Cobb, Philip Lothrop, 1870-
Philip L. Cobb (1870-1929) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 22, 1870. His father, Caius C. Cobb, came to Cleveland in 1839 and was active for fifty years in the bookselling business, originally with Moses C. Younglove and later as partner in J. B. Cobb & Co., and Cob, Andrews & Co. His mother, Helen M. Andrews, was born in Cleveland in 1836, daughter of Edward W. Andrews, a gunsmith and early resident of Cleveland.
Philip Cobb received his early education in the public schools of Cleveland, attending Brownell, Sterling, and Central High School. He graduated at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1892, as a civil engineer. While in college he did surveying for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in New York state. From 1892 to 1896, he worked on design and construction for the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad.
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