Occupation: Retired Farmer
MO d/c 1847
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
DEATH OF OWEN COBB
Owen Cobb, an old and well known resident of Union township died at his home near Philadelphia, last Sunday morning with dropsy, after an illness of only a few weeks. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, March 2, 1841 and was in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was married May 16, 1880 to Miss Alice Frances who died five years ago. To this union three children were born, one of whom, Samuel, died nine years ago. He is survived by his son and daughter, Mrs. Pearl Coleman. Mr. Cobb has been a resident of the Philadelphia community for more than forty years and had a general acquaintance over the county. He was active in the affairs of his community in his younger days and had many friends. He was a veteran of the Civil war.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 05 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
Late Owen Cobb Had a Thrilling Civil War Record
Served in Confederate Army Under Price—J. R. Boldridge a Companion-in-Arms
Jas. R. Boldridge, of Nelsonville served in the Confederate army with the late Owen Cobb, of Philadelphia. Mr. Boldridge writes the Spectator entertainly of Mr. Cobb's bravery as a soldier and we take pleasure in printing it. Mr. Boldridge speaks very modestly of his own connection with the Arkansas fight but other old Confederate veterans who have long since passed away, have often told us that Mr. Boldridge was a soldier of whom General Price had good reason to be proud of. The letter follows:
The recent death of Own Cobb of Union township, reminds me of a Civil War battle fought on Saline river, Arkansas. Cobb and I both belonged to third Missouri Battery. I was a gunner of the fourth piece, a 12-inch gun and Cobb belonged to the first piece. His piece and mine were ordered in the fight. Cobb was the front rider and a boy by the name of Killgore, the wheel rider, we had just unloaded and I had fired one shot from my gun when General Marmaduke rode up to General Price and told him if he did not order those pieces out they would be taken by a regiment of negroes who were marching on them. So he ordered us out and as we were turning around Cobb's off horse was shot down. Cobb got down to take the harness off and Turnbough and Killgore commenced cursing him to cut the harness and get out of there, but Cobb stuck t the job until he got the harness from under the horse and put on his then he got on and says come on boys. He did not intend for the harness to fall into the hands of the enemy. Bullets were falling as thick as hail in a hail storm. The battle was fought in the bottom of Saline river and General Mrmaduke ame riding down the ridge with spy glass and saw the negroes marching in the battery and as we moved out we met a s3ction of Ruffner's Battery coming in and in twenty minutes the negroes had killed every horse belonging to the battery and there were only five of the gunners that got out, the rest being killed or wounded. I have always considered that Marmaduke saved my life. We were fighting General Steel of the Federals. We evacuated Little Rock. General Steel moved in with ten thousand soldiers said to be the best equipped army that was ever in the transfer department. When we left Little Rock we were ordered to Louisiana to meet Gen. Bank who was marching up red river from New Orleans on a cotton stealing trip with two gunboats for protection. We met him at Mansfield and had another fight with him at Pleasant Hill and effected to bag his whole army, but he got back to the gunboats and got away but without any cotton. We got a lot of prisoners and a lot of their stuff. The prisoners most all wore white wool hats whcih they had stretched to look like a sugar loaf and had written around the crown Shreveport-Austin, Texas or hell. They expected to take Shreveport and then march to Austin, Texas and I guess some of them went to all three places. Then in the meanwhile Steel started out to capture us and we met him at Saline river as stated above. We had marched about three hundred miles and fought three battles in twenty-eight days. Cobb was a good soldier. I am the only one of the battery left that I know except Deck Mallory.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 26 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
MO d/c 1847
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
DEATH OF OWEN COBB
Owen Cobb, an old and well known resident of Union township died at his home near Philadelphia, last Sunday morning with dropsy, after an illness of only a few weeks. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, March 2, 1841 and was in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was married May 16, 1880 to Miss Alice Frances who died five years ago. To this union three children were born, one of whom, Samuel, died nine years ago. He is survived by his son and daughter, Mrs. Pearl Coleman. Mr. Cobb has been a resident of the Philadelphia community for more than forty years and had a general acquaintance over the county. He was active in the affairs of his community in his younger days and had many friends. He was a veteran of the Civil war.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 05 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
Late Owen Cobb Had a Thrilling Civil War Record
Served in Confederate Army Under Price—J. R. Boldridge a Companion-in-Arms
Jas. R. Boldridge, of Nelsonville served in the Confederate army with the late Owen Cobb, of Philadelphia. Mr. Boldridge writes the Spectator entertainly of Mr. Cobb's bravery as a soldier and we take pleasure in printing it. Mr. Boldridge speaks very modestly of his own connection with the Arkansas fight but other old Confederate veterans who have long since passed away, have often told us that Mr. Boldridge was a soldier of whom General Price had good reason to be proud of. The letter follows:
