John B. Cobb was born in Ohio, although his parents moved to Illinois while he was still a boy.
He married three times:
1. Zerelda Branham, Sept. 3, 1844, Jennings Co., Indiana
2. Margaret Irwin, Sept. 4, 1851, Johnson Co., Indiana
3. Elizabeth (Herod) Winter, Sept. 3, 1879, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 7, 1909
The death of Elder John Briggs Cobb at his home on east Sixth street Saturday removes one of the oldest ministers' of the Christian church in the state of Indiana, He had been failing health for some time, but seemed to be about as well as usual Saturday. In the evening, he had gone to his room, where his housekeeper, Mrs. Hertel, heard him make an outcry. She entered the room in time to see him point heavenward and then he was gone.
The late Rev. Mr. Cobb was born at Palestine, Ill., September 16, eighty-eight years ago and his youth was spent near his home town. There he began preaching for the Christian church at an early age, and he also engaged in various lines of business there Prior to the civil war he removed to Indiana and located at Franklin, where he engaged in business and also preached occasionally. It was during the civil war that the late Mr. Cobb came to Columbus and became a clerk in the dry goods store of Joseph I. Irwin. He was postmaster of this city during the first administration of President Abraham Lincoln and afterward conducted a book and musical instrument store here. He was located at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, now occupied by the Hauser & UpDeGraff drug store, when the old Crump's theater building burned there.
In later years he became a messenger and had charge of the collections for Irwin's Bank, this being the last active work in which he engaged In Columbus, and for the past several years he has been retired.
When Mr. Cobb came to this city, he became affiliated with the Christian church, as he had long been member of that faith then. The Christian church at that time was located on Jackson street in the building now occupied by the Columbus Machine Works. Some trouble in the church. had caused the congregation to become weakened and the fact that the civil war was on and that members of the congregation entertained diverging views about the war also conspired to make the congregation smaller. Mr. Cobb was senior elder of the congregation and he was first engaged to preach each Sunday morning. Only a handful of people made up the congregation in those days, but with a light heart and a hope that good could be accomplished, he took hold of the work and remained pastor of the church for several years. Under his direction the breaches were healed, the church was redecorated, painted and carpeted and hardly a Sunday passed but what new members were added. When, he began preaching, there was no Sunday school and no prayer meeting, but before long the weekly prayer meetings were firmly established and the Sunday school was a flourishing institution.
The late Mr. Cobb's place as pastor of the church was taken by a Pennsylvania minister who remained here one year, and then the congregation again turned to the man who had brought the church out of the rut. He preached for the members again until Joseph I. Irwin heard of a young minister at Paris, Ill., who was being highly praised for the work he was doing In the pulpit. Mr. Irwin opened a correspondence with the young minister and invited him to come here for a trial sermon. The sermon was preached and the minister received a call. He accepted this call and in January, 1871, became pastor, of the church. The young minister who began work here then was the Rev. Z. T. Sweeney and he has been a resident of Columbus ever since.
The late Mr. Cobb was first married in Illinois, near the town of his birth. His wife lived but a short time. His second marriage was at Franklin to Miss Margaret Irwin, a sister of Joseph I. Irwin, of this city. To that union four children were born, John I. Cobb, Amasa Cobb, Miss Callie Cobb and Eddie Cobb, all of whom are now dead. Some time after the death of his second wife, Mr. Cobb was married in this city to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Winter, mother of Ferd Winter, now a prominent Indianapolis attorney. She died in January, 1900.
After he closed his regular work for the Christian church here, Mr. Cobb still preached occasionally, but he continued in other lines of work and didn’t become a regular pastor for any church. He was a man who lived to see nearly all of his old friends and neighbors pass away, and when the time came for him to go, he was ready. The funeral services were held at the Tabernacle Christian church Monday at 2 o'clock p.m., and were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Sweeney, who paid a beautiful tribute to the work which the late minister had done for the church here. After the services at the church, the body was laid to rest to the family lot in the City cemetery.
