George Washington COBB #36750

20 NOV 1865 - 30 APR 1960
RESIDENCE 1930, Pulaski, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
RESIDENCE 1920, Pulaski, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
RESIDENCE 1900, Pulaski, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
RESIDENCE 1870, Pulaski, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
BIRTH 20 NOV 1865, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL Mountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Long Creek, Oconee, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 30 APR 1960, Oconee, South Carolina, USA

Historical Notes

The Keowee Courier, 04 May 1960: "ELDER CITIZEN TAKEN BY DEATH". George W. Cobb, 94, of the Long Creek community, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bessie Stone Saturday following several years of declining health and a serious illness of five days. One of Oconee County's oldest residents, Mr. Cobb spent his entire life in the Long Creek community as a farmer. He was the son of the late Rev. Robert and Nancy Long Cobb, and a member of Mountain Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are one son, Boone Cobb of Mountain Rest; four daughters, Mrs. Bessie Stone of Long Creek, Mrs. Rosa Cassidy of Ridge Springs, Mrs. Walter Duke of Toccoa, Ga. and Mrs. C. D. Seawright of Johnston; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; one brother, Styles Cobb of Greenville. Funeral services were held Monday from Mountain Grove Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Virgil Perkins and the Rev. L. H. Raines. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers; George Cobb, Buddy Cassidy, Jimmy Melvin, J. R. Stone, Dewey Stone, and Fred Derrick. Honorary escort; Rufus Carter, C. C. Moore, the Rev. Taylor Burton, Andrew Ramey, John Carter, Jule Thrift, Arthur Woodall, and Leroy Brown. Davenport Funeral Home was in charge.

Parents

Father : Robert COBB Jr. #36306

Mother : Nancy R. LONG #36740

Family 1

Rachel Jane WOODALL
    MARRIAGE 1885, South Carolina, USA

Children

  1.  Amanda J. COBB
  2.  Mary Lou Esther COBB
  3.  Sarah Easter COBB
  4. +Daniel COBB
  5.  Lothia COBB
  6.  Elias COBB
  7. +John R. COBB
  8. +Rachel Elizabeth COBB
  9. +Rosa COBB
  10.  Lillie COBB

Lineage 

                                             _John S COBB ________+
                                            | (1759 - 1841)       
                       _Robert COBB Sr._____|
                      | (1786 - 1849)       |
                      |                     |_Frances SMITH ______+
                      |                       (1770 - 1851)       
 _Robert COBB Jr._____|
| (1838 - 1921)       |
|                     |                      _Richard ADAMS ______
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Nancy ADAMS ________|
|                       (1786 - 1870)       |
|                                           |_Martha PARKER ______
|                                                                 
|
|--George Washington COBB 
|  (1865 - 1960)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _Masiah LONG ________|
|                     | (1810 - 1870) m 1826|
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Nancy R. LONG ______|
  (1840 - 1924)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_Sarah Frances LNU __|
                        (1814 - 1915) m 1826|
                                            |_____________________

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