The recent death of Own Cobb of Union township, reminds me of a Civil War battle fought on Saline river, Arkansas. Cobb and I both belonged to third Missouri Battery. I was a gunner of the fourth piece, a 12-inch gun and Cobb belonged to the first piece. His piece and mine were ordered in the fight. Cobb was the front rider and a boy by the name of Killgore, the wheel rider, we had just unloaded and I had fired one shot from my gun when General Marmaduke rode up to General Price and told him if he did not order those pieces out they would be taken by a regiment of negroes who were marching on them. So he ordered us out and as we were turning around Cobb's off horse was shot down. Cobb got down to take the harness off and Turnbough and Killgore commenced cursing him to cut the harness and get out of there, but Cobb stuck t the job until he got the harness from under the horse and put on his then he got on and says come on boys. He did not intend for the harness to fall into the hands of the enemy. Bullets were falling as thick as hail in a hail storm. The battle was fought in the bottom of Saline river and General Mrmaduke ame riding down the ridge with spy glass and saw the negroes marching in the battery and as we moved out we met a s3ction of Ruffner's Battery coming in and in twenty minutes the negroes had killed every horse belonging to the battery and there were only five of the gunners that got out, the rest being killed or wounded. I have always considered that Marmaduke saved my life. We were fighting General Steel of the Federals. We evacuated Little Rock. General Steel moved in with ten thousand soldiers said to be the best equipped army that was ever in the transfer department. When we left Little Rock we were ordered to Louisiana to meet Gen. Bank who was marching up red river from New Orleans on a cotton stealing trip with two gunboats for protection. We met him at Mansfield and had another fight with him at Pleasant Hill and effected to bag his whole army, but he got back to the gunboats and got away but without any cotton. We got a lot of prisoners and a lot of their stuff. The prisoners most all wore white wool hats whcih they had stretched to look like a sugar loaf and had written around the crown Shreveport-Austin, Texas or hell. They expected to take Shreveport and then march to Austin, Texas and I guess some of them went to all three places. Then in the meanwhile Steel started out to capture us and we met him at Saline river as stated above. We had marched about three hundred miles and fought three battles in twenty-eight days. Cobb was a good soldier. I am the only one of the battery left that I know except Deck Mallory.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 26 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
Occupation: Retired Farmer
MO d/c 1847
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
DEATH OF OWEN COBB
Owen Cobb, an old and well known resident of Union township died at his home near Philadelphia, last Sunday morning with dropsy, after an illness of only a few weeks. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, March 2, 1841 and was in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was married May 16, 1880 to Miss Alice Frances who died five years ago. To this union three children were born, one of whom, Samuel, died nine years ago. He is survived by his son and daughter, Mrs. Pearl Coleman. Mr. Cobb has been a resident of the Philadelphia community for more than forty years and had a general acquaintance over the county. He was active in the affairs of his community in his younger days and had many friends. He was a veteran of the Civil war.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 05 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
Late Owen Cobb Had a Thrilling Civil War Record
Served in Confederate Army Under Price—J. R. Boldridge a Companion-in-Arms
Jas. R. Boldridge, of Nelsonville served in the Confederate army with the late Owen Cobb, of Philadelphia. Mr. Boldridge writes the Spectator entertainly of Mr. Cobb's bravery as a soldier and we take pleasure in printing it. Mr. Boldridge speaks very modestly of his own connection with the Arkansas fight but other old Confederate veterans who have long since passed away, have often told us that Mr. Boldridge was a soldier of whom General Price had good reason to be proud of. The letter follows:
The recent death of Own Cobb of Union township, reminds me of a Civil War battle fought on Saline river, Arkansas. Cobb and I both belonged to third Missouri Battery. I was a gunner of the fourth piece, a 12-inch gun and Cobb belonged to the first piece. His piece and mine were ordered in the fight. Cobb was the front rider and a boy by the name of Killgore, the wheel rider, we had just unloaded and I had fired one shot from my gun when General Marmaduke rode up to General Price and told him if he did not order those pieces out they would be taken by a regiment of negroes who were marching on them. So he ordered us out and as we were turning around Cobb's off horse was shot down. Cobb got down to take the harness off and Turnbough and Killgore commenced cursing him to cut the harness and get out of there, but Cobb stuck t the job until he got the harness from under the horse and put on his then he got on and says come on boys. He did not intend for the harness to fall into the hands of the enemy. Bullets were falling as thick as hail in a hail storm. The battle was fought in the bottom of Saline river and General Mrmaduke ame riding down the ridge with spy glass and saw the negroes marching in the battery and as we moved out we met a s3ction of Ruffner's Battery coming in and in twenty minutes the negroes had killed every horse