He married three times:
1. Zerelda Branham, Sept. 3, 1844, Jennings Co., Indiana
2. Margaret Irwin, Sept. 4, 1851, Johnson Co., Indiana
3. Elizabeth (Herod) Winter, Sept. 3, 1879, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 7, 1909
The death of Elder John Briggs Cobb at his home on east Sixth street Saturday removes one of the oldest ministers' of the Christian church in the state of Indiana, He had been failing health for some time, but seemed to be about as well as usual Saturday. In the evening, he had gone to his room, where his housekeeper, Mrs. Hertel, heard him make an outcry. She entered the room in time to see him point heavenward and then he was gone.
The late Rev. Mr. Cobb was born at Palestine, Ill., September 16, eighty-eight years ago and his youth was spent near his home town. There he began preaching for the Christian church at an early age, and he also engaged in various lines of business there Prior to the civil war he removed to Indiana and located at Franklin, where he engaged in business and also preached occasionally. It was during the civil war that the late Mr. Cobb came to Columbus and became a clerk in the dry goods store of Joseph I. Irwin. He was postmaster of this city during the first administration of President Abraham Lincoln and afterward conducted a book and musical instrument store here. He was located at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, now occupied by the Hauser & UpDeGraff drug store, when the old Crump's theater building burned there.
In later years he became a messenger and had charge of the collections for Irwin's Bank, this being the last active work in which he engaged In Columbus, and for the past several years he has been retired.
When Mr. Cobb came to this city, he became affiliated with the Christian church, as he had long been member of that faith then. The Christian church at that time was located on Jackson street in the building now occupied by the Columbus Machine Works. Some trouble in the church. had caused the congregation to become weakened and the fact that the civil war was on and that members of the congregation entertained diverging views about the war also conspired to make the congregation smaller. Mr. Cobb was senior elder of the congregation and he was first engaged to preach each Sunday morning. Only a handful of people made up the congregation in those days, but with a light heart and a hope that good could be accomplished, he took hold of the work and remained pastor of the church for several years. Under his direction the breaches were healed, the church was redecorated, painted and carpeted and hardly a Sunday passed but what new members were added. When, he began preaching, there was no Sunday school and no prayer meeting, but before long the weekly prayer meetings were firmly established and the Sunday school was a flourishing institution.
The late Mr. Cobb's place as pastor of the church was taken by a Pennsylvania minister who remained here one year, and then the congregation again turned to the man who had brought the church out of the rut. He preached for the members again until Joseph I. Irwin heard of a young minister at Paris, Ill., who was being highly praised for the work he was doing In the pulpit. Mr. Irwin opened a correspondence with the young minister and invited him to come here for a trial sermon. The sermon was preached and the minister received a call. He accepted this call and in January, 1871, became pastor, of the church. The young minister who began work here then was the Rev. Z. T. Sweeney and he has been a resident of Columbus ever since.
The late Mr. Cobb was first married in Illinois, near the town of his birth. His wife lived but a short time. His second marriage was at Franklin to Miss Margaret Irwin, a sister of Joseph I. Irwin, of this city. To that union four children were born, John I. Cobb, Amasa Cobb, Miss Callie Cobb and Eddie Cobb, all of whom are now dead. Some time after the death of his second wife, Mr. Cobb was married in this city to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Winter, mother of Ferd Winter, now a prominent Indianapolis attorney. She died in January, 1900.
After he closed his regular work for the Christian church here, Mr. Cobb still preached occasionally, but he continued in other lines of work and didn’t become a regular pastor for any church. He was a man who lived to see nearly all of his old friends and neighbors pass away, and when the time came for him to go, he was ready. The funeral services were held at the Tabernacle Christian church Monday at 2 o'clock p.m., and were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Sweeney, who paid a beautiful tribute to the work which the late minister had done for the church here. After the services at the church, the body was laid to rest to the family lot in the City cemetery.
