Thomas Cobb
Abt 1841 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Thomas Cobb was born about 1841 in Alabama, USA (son of John Allen S. Cobb and Mary Elizabeth Rigden). Notes:
Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.
2. John Allen S. Cobb was born about 1811 in South Carolina, USA (son of Alexander Cobb and Elizabeth Ruth Banks); died after 1863 in Midland or Kermit, TX. Notes:
Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.
John married Mary Elizabeth Rigden on 30 May 1828 in Stanton Community, Bibb County, AL. Mary was born about 1809 in South Carolina, USA; died about 1849 in Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Elizabeth Rigden was born about 1809 in South Carolina, USA; died about 1849 in Alabama, USA. Notes:
Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.
Children:
- Jeremiah Jasper Cobb was born in Alabama, USA; died before 1869.
- William Pinkney Cobb was born on 22 Jul 1831 in Shelby, Alabama, USA; died on 6 Feb 1904 in Louisiana, USA.
- Nancy R. Cobb was born on 6 May 1835 in Shelby, Alabama, USA; died on 31 Jul 1922 in Bellwood, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA.
- James A. Cobb was born about 1836 in Alabama, USA.
- Lucinda Cobb was born about 1837 in Alabama, USA.
- Frances Charlotte Cobb was born on 3 Jan 1838 in Shelby, Alabama, USA; died on 13 Jun 1886 in Robeline, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA; was buried in Central Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA.
- 1. Thomas Cobb was born about 1841 in Alabama, USA.
- Jane Cobb was born about 1843 in Alabama, USA.
- John Cobb was born about 1845 in Alabama, USA.
- Charles A. Cobb was born about 1847 in Alabama, USA.
- Joseph B. Cobb was born about 1849 in Alabama, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Alexander Cobb was born about 1772 in South Carolina, USA. Notes:
Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.
Family Story Regarding
the Meeting and Marriage of
Alexander Cobb and Elizabeth Ruth Banks
This information is from Elizabeth McNeill, daughter of Mary Ann CobbMcNeill (daughter of James Jackson A. & Elizabeth Malone Campbell Cobb).It is a written account of the meeting marriage of Alexander Cobb andElizabeth Ruth Banks:
"Alexander Cobb came from Georgia and settled near Isabella Church,Alabama. He built a plantation on Autauga Creek. He was half Indian,but didn't acknowledge the fact. He was a bachelor who fell in love withRuth Banks. She was only fourteen and he was about thirty. Her peopleobjected to him on account of his age, so they locked her up and took herclothes away at night. Ruth told Alexander that if she could ever slipout, she would. So one night when there was a big snow on the ground,she crawled out of the window and walked about two miles to his homebarefooted with a quilt wrapped around her.
It was about nine o'clock when she came to the door. Alexander wassitting up making baskets. A man and wife lived in the house withAlexander, so he put the man on a horse and told him to go for licenseand preacher. The woman put Ruth to bed and worked with her as she wasalmost frozen. Just at daybreak the preacher arrived and married them.Shortly afterward the father, Mr. Banks, his wife and Ruth's brother rodeup to the gate. They had tracked her by the bloody tracks in the snow.They were too late because Ruth and Alexander had been married about tenminutes before the family arrived. Alexander and Ruth had ninechildren: Ruth, Barthena, Telitha, Mary, John, William, James Jackson,Persilla Goss and Charles Cobb.
(My Source: Nancy Sternlicht via my daughter Brooke Herron Kroto)Alexander married Elizabeth Ruth Banks. Elizabeth was born about 1782 in South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Ruth Banks was born about 1782 in South Carolina, USA. Notes:
Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.
Children:
- 2. John Allen S. Cobb was born about 1811 in South Carolina, USA; died after 1863 in Midland or Kermit, TX.