belonging to the battery and there were only five of the gunners that got out, the rest being killed or wounded. I have always considered that Marmaduke saved my life. We were fighting General Steel of the Federals. We evacuated Little Rock. General Steel moved in with ten thousand soldiers said to be the best equipped army that was ever in the transfer department. When we left Little Rock we were ordered to Louisiana to meet Gen. Bank who was marching up red river from New Orleans on a cotton stealing trip with two gunboats for protection. We met him at Mansfield and had another fight with him at Pleasant Hill and effected to bag his whole army, but he got back to the gunboats and got away but without any cotton. We got a lot of prisoners and a lot of their stuff. The prisoners most all wore white wool hats whcih they had stretched to look like a sugar loaf and had written around the crown Shreveport-Austin, Texas or hell. They expected to take Shreveport and then march to Austin, Texas and I guess some of them went to all three places. Then in the meanwhile Steel started out to capture us and we met him at Saline river as stated above. We had marched about three hundred miles and fought three battles in twenty-eight days. Cobb was a good soldier. I am the only one of the battery left that I know except Deck Mallory.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 26 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
MO d/c 1847
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
DEATH OF OWEN COBB
Owen Cobb, an old and well known resident of Union township died at his home near Philadelphia, last Sunday morning with dropsy, after an illness of only a few weeks. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, March 2, 1841 and was in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was married May 16, 1880 to Miss Alice Frances who died five years ago. To this union three children were born, one of whom, Samuel, died nine years ago. He is survived by his son and daughter, Mrs. Pearl Coleman. Mr. Cobb has been a resident of the Philadelphia community for more than forty years and had a general acquaintance over the county. He was active in the affairs of his community in his younger days and had many friends. He was a veteran of the Civil war.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 05 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
Late Owen Cobb Had a Thrilling Civil War Record
Served in Confederate Army Under Price—J. R. Boldridge a Companion-in-Arms
Jas. R. Boldridge, of Nelsonville served in the Confederate army with the late Owen Cobb, of Philadelphia. Mr. Boldridge writes the Spectator entertainly of Mr. Cobb's bravery as a soldier and we take pleasure in printing it. Mr. Boldridge speaks very modestly of his own connection with the Arkansas fight but other old Confederate veterans who have long since passed away, have often told us that Mr. Boldridge was a soldier of whom General Price had good reason to be proud of. The letter follows:
The recent death of Own Cobb of Union township, reminds me of a Civil War battle fought on Saline river, Arkansas. Cobb and I both belonged to third Missouri Battery. I was a gunner of the fourth piece, a 12-inch gun and Cobb belonged to the first piece. His piece and mine were ordered in the fight. Cobb was the front rider and a boy by the name of Killgore, the wheel rider, we had just unloaded and I had fired one shot from my gun when General Marmaduke rode up to General Price and told him if he did not order those pieces out they would be taken by a regiment of negroes who were marching on them. So he ordered us out and as we were turning around Cobb's off horse was shot down. Cobb got down to take the harness off and Turnbough and Killgore commenced cursing him to cut the harness and get out of there, but Cobb stuck t the job until he got the harness from under the horse and put on his then he got on and says come on boys. He did not intend for the harness to fall into the hands of the enemy. Bullets were falling as thick as hail in a hail storm. The battle was fought in the bottom of Saline river and General Mrmaduke ame riding down the ridge with spy glass and saw the negroes marching in the battery and as we moved out we met a s3ction of Ruffner's Battery coming in and in twenty minutes the negroes had killed every horse belonging to the battery and there were only five of the gunners that got out, the rest being killed or wounded. I have always considered that Marmaduke saved my life. We were fighting General Steel of the Federals. We evacuated Little Rock. General Steel moved in with ten thousand soldiers said to be the best equipped army that was ever in the transfer department. When we left Little Rock we were ordered to Louisiana to meet Gen. Bank who was marching up red river from New Orleans on a cotton stealing trip with two gunboats for protection. We met him at Mansfield and had another fight with him at Pleasant Hill and effected to bag his whole army, but he got back to the gunboats and got away but without any cotton. We got a lot of prisoners and a lot of their stuff. The prisoners most all wore white wool hats whcih they had stretched to look like a sugar loaf and had written around the crown Shreveport-Austin, Texas or hell. They expected to take Shreveport and then march to Austin, Texas and I guess some of them went to all three places. Then in the meanwhile Steel started out to capture us and we met him at Saline river as stated above. We had marched about three hundred miles and fought three battles in twenty-eight days. Cobb was a good soldier. I am the only one of the battery left that I know except Deck Mallory.
The Palmyra Spectator, Palmyra, Missouri, 26 Jan 1927, Wed • Page 1, Column 1
(Contributed by Pam Witherow)
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