John B. Cobb was born in Ohio, although his parents moved to Illinois while he was still a boy.
He married three times:
1. Zerelda Branham, Sept. 3, 1844, Jennings Co., Indiana
2. Margaret Irwin, Sept. 4, 1851, Johnson Co., Indiana
3. Elizabeth (Herod) Winter, Sept. 3, 1879, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 7, 1909
The death of Elder John Briggs Cobb at his home on east Sixth street Saturday removes one of the oldest ministers' of the Christian church in the state of Indiana, He had been failing health for some time, but seemed to be about as well as usual Saturday. In the evening, he had gone to his room, where his housekeeper, Mrs. Hertel, heard him make an outcry. She entered the room in time to see him point heavenward and then he was gone.
The late Rev. Mr. Cobb was born at Palestine, Ill., September 16, eighty-eight years ago and his youth was spent near his home town. There he began preaching for the Christian church at an early age, and he also engaged in various lines of business there Prior to the civil war he removed to Indiana and located at Franklin, where he engaged in business and also preached occasionally. It was during the civil war that the late Mr. Cobb came to Columbus and became a clerk in the dry goods store of Joseph I. Irwin. He was postmaster of this city during the first administration of President Abraham Lincoln and afterward conducted a book and musical instrument store here. He was located at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, now occupied by the Hauser & UpDeGraff drug store, when the old Crump's theater building burned there.
In later years he became a messenger and had charge of the collections for Irwin's Bank, this being the last active work in which he engaged In Columbus, and for the past several years he has been retired.
When Mr. Cobb came to this city, he became affiliated with the Christian church, as he had long been member of that faith then. The Christian church at that time was located on Jackson street in the building now occupied by the Columbus Machine Works. Some trouble in the church. had caused the congregation to become weakened and the fact that the civil war was on and that members of the congregation entertained diverging views about the war also conspired to make the congregation smaller. Mr. Cobb was senior elder of the congregation and he was first engaged to preach each Sunday morning. Only a handful of people made up the congregation in those days, but with a light heart and a hope that good could be accomplished, he took hold of the work and remained pastor of the church for several years. Under his direction the breaches were healed, the church was redecorated, painted and carpeted and hardly a Sunday passed but what new members were added. When, he began preaching, there was no Sunday school and no prayer meeting, but before long the weekly prayer meetings were firmly established and the Sunday school was a flourishing institution.
The late Mr. Cobb's place as pastor of the church was taken by a Pennsylvania minister who remained here one year, and then the congregation again turned to the man who had brought the church out of the rut. He preached for the members again until Joseph I. Irwin heard of a young minister at Paris, Ill., who was being highly praised for the work he was doing In the pulpit. Mr. Irwin opened a correspondence with the young minister and invited him to come here for a trial sermon. The sermon was preached and the minister received a call. He accepted this call and in January, 1871, became pastor, of the church. The young minister who began work here then was the Rev. Z. T. Sweeney and he has been a resident of Columbus ever since.
The late Mr. Cobb was first married in Illinois, near the town of his birth. His wife lived but a short time. His second marriage was at Franklin to Miss Margaret Irwin, a sister of Joseph I. Irwin, of this city. To that union four children were born, John I. Cobb, Amasa Cobb, Miss Callie Cobb and Eddie Cobb, all of whom are now dead. Some time after the death of his second wife, Mr. Cobb was married in this city to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Winter, mother of Ferd Winter, now a prominent Indianapolis attorney. She died in January, 1900.
After he closed his regular work for the Christian church here, Mr. Cobb still preached occasionally, but he continued in other lines of work and didn’t become a regular pastor for any church. He was a man who lived to see nearly all of his old friends and neighbors pass away, and when the time came for him to go, he was ready. The funeral services were held at the Tabernacle Christian church Monday at 2 o'clock p.m., and were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Sweeney, who paid a beautiful tribute to the work which the late minister had done for the church here. After the services at the church, the body was laid to rest to the family lot in the City cemetery.
