Marion McHenry Lumpkin Cobb
Born: February 22, 1822
Birthplace: Athens, Georgia
Father: Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin 1799 – 1867
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Mother: Callender Cunningham Grieve 1803 – 1871
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Husband: Brig. General Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb 1823 – 1862
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Married: January 8, 1844 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Children:
Lucy Cobb 1844 – 1857
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Sarah Addison “Sally” Cobb Jackson 1846 – 1915
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Callender McHenry “Callie” Cobb Hull 1848 – 1911
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Cobb 1850 – 1851
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb Jr. 1852 – 1853
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Marion Birdie Cobb Smith 1860 – 1919
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Antebellum Events:
1826: Birth of her sister Callender McGregor Lumpkin King
1827: Birth of her brother Thomas Miller Lumpkin
1829: Death of her brother Thomas Miller Lumpkin
1829: Birth of her brother William Wilberforce Lumpkin
1831: Birth of her brother Chalmers Lumpkin
1832: Death of her brother Chalmers Lumpkin
1832: Birth of her brother Miller Grieve Lumpkin
1832: Death of her brother Miller Grieve Lumpkin
1842: Birth of her brother Private Francis Grieve “Frank” Lumpkin
1844: Married Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.
1844: Birth of her daughter Lucy Cobb
1846: Birth of her daughter Sarah Addison Cobb Jackson.
1848: Birth of her daughter Callender McHenry Cobb Hull
1849 – 1857: Her husband was Reporter of Georgia Supreme Court.
1850: Birth of her son Joseph Henry Lumpkin Cobb
1851: Death of her son Joseph Henry Lumpkin Cobb
1852: Birth of her son Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb Jr.
1853: Death of her son Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb Jr.
1857: Birth of her sister Callie G. Lumpkin
1857: Death of her sister Callie G. Lumpkin
1860: Birth of her daughter Marion Birdie Cobb Smith
Civil War Life Events:
1861: Her husband served as Delegate to Georgia Convention.
1861 – 1862: Her husband was Colonel of Cobb’s Georgia Legion.
1861 – 1862: Her husband served as Delegate to Confederate Congress.
1862: Her husband served as Brigadier General in Confederate Army.
1862: Her husband was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1862 – 1897: Widow of Brig. General Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
Postbellum Events:
1862 – 1897: Widow of Brig. General Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
1867: Death of her father Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin.
1871: Death of her mother Callender Cunningham Grieve Lumpkin
1876: Death of her brother Private Francis Grieve “Frank” Lumpkin
1897: Death of her brother William Wilberforce Lumpkin
Died: July 10, 1897
Place of Death: Athens, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 75 years old
Burial Place: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia
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