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He was a judge

of a county court; was elected to the Massachusetts state legislature; and served as speaker in 1789-93. In 179395 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the third congress. He was president of the state senate in 1801-05; and lieutenant-governor of the state in 1809.He died April 17, 1839, in Taunton, Mass.

Cobb, George

T., state senator, congress-

man, was born

in October, 1813, in Morris-

In 1861-63 he was a representaJersey to the thirty-seventh He was elected a state senator in 1865; and was re-elected in 1868. He died Aug. 6, 1870, in New Jersey. Cobb, Henry Evertson, clergyman, business president, was born March 25, 1863, in Hope-

town, N.J. tive from congress.

New

In 1888 he began preaching in He is president of the Riverside day nursery of New York City. well, N.Y.

West Troy, N.Y.

Henry Ives, designer, architect, was born Aug. 19, 1859, in BrookMass. He was educated at the Massa-

Cobb, founder, line,

chusetts institute of technology; and graduated from Harvard university. He was architect for the Chiftago opera house, Newberry library, university of Chicago, Chicago post office and numerous other business and public buildings. For many years he was a special architect for the United States government; and now practices his profession in New York City. Cobb, Henry Nitchie, clergyman, author, was born in 1834 in New York. In 1860 he was ordained to the ministry; and in 186062 was a missionary to Persia. He is the author of Far Hence, a Budget of Letters from Our Mission Fields in Asia. Cobb, Howell, farmer, soldier, congressman, was bom in 1770 in Granville, N.C. In 180712 he was a representative from Georgia to the tenth, eleventh and twelfth congresses.. During the last war with England he served with credit as a captain in the army. He died about 1820 in Georgia. Cobb, Howell, lawyer, journalist, state senator, author, was born in 1795 in Savannah, Ga. He was a state senator in 1830. He was the author of Penal Code of Georgia. He died after 1850 in Georgia. Cobb, Howell, soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, was born Sept. 7, 1815, in Cherry Hill, Ga. He was a presidential elector in 1836; and in 1843-51 and 1855-57 was a representative to the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first and thirtyfourth congresses; and in 1849-51 he was speaker of the house to the thirty-first congress. In 1851-53 he was the twenty-second governor of Georgia. In 1857-60 he "was secretary of the treasury. He took a prominent part in the rebellion of 1861; was a member of the confederate congress; and a brigadier-general. He died Oct. 9, 1868, in

New York

City.

Cobb. Isaac, journalist, genealogist, poet, was born April 28, 1825, in Gorham, Maine.

Since 1865 he has been connected with the Portland Transcript. He is the author of a genealogy of The Cobb Family. Cobb, James E., soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 5, 1835, in Thomaston, Ga. He was one of the circuit judges in 1878-90. In 1887-95 he was a representative from Georgia to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second

and

fifty-third congress-

es as a democrat.

Cobb, Jonathan Holmes, manufacturer, auwas born July 8, 1799, in Sharon, Mass. He founded the silk industry in the United States; and his Manual of the Mulberry Tree and the Culture of Silk was once well thor,

known. He died March

12, 1882, in

Dedham,

Mass. Cobb, Joseph Beckham, state senator, author, was born April 11, 1819, in Oglethorpe county, Ga. He was several times a member of the Georgia state senate; and in 1853 was a candidate for congress. He was the author of The Creole, or the Siege of New Orleans; Mississippi Scenes; and Leisure Labors. He died Sept. 15, 1858, in Columbus, Ga. Cobb, Joseph Pettee, physician, surgeon, was born June 12, 1857, in Massachusetts. He is a successful physician of Chicago, 111.;

and professor

of diseases of children at the hospital. In 1903 he was president of the American institute of homoeo-

Hahnemann pathy. Cobb,

Joshua,

physician,

manufacturer,

was born April 17, 1809, in Eddyville, Ky. He was appointed physician of the Cumberland iron

works;

and

in

1845

organized

Rough and ready furnace company. He

the died

April 7, 1879. Cobb, Lyman, educator, author, was bom in 1800 in Massachusetts. He published many text books on spelling and mathemathics. He was the author of The Evil Tendency of Corporal Punishment; and Just Standard for Pronouncing the English Language. He died Oct. 26, 1864, in Colesburg, Pa. Cobb, Nathaniel R., merchant, philanthropist, was born Nov. 3, 1798, in Falmouth,

Maine. He gave to Newton theological seminary fifteen thousand dollars, and various

sums to other

institutions. He died May 24, 1834, in Falmouth, Maine. Cobb, Rufus Wills, lawyer, state senator, governor, was born Feb. 25, 1820, in Ashville, Ala. He was elected state senator in 1872; was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1875; and was re-elected state

senator in 1876; and was

made president

of the senate. He was the twenty-third governor of Alabama in 1878-82.

Cobb, Sanford Hoadley, clergyman, authwas born Feb. 4, 1838, in New York City. In IS 64 he was ordained to the ministry; and became pastor of the reformed church at Schoharie, N.Y. In 1883-84 he made a tour of the world, visiting mission fields. He is the author of The Story of the Palatines; and The Rise of Religious Liberty in Ameror,