Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
Born: April 10, 1823
Birthplace: Cherry Hill, Jefferson County, Georgia
Father: John Addison Cobb 1788 – 1855
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Mother: Sarah Robinson Rootes 1792 – 1863
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Wife: Marion McHenry Lumpkin 1822 – 1897
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Married: January 8, 1844 in Oglethorpe County, GeorgiaChildren:
Lucy Cobb 1844 – 1857
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Sarah Addison “Sally” Cobb 1846 – 1915
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Callendar “Callie” McHenry Cobb Hull 1848 – 1911
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(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Cobb 1850 – 1851
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Thomas Reade Roots Cobb Jr. 1852 – 1853
(Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia)
Marion Thomas “Birdie” Cobb 1860 – 1919
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Education:
1841: Graduated from Franklin College
Occupation:
1849 – 1857: Reporter for Georgia State Supreme Court
1857 – 1861: Attorney in Athens, Georgia
1861: Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of Cobb's Georgia Legion
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run
1862: Participated in the Maryland Campaign
1862: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
1862: Killed during the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
Died: December 13, 1862
Place of Death: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Cause of Death: Bled to death from damage to Femoral Artery
Age a time of Death: 39 years old
Burial Place: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia
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