He married three times:
1. Zerelda Branham, Sept. 3, 1844, Jennings Co., Indiana
2. Margaret Irwin, Sept. 4, 1851, Johnson Co., Indiana
3. Elizabeth (Herod) Winter, Sept. 3, 1879, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, Jan. 7, 1909
The death of Elder John Briggs Cobb at his home on east Sixth street Saturday removes one of the oldest ministers' of the Christian church in the state of Indiana, He had been failing health for some time, but seemed to be about as well as usual Saturday. In the evening, he had gone to his room, where his housekeeper, Mrs. Hertel, heard him make an outcry. She entered the room in time to see him point heavenward and then he was gone.
The late Rev. Mr. Cobb was born at Palestine, Ill., September 16, eighty-eight years ago and his youth was spent near his home town. There he began preaching for the Christian church at an early age, and he also engaged in various lines of business there Prior to the civil war he removed to Indiana and located at Franklin, where he engaged in business and also preached occasionally. It was during the civil war that the late Mr. Cobb came to Columbus and became a clerk in the dry goods store of Joseph I. Irwin. He was postmaster of this city during the first administration of President Abraham Lincoln and afterward conducted a book and musical instrument store here. He was located at the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, now occupied by the Hauser & UpDeGraff drug store, when the old Crump's theater building burned there.
In later years he became a messenger and had charge of the collections for Irwin's Bank, this being the last active work in which he engaged In Columbus, and for the past several years he has been retired.
When Mr. Cobb came to this city, he became affiliated with the Christian church, as he had long been member of that faith then. The Christian church at that time was located on Jackson street in the building now occupied by the Columbus Machine Works. Some trouble in the church. had caused the congregation to become weakened and the fact that the civil war was on and that members of the congregation entertained diverging views about the war also conspired to make the congregation smaller. Mr. Cobb was senior elder of the congregation and he was first engaged to preach each Sunday morning. Only a handful of people made up the congregation in those days, but with a light heart and a hope that good could be accomplished, he took hold of the work and remained pastor of the church for several years. Under his direction the breaches were healed, the church was redecorated, painted and carpeted and hardly a Sunday passed but what new members were added. When, he began preaching, there was no Sunday school and no prayer meeting, but before long the weekly prayer meetings were firmly established and the Sunday school was a flourishing institution.
The late Mr. Cobb's place as pastor of the church was taken by a Pennsylvania minister who remained here one year, and then the congregation again turned to the man who had brought the church out of the rut. He preached for the members again until Joseph I. Irwin heard of a young minister at Paris, Ill., who was being highly praised for the work he was doing In the pulpit. Mr. Irwin opened a correspondence with the young minister and invited him to come here for a trial sermon. The sermon was preached and the minister received a call. He accepted this call and in January, 1871, became pastor, of the church. The young minister who began work here then was the Rev. Z. T. Sweeney and he has been a resident of Columbus ever since.
The late Mr. Cobb was first married in Illinois, near the town of his birth. His wife lived but a short time. His second marriage was at Franklin to Miss Margaret Irwin, a sister of Joseph I. Irwin, of this city. To that union four children were born, John I. Cobb, Amasa Cobb, Miss Callie Cobb and Eddie Cobb, all of whom are now dead. Some time after the death of his second wife, Mr. Cobb was married in this city to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Winter, mother of Ferd Winter, now a prominent Indianapolis attorney. She died in January, 1900.
After he closed his regular work for the Christian church here, Mr. Cobb still preached occasionally, but he continued in other lines of work and didn’t become a regular pastor for any church. He was a man who lived to see nearly all of his old friends and neighbors pass away, and when the time came for him to go, he was ready. The funeral services were held at the Tabernacle Christian church Monday at 2 o'clock p.m., and were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Sweeney, who paid a beautiful tribute to the work which the late minister had done for the church here. After the services at the church, the body was laid to rest to the family lot in the City cemetery.
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