Alexander Cobb enlisted in Captain Joseph G.W. Woods' company of the Confederate Army on April 25, 1862, and was sent to Camp Sidney Johnson, in Marion County, for training. This company became a part of Ochiltree's regiment of Texas Infantry. He served throughout the war as a member of the quartermasters Corps, and most of his service was in the Louisiana and Texas area.
Alexander Cobb was born in Troup County, Georgia in 1827. He was the son of Samuel B. and Mary Grice Cobb. He married Mary Jane Justiss, daughter of William and Sallie Justiss, in 1849 in Troup County. They came to Titus County in 1851 with the Justiss family. Mary Jane Cobb died in 1854. Alexander Cobb married Eliza Baxter Harris in 1856.
Birth Date: November 6, 1827
Died: March 29, 1908
Sources: http://www.greenhillcommunity.com/Cobb,%20Alexander.htm
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&474637
Alexander Cobb enlisted in Captain Joseph G.W. Woods' company of the Confederate Army on April 25, 1862, and was sent to Camp Sidney Johnson, in Marion County, for training. This company became a part of Ochiltree's regiment of Texas Infantry. He served throughout the war as a member of the quartermasters Corps, and most of his service was in the Louisiana and Texas area.
Alexander Cobb was born in Troup County, Georgia in 1827. He was the son of Samuel B. and Mary Grice Cobb. He married Mary Jane Justiss, daughter of William and Sallie Justiss, in 1849 in Troup County. They came to Titus County in 1851 with the Justiss family. Mary Jane Cobb died in 1854. Alexander Cobb married Eliza Baxter Harris in 1856.
Birth Date: November 6, 1827
Died: March 29, 1908
Sources: http://www.greenhillcommunity.com/Cobb,%20Alexander.htm
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?C&474637
Family Members
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Sallie Francis Cobb Johnson
1850–1933
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Rebecca Cobb Gilpin
1852–1939
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Thomas Franklin Cobb
1854–1882
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Annie Elizabeth Cobb Crooks
1857–1937
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Jimmie Cobb
1860–1860
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Mary Ella Cobb Gingles
1860–1897
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Lulu Cobb
1862–1862
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Alexander Bell Cobb
1864–1864
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Hettie Lillian Cobb Smith
1868–1946
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Clara Cobb
1872–1876
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Larry McCamey "Mack" Cobb
1872–1938
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Ephriam Harris Cobb
1874–1936
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Minnie Myrtle Cobb Duncan
1877–1968
