Job Cobb was born 1863 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC, the youngest of 3 known children (2 boys/1 boy) born to physician Dr. Reuben Cobb and his wife, Margaret Savage. He was the paternal grandson of Ollen Cobb and his (2nd) wife, Lydia Elizabeth Thigpen, of Pitt County. Job was 9 when his father died, and he was raised by his widowed mother in Tarboro.
Job grew to become a successful businessman, and by age 25 in 1889, he had founded Runnymede Mills in Tarboro, along with his partners George Howard Jr. (his future brother-in-law), and Henry T. Bryant. The mill was called Runnymede because it was built near the Runnymede racetrack, a once popular horse racing track in Tarboro that no longer exists. Along with the mill, the factory constructed a mill village nearby that included 72 homes for employees. The factory even ran a 2-room schoolhouse that educated mill worker children until they were old enough to work the mill, which for some, came as early as age 14. Runnymede Mill operated successfully for the next 78 years. In 1904, a chapel was erected at the mill. During WW-I and WW-II the mill produced hosiery for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. In the 1930's, the factory's average output was 1,700 pairs of socks per day. Runnymede closed in September 1996, with 200 people losing their jobs, in this once vibrant textile industry in North Carolina.
On December 5, 1895, 33-year old Job married 28-year old Alice Howard, daughter of Judge George A. Howard and Anna Ragland Stamps, and sister to his business partner, George Howard, Jr. Within the first year of their marriage, their only child, Job Cobb, Jr. was born on 28 Sept 1897. The child did not survive infancy, passing on 28 June 1897.
By 1909, the couple had erected an impressive home on Church Street. (The home was later destroyed and replaced by another structure.)
Job Cobb died in 1919, at age 56, leaving Alice a wealthy, 51-year old childless widow. Alice never remarried, and died in 1953 at age 85.
Job's sister, Lolla Cobb, married Henry Logan Staton, an attorney from the prominent Staton family in Tarboro.
Job grew to become a successful businessman, and by age 25 in 1889, he had founded Runnymede Mills in Tarboro, along with his partners George Howard Jr. (his future brother-in-law), and Henry T. Bryant. The mill was called Runnymede because it was built near the Runnymede racetrack, a once popular horse racing track in Tarboro that no longer exists. Along with the mill, the factory constructed a mill village nearby that included 72 homes for employees. The factory even ran a 2-room schoolhouse that educated mill worker children until they were old enough to work the mill, which for some, came as early as age 14. Runnymede Mill operated successfully for the next 78 years. In 1904, a chapel was erected at the mill. During WW-I and WW-II the mill produced hosiery for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. In the 1930's, the factory's average output was 1,700 pairs of socks per day. Runnymede closed in September 1996, with 200 people losing their jobs, in this once vibrant textile industry in North Carolina.
On December 5, 1895, 33-year old Job married 28-year old Alice Howard, daughter of Judge George A. Howard and Anna Ragland Stamps, and sister to his business partner, George Howard, Jr. Within the first year of their marriage, their only child, Job Cobb, Jr. was born on 28 Sept 1897. The child did not survive infancy, passing on 28 June 1897.
By 1909, the couple had erected an impressive home on Church Street. (The home was later destroyed and replaced by another structure.)
Job Cobb died in 1919, at age 56, leaving Alice a wealthy, 51-year old childless widow. Alice never remarried, and died in 1953 at age 85.
Job's sister, Lolla Cobb, married Henry Logan Staton, an attorney from the prominent Staton family in Tarboro.
Job Cobb was born 1863 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC, the youngest of 3 known children (2 boys/1 boy) born to physician Dr. Reuben Cobb and his wife, Margaret Savage. He was the paternal grandson of Ollen Cobb and his (2nd) wife, Lydia Elizabeth Thigpen, of Pitt County. Job was 9 when his father died, and he was raised by his widowed mother in Tarboro.
Job grew to become a successful businessman, and by age 25 in 1889, he had founded Runnymede Mills in Tarboro, along with his partners George Howard Jr. (his future brother-in-law), and Henry T. Bryant. The mill was called Runnymede because it was built near the Runnymede racetrack, a once popular horse racing track in Tarboro that no longer exists. Along with the mill, the factory constructed a mill village nearby that included 72 homes for employees. The factory even ran a 2-room schoolhouse that educated mill worker children until they were old enough to work the mill, which for some, came as early as age 14. Runnymede Mill operated successfully for the next 78 years. In 1904, a chapel was erected at the mill. During WW-I and WW-II the mill produced hosiery for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. In the 1930's, the factory's average output was 1,700 pairs of socks per day. Runnymede closed in September 1996, with 200 people losing their jobs, in this once vibrant textile industry in North Carolina.
On December 5, 1895, 33-year old Job married 28-year old Alice Howard, daughter of Judge George A. Howard and Anna Ragland Stamps, and sister to his business partner, George Howard, Jr. Within the first year of their marriage, their only child, Job Cobb, Jr. was born on 28 Sept 1897. The child did not survive infancy, passing on 28 June 1897.
By 1909, the couple had erected an impressive home on Church Street. (The home was later destroyed and replaced by another structure.)
Job Cobb died in 1919, at age 56, leaving Alice a wealthy, 51-year old childless widow. Alice never remarried, and died in 1953 at age 85.
Job's sister, Lolla Cobb, married Henry Logan Staton, an attorney from the prominent Staton family in Tarboro.
Job grew to become a successful businessman, and by age 25 in 1889, he had founded Runnymede Mills in Tarboro, along with his partners George Howard Jr. (his future brother-in-law), and Henry T. Bryant. The mill was called Runnymede because it was built near the Runnymede racetrack, a once popular horse racing track in Tarboro that no longer exists. Along with the mill, the factory constructed a mill village nearby that included 72 homes for employees. The factory even ran a 2-room schoolhouse that educated mill worker children until they were old enough to work the mill, which for some, came as early as age 14. Runnymede Mill operated successfully for the next 78 years. In 1904, a chapel was erected at the mill. During WW-I and WW-II the mill produced hosiery for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. In the 1930's, the factory's average output was 1,700 pairs of socks per day. Runnymede closed in September 1996, with 200 people losing their jobs, in this once vibrant textile industry in North Carolina.
On December 5, 1895, 33-year old Job married 28-year old Alice Howard, daughter of Judge George A. Howard and Anna Ragland Stamps, and sister to his business partner, George Howard, Jr. Within the first year of their marriage, their only child, Job Cobb, Jr. was born on 28 Sept 1897. The child did not survive infancy, passing on 28 June 1897.
By 1909, the couple had erected an impressive home on Church Street. (The home was later destroyed and replaced by another structure.)
Job Cobb died in 1919, at age 56, leaving Alice a wealthy, 51-year old childless widow. Alice never remarried, and died in 1953 at age 85.
Job's sister, Lolla Cobb, married Henry Logan Staton, an attorney from the prominent Staton family in Tarboro.
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Spouse of Alice S. Howard. Son of Reuben Cobb, MD & Margaret Sawyer. One of founders of Runnymede Knitting Mills Tarboro, NC
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