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Samuel Cobb and | ||
| 1st Spouse: Sophia Valentine |
2nd Spouse: Mary J. Warren |
3rd Spouse: Sarah "Belle" Sasser-Cobb |
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Samuel Cobb and | ||
| 1st Spouse: Sophia Valentine |
2nd Spouse: Mary J. Warren |
3rd Spouse: Sarah "Belle" Sasser-Cobb |
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Sophia Valentine  m: they never married |
Mary J. Warren m: on 21 Feb 1869 |
Sarah "Belle" Sasser-Cobb m: on 20 Jan 1887 daughter of Crawood &Rhoda(Gilbert) Sasser b: 14 Feb 1864 Knox Co, KY d: 30 Mar 1942 |
and Samuel Cobb had a son William Cobb. William and descendants are listed farther below. Sophia had another son (William's half-brother), Frank Valentine. Frank's granddaughter, Vallerie Jane Valentine, is creating a new website called "VALENTINE FAMILY," which includes family photos. To visit the site, CLICK HERE (clicking on will open a separate browser window) |
was previously married (on 23 Apr 1884) to James Henry "J.H." Cobb, son of John-Neff &Lizzie(Tuttle)Cobb, and gs/o Thomas&Hannah(Selfs)Cobb. Samuel's father, Radford Cobb, is a brother to J.H.'s grandfather, Thomas Cobb; therefore, Samuel and J.H. are 2nd cousins-once removed. Belle and J.H. had a son, Henry W. Cobb, who apparently was raised with her children by Samuel. |
photocopied from THE SAMUEL COBB BIBLE Click Here (clicking on will open a separate browser window) |
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William's & Martha's Marriage License & Certificate CLICK HERE (This will open a separate browser window.) |
William's & Martha's headstone
Fannie (Cobb) Downey - in 1927
Frank Downeyand wonderful photographs have been provided to us by Frank Downey for various areas of this website. THANKS, CUZ FRANK, FOR SHARING! |
son of John-Neff & Lizzie(Tuttle) Cobb. Henry was 13 months old when his mother married Samuel Cobb, who is Henry's 3rd cousin-twice removed, becoming also Henry's stepfather. Apparently, Henry was raised with his half-siblings of the Samuel/Belle marriage, who are also Henry's 3rd cousins-once removed! |
(Mary Gilbert) "Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" June 3, 1948 (pp. 1,9) Dave Cobb Makes An Appeal For The Nomination of For Sheriff I appeal to you my fellow citizens, to nominate me as your candidate for Sheriff of Knox County on the Republican ticket, election Saturday, August 6th, 1949. It is up to you who will be your candidate. I cannot nominate myself, if is only you who can nominate me for your Sheriff. I will attempt to explain to you as best I can, sume of the qualifications I hope I possess, which you should consider before you select your candidate for Sheriff of Knox County. It is your duty to yourself, your family, your children and your friends, to look into the character the makeup, the raising, the kind of work and the kind of citizen such a person has been. I was born and raised the son of a poor country farmer in a little log house near the head of Big Bull Creek, and I still live on a small mountain farm. My father was Samuel Cobb, my mother was Belle Sasser Cobb. Craig Black of New Bethel was my father's uncle. I went to my first school and finished what was called common school branches at Bull Creek. We had to walk two miles to that school over bad roads, most of the road was in the creek. When school was out in the fall, we children were in the fields grubbing, preparing for crops or cleaning up pasture land every day we could until time to work over crops the next spring and summer. When 22 years of age, I married Mary Gilbert, with her I lived 16 years. I had the misfortune of losing her in December, 1935. Later, I married Dorothy Moore. I am now 51 years of age, the father of nine children. I have lived and worked that we might bring honor to our neighborhood and well being to our children. All my life has been devoted to honorable toil. I have cultivated our mountain farms, logged, hauled tanbark and cross ties in the days when we had nothing but mules to do it with. I worked about four years as deputy sheriff, under our former sheriff, John H. Pickard, who gave all of his time and worked harder to make our county a better place in which to live and raise our children, than any sheriff I ever knew. I went with him to practically every church in Knox County. for the party and Republican nominees. I have been in half or more of your homes. I know exactly how you live. I live 1 mile from Fount or Big Bull Creek. I am going to do my best to see every person in the county. I realize that is almost impossible in so short a time. If you find these statements true and they are the qualities you think such a candidate should have, won't you please be for me? If I am worthy won't you see your neighbors, talk it over with them, reach the right judgment as to what is best for you and for them and their children and homes. I pledge to you that I will collect and turn over promptly to the proper offices all moneys due them. I will enforce the law, protect our homes, your churches and schools to the best of my ability. I will be courteous and considerate to all with special favors to none regardless of wealth, color or creed. If you find me the type of person worthy to be your Sheriff only through your help and influence, can I be your nominee. I ask that you at the Republican primary Saturday, August 6th, pick out my name from among my honorable opponents and mark a cross in the little square opposite my name. I will depend on you and God being my helper, you can depend on me. I thank you. --- DAVE COBB |
"Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" July 8, 1949 (p. 1) DAVE COBB WITHDRAWS FROM SHERIFF RACE To the Voters of Knox County: I have withdrawn from the race for Sheriff of Knox County only because I was sick. My health has been bad for a few months and I was not able to make the race. I sure thank you, one and all, for your encouragement and your words in my behalf while I was in the race, and I will say that I never withdrew in favor of any other candidate. I will not take any part in this coming primary. My friends can do as they think best. I am still the same. Thanking you again, I am, as ever, Your friend, DAVE COBB |
 "Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" July 29, 1949 (p. 3) STATEMENT BY DAVE COBB On June 22nd, I withdrew from the Sheriff's race. On the 8th day of July, 1949, I ran a notice in "The Mountain Advocate," thanking my friends for their encouragement and support, in which I stated that that "I never withdrew in favor of any other candidate." Since that time, it has been reported to me that Charles L. Hammons and his followers are telling many of my friends that I withdrew in his favor. I take this means of letting the people know I am not for Charles L. Hammons, neither do I believe he would make the right kind of a Sheriff. Again I thank you for the interest you have shown me. Your friend, Signed: DAVE COBB |
"Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" July 23, 1948 (p. 4) MISS SUSIE COBB Funeral services were held at 10:30 A. M. Friday for Miss Susie Cobb, 21, who died in Baltimore, Md., from measles and complications. The services were conducted from the home of Dave Cobb at Sprule with Rev. H. C. Chiles officiating. Interment was in the Cobb cemetery at Sprule, by the Hopper Funeral Home. She is survived by her father, step-mother, several brothers and sisters. |
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