Cobb family papers, 1837-1913.

Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

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Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815-October 9, 1868) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as congressman (1843-51; 1855-57), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-51), governor of Georgia (1851-53), and secretary of the treasury (1857-60). Following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army. Cobb was born in Jefferson County on September 7, 1815, the eldest ...

Ward, John Elliot, 1814-1902.

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Cobb, Carolyn T.

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Carolyn Cobb was the daughter of Howell Cobb, Jr., and Mary McKinley and for many years a civic and cultural leader of the Athens community. From the description of Carolyn Cobb collection, 1931-1947. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 316224298 ...

Lamar, J. B. (John Basil), 1812-1862

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John Basil Lamar was a Representative from Georgia. Born in Milledgevill, Baldwin County, Georgia on November 5, 1812. He attended Dr. Beman's school at Mount Zion, Ga. and Franklin College (now University of Georgia) at Athens in 1827. He later moved to a plantation near Macon, Bibb County, Ga. in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. John Lamar was the brother of Mary Lamar Cobb (Mrs. Howell Cobb) and the son of Zachariah Lamar. He became a member of the State house of Representatives in ...

Cobb, William McKinley.

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Lipscomb, Andrew A.

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Andrew A. Lipscomb (1816-1890), minister, educator, and University of Georgia Chancellor (1860-1874). From the description of Andrew A. Lipscomb papers, 1861-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478304 ...

Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880

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Herschel Vespasian Johnson was born on September 18, 1812, in Burke County. Like most of Georgia's antebellum political lights, Johnson passed through the University of Georgia, graduating in 1834. He took up the law and established prosperous practices in Augusta, Louisville, and finally Milledgeville, the state capital. Ambrose Wright, the future Confederate officer and newspaper journalist, began his study of law in Johnson's Louisville office. In 1844, the same year he moved to Milledgeville...

Cobb family.

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Howell Cobb (1815-1868) married Mary Ann Lamar (1818-1889) in 1835. Children John Addison, Lamar, Howell Jr., Andrew Jackson, Mary Ann Lamar, Sarah Mildred, and Elizabeth Craig. From the description of Cobb family papers, 1837-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477945 ...

Cobb, Sarah Spalding.

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Cobb, Carlisle.

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McKinley, William

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Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862

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Thomas Read Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) was a lawyer of Georgia and later a Confederate brigadier general. He was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. From the guide to the Thomas Read Rootes Cobb Letters, ., 1855-1862, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), lawyer and Brigadier General, born at Cherry Hill plantation in Jefferson County, Georgia. During the Civil War, he commanded Cobb...

Cobb, John Addison

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