Linda Vines was born 1858 on her father's plantation, "Vinedale" near Pinetops, Edgecombe County, NC, the youngest of 9 known children (2 boys/7 girls) born to wealthy planter John Allen Vines and his wife, Prudence Selina Ruffin.
She was the grandchild of Charles Vines & Sophia Tyson of Edgecombe; and reportedly the gr-grandchild of Col. Samuel Vines and Mary "Polly" May of Pitt County. She is believed to be a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Capt. Samuel Vines (ca. 1686-1741) of England who first came to North Carolina and settled near Bath, Beaufort County, NC. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of wealthy planter, Samuel Ruffin and Mary Ann Johnston of "Sycamore Grove" plantation in Edgecombe.
Linda had lost 2 older sisters (Helen and Emma) to early deaths, and both her brothers (Charles & Samuel Ruffin) would die in the Civil War. She was 14 when her father died in 1872, and just 17 when orphaned with the death of her mother in 1875.
With no where else to go, Linda and her surviving single sister, Prudence, left "Vinedale" and moved in with her older sister in Wilson, Olivia, who had married Dr. Edwin Barnes.
It was in Wilson that Linda would wed James Thomas Cobb of Edgecombe County in 1882. Following the wedding, the couple removed to Linda's home in "Vinedale" where the couple would labor to maintain this once great plantation, and succeeded in doing so well into the 20th Century.
James and Linda Vines Cobb would become parents to 5 known children (4 boys/1 girl): John Vines Cobb, Sr. (1882-1967), James Lang Cobb (1884-aft 1900), Charles Benjamin Cobb (1887- aft 1910), Willis Edwin Cobb (1890-1959), and Mary Alice Cobb (1896-1972).
In 1906, Linda was widowed when her husband of 24 years passed at age 57. She would survive him another 22 years, passing in 1928 at age 69.
She was the grandchild of Charles Vines & Sophia Tyson of Edgecombe; and reportedly the gr-grandchild of Col. Samuel Vines and Mary "Polly" May of Pitt County. She is believed to be a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Capt. Samuel Vines (ca. 1686-1741) of England who first came to North Carolina and settled near Bath, Beaufort County, NC. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of wealthy planter, Samuel Ruffin and Mary Ann Johnston of "Sycamore Grove" plantation in Edgecombe.
Linda had lost 2 older sisters (Helen and Emma) to early deaths, and both her brothers (Charles & Samuel Ruffin) would die in the Civil War. She was 14 when her father died in 1872, and just 17 when orphaned with the death of her mother in 1875.
With no where else to go, Linda and her surviving single sister, Prudence, left "Vinedale" and moved in with her older sister in Wilson, Olivia, who had married Dr. Edwin Barnes.
It was in Wilson that Linda would wed James Thomas Cobb of Edgecombe County in 1882. Following the wedding, the couple removed to Linda's home in "Vinedale" where the couple would labor to maintain this once great plantation, and succeeded in doing so well into the 20th Century.
James and Linda Vines Cobb would become parents to 5 known children (4 boys/1 girl): John Vines Cobb, Sr. (1882-1967), James Lang Cobb (1884-aft 1900), Charles Benjamin Cobb (1887- aft 1910), Willis Edwin Cobb (1890-1959), and Mary Alice Cobb (1896-1972).
In 1906, Linda was widowed when her husband of 24 years passed at age 57. She would survive him another 22 years, passing in 1928 at age 69.
Linda Vines was born 1858 on her father's plantation, "Vinedale" near Pinetops, Edgecombe County, NC, the youngest of 9 known children (2 boys/7 girls) born to wealthy planter John Allen Vines and his wife, Prudence Selina Ruffin.
She was the grandchild of Charles Vines & Sophia Tyson of Edgecombe; and reportedly the gr-grandchild of Col. Samuel Vines and Mary "Polly" May of Pitt County. She is believed to be a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Capt. Samuel Vines (ca. 1686-1741) of England who first came to North Carolina and settled near Bath, Beaufort County, NC. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of wealthy planter, Samuel Ruffin and Mary Ann Johnston of "Sycamore Grove" plantation in Edgecombe.
Linda had lost 2 older sisters (Helen and Emma) to early deaths, and both her brothers (Charles & Samuel Ruffin) would die in the Civil War. She was 14 when her father died in 1872, and just 17 when orphaned with the death of her mother in 1875.
With no where else to go, Linda and her surviving single sister, Prudence, left "Vinedale" and moved in with her older sister in Wilson, Olivia, who had married Dr. Edwin Barnes.
It was in Wilson that Linda would wed James Thomas Cobb of Edgecombe County in 1882. Following the wedding, the couple removed to Linda's home in "Vinedale" where the couple would labor to maintain this once great plantation, and succeeded in doing so well into the 20th Century.
James and Linda Vines Cobb would become parents to 5 known children (4 boys/1 girl): John Vines Cobb, Sr. (1882-1967), James Lang Cobb (1884-aft 1900), Charles Benjamin Cobb (1887- aft 1910), Willis Edwin Cobb (1890-1959), and Mary Alice Cobb (1896-1972).
In 1906, Linda was widowed when her husband of 24 years passed at age 57. She would survive him another 22 years, passing in 1928 at age 69.
She was the grandchild of Charles Vines & Sophia Tyson of Edgecombe; and reportedly the gr-grandchild of Col. Samuel Vines and Mary "Polly" May of Pitt County. She is believed to be a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Capt. Samuel Vines (ca. 1686-1741) of England who first came to North Carolina and settled near Bath, Beaufort County, NC. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of wealthy planter, Samuel Ruffin and Mary Ann Johnston of "Sycamore Grove" plantation in Edgecombe.
Linda had lost 2 older sisters (Helen and Emma) to early deaths, and both her brothers (Charles & Samuel Ruffin) would die in the Civil War. She was 14 when her father died in 1872, and just 17 when orphaned with the death of her mother in 1875.
With no where else to go, Linda and her surviving single sister, Prudence, left "Vinedale" and moved in with her older sister in Wilson, Olivia, who had married Dr. Edwin Barnes.
It was in Wilson that Linda would wed James Thomas Cobb of Edgecombe County in 1882. Following the wedding, the couple removed to Linda's home in "Vinedale" where the couple would labor to maintain this once great plantation, and succeeded in doing so well into the 20th Century.
James and Linda Vines Cobb would become parents to 5 known children (4 boys/1 girl): John Vines Cobb, Sr. (1882-1967), James Lang Cobb (1884-aft 1900), Charles Benjamin Cobb (1887- aft 1910), Willis Edwin Cobb (1890-1959), and Mary Alice Cobb (1896-1972).
In 1906, Linda was widowed when her husband of 24 years passed at age 57. She would survive him another 22 years, passing in 1928 at age 69.
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