A planter, newspaper editor, and politician, Joseph Beckham Cobb is today most renowned as the author of Mississippi Scenes and other books.
Elected to the state legislature in 1841, editor of the Columbus Whig.
Cobb, Col. Joseph B., Columbus, Miss., Sept. 15, Re. 40. The deceased was born in Oglethorpe Co., Ga., April 11, 1819, being the second son of the late Hon. Thos. W. Cobb, who was distinguished as one of the first intellects of his state, and who was especially memorable for his able, eloquent, and fearless attack in the Senate of the United States, upon the policy of Gen. Jackson in his Florida campaign. His early education was commenced at Wilmington, S. C., in a school rendered famous as the nursery of Calhoun, McDuffie, Longstreet, and others, then taught by a son of the venerable preceptor of such sages and statesmen; whence he was transfered to the University of Georgia. He married the eldest daughter of the late Hon. A. S. Clayton, and removed to Mississippi in the foil of 1838. Although but 21 years of age, the people of Noxubee Co., where he had settled, elected him as their representative to the state legislature, from which time he became ardently interested in the political controversies of the day. In 1851, however, after a heated canvass, in which he represented the policy of the Union party of the state, and made one of the most eloquent and effective appeals in its behalf, delivered during the eventful struggle, he was triumphantly elected a member of the state convention, the call of which gave rise to the controversy. At the next state election, he was chosen senator for Lowndes Co., after a hard-contested campaign. He was a graceful, fluent speaker, and a sprightly, vigorous writer. A large portion of his leisure hours he devoted to writing essays, sketches, stories, and critiques for the magazines and reviews, many of which were much read and admired. As a man, CoL C. was universally respected and esteemed for the many excellent qualities, both of his head and his heart, and his memory will long be cherished by hosts of admiring friends.
[(Source: Annual obituary notices of eminent people of the United States in 1858)
Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz]
Elected to the state legislature in 1841, editor of the Columbus Whig.
Cobb, Col. Joseph B., Columbus, Miss., Sept. 15, Re. 40. The deceased was born in Oglethorpe Co., Ga., April 11, 1819, being the second son of the late Hon. Thos. W. Cobb, who was distinguished as one of the first intellects of his state, and who was especially memorable for his able, eloquent, and fearless attack in the Senate of the United States, upon the policy of Gen. Jackson in his Florida campaign. His early education was commenced at Wilmington, S. C., in a school rendered famous as the nursery of Calhoun, McDuffie, Longstreet, and others, then taught by a son of the venerable preceptor of such sages and statesmen; whence he was transfered to the University of Georgia. He married the eldest daughter of the late Hon. A. S. Clayton, and removed to Mississippi in the foil of 1838. Although but 21 years of age, the people of Noxubee Co., where he had settled, elected him as their representative to the state legislature, from which time he became ardently interested in the political controversies of the day. In 1851, however, after a heated canvass, in which he represented the policy of the Union party of the state, and made one of the most eloquent and effective appeals in its behalf, delivered during the eventful struggle, he was triumphantly elected a member of the state convention, the call of which gave rise to the controversy. At the next state election, he was chosen senator for Lowndes Co., after a hard-contested campaign. He was a graceful, fluent speaker, and a sprightly, vigorous writer. A large portion of his leisure hours he devoted to writing essays, sketches, stories, and critiques for the magazines and reviews, many of which were much read and admired. As a man, CoL C. was universally respected and esteemed for the many excellent qualities, both of his head and his heart, and his memory will long be cherished by hosts of admiring friends.
[(Source: Annual obituary notices of eminent people of the United States in 1858)
Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz]
A planter, newspaper editor, and politician, Joseph Beckham Cobb is today most renowned as the author of Mississippi Scenes and other books.
Elected to the state legislature in 1841, editor of the Columbus Whig.
Cobb, Col. Joseph B., Columbus, Miss., Sept. 15, Re. 40. The deceased was born in Oglethorpe Co., Ga., April 11, 1819, being the second son of the late Hon. Thos. W. Cobb, who was distinguished as one of the first intellects of his state, and who was especially memorable for his able, eloquent, and fearless attack in the Senate of the United States, upon the policy of Gen. Jackson in his Florida campaign. His early education was commenced at Wilmington, S. C., in a school rendered famous as the nursery of Calhoun, McDuffie, Longstreet, and others, then taught by a son of the venerable preceptor of such sages and statesmen; whence he was transfered to the University of Georgia. He married the eldest daughter of the late Hon. A. S. Clayton, and removed to Mississippi in the foil of 1838. Although but 21 years of age, the people of Noxubee Co., where he had settled, elected him as their representative to the state legislature, from which time he became ardently interested in the political controversies of the day. In 1851, however, after a heated canvass, in which he represented the policy of the Union party of the state, and made one of the most eloquent and effective appeals in its behalf, delivered during the eventful struggle, he was triumphantly elected a member of the state convention, the call of which gave rise to the controversy. At the next state election, he was chosen senator for Lowndes Co., after a hard-contested campaign. He was a graceful, fluent speaker, and a sprightly, vigorous writer. A large portion of his leisure hours he devoted to writing essays, sketches, stories, and critiques for the magazines and reviews, many of which were much read and admired. As a man, CoL C. was universally respected and esteemed for the many excellent qualities, both of his head and his heart, and his memory will long be cherished by hosts of admiring friends.
[(Source: Annual obituary notices of eminent people of the United States in 1858)
Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz]
Elected to the state legislature in 1841, editor of the Columbus Whig.
Cobb, Col. Joseph B., Columbus, Miss., Sept. 15, Re. 40. The deceased was born in Oglethorpe Co., Ga., April 11, 1819, being the second son of the late Hon. Thos. W. Cobb, who was distinguished as one of the first intellects of his state, and who was especially memorable for his able, eloquent, and fearless attack in the Senate of the United States, upon the policy of Gen. Jackson in his Florida campaign. His early education was commenced at Wilmington, S. C., in a school rendered famous as the nursery of Calhoun, McDuffie, Longstreet, and others, then taught by a son of the venerable preceptor of such sages and statesmen; whence he was transfered to the University of Georgia. He married the eldest daughter of the late Hon. A. S. Clayton, and removed to Mississippi in the foil of 1838. Although but 21 years of age, the people of Noxubee Co., where he had settled, elected him as their representative to the state legislature, from which time he became ardently interested in the political controversies of the day. In 1851, however, after a heated canvass, in which he represented the policy of the Union party of the state, and made one of the most eloquent and effective appeals in its behalf, delivered during the eventful struggle, he was triumphantly elected a member of the state convention, the call of which gave rise to the controversy. At the next state election, he was chosen senator for Lowndes Co., after a hard-contested campaign. He was a graceful, fluent speaker, and a sprightly, vigorous writer. A large portion of his leisure hours he devoted to writing essays, sketches, stories, and critiques for the magazines and reviews, many of which were much read and admired. As a man, CoL C. was universally respected and esteemed for the many excellent qualities, both of his head and his heart, and his memory will long be cherished by hosts of admiring friends.
[(Source: Annual obituary notices of eminent people of the United States in 1858)
Submitted by Linda Blue Dietz]
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