalion of artillery. As Commander of "Cobbs Battery" he took part in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Vicksburg Siege and many others. At the close of the war he engaged in the practice of Law in Paducah moving to this city, then a village in 1884.
The children are Percy Cobb, Miss Ethyl Cobb, and Mrs Robert Thornburn of this city. Mrs Stinnett and Mrs Harding of Amarillo. A son Robert died almost two years ago.
Major Cobb was always a close follower of politics, but took little active part himself, devoting his energies to the practice of law until he became too old. The funeral will take place Tuesday under the auspices of the Masons and the Confederate Veterans.
Source: Tuesday, July 21, 1914
Paper: Dallas Morning News
Major, Cobb's Artillery Battalion, CSA
Major Robert Cobb, ranking artillery officer of the Confederate army and for thirty years a resident of this city, died at his home here this afternoon as a result of a paralytic stroke. His widow and five children survive.
Major Cobb enlisted in the Confederacy from Kentucky, being first Lieutenant of his company. It later was made an artillery organization and Major Cobb was promoted to Captaincy when the Captain was promoted. Later he was made Major of a battalion of artillery. As Commander of "Cobbs Battery" he took part in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Vicksburg Siege and many others. At the close of the war he engaged in the practice of Law in Paducah moving to this city, then a village in 1884.
The children are Percy Cobb, Miss Ethyl Cobb, and Mrs Robert Thornburn of this city. Mrs Stinnett and Mrs Harding of Amarillo. A son Robert died almost two years ago.
Major Cobb was always a close follower of politics, but took little active part himself, devoting his energies to the practice of law until he became too old. The funeral will take place Tuesday under the auspices of the Masons and the Confederate Veterans.
Source: Tuesday, July 21, 1914
Paper: Dallas Morning News
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