William Michael Cobb (1817 - 1881)

Born 1817 in Clifford Township, Susquehanna (Formerly Luzerne) County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 1881 at about age 64 in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1817

Place: Clifford Township, Susquehanna (Formerly Luzerne) County, Pennsylvania^[2]

Reference

Reference: C11218

Event

Event:

Type: Biography

Note: He was a young child when the family migrated to Ohio. He became a farmer and bought property in Holmes Township next to his brother, John. He moved his family to Steuben County, Indiana in 1849. He was one of the earlier settlers in Fremont Township and one of the original patent landowners. He "was poor when he came here and has held his own ever since." (That was a direct quote from him originally published in the Steuben-Republican newspaper in 1879).^[3]

Event:

Type: Military Service

Date: 12 Dec 1863

Place: Indiana

Note: 12th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry

Organized at Kendallville, Ind., and Michigan City, Ind., December 10, 1863, to April 28, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., May 6, 1864. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September, 1864. Tullahoma, Tenn.; defences of Nashville & Chattanooga R. R., Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 7th Division, Cavalry Corps, Mllitary Division Mississippi, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to May, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to November, 1865.

SERVICE.-Duty at Nashville, Tenn., till May 29, 1864. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., May 29, and duty there and guarding Railroad from Decatur to Paint Rock, Ala. Headquarters at Huntsville and Brownsborough till September 15. Action at Big Cove Valley June 27. Near Vienna July 8. Scout in Clear Springs and Sink Springs Valleys July 18-21 (Detachment). Flint River, Ala., July 25. Paint Rock Station July 30. Moore's Hill August 11. Operations in Madison County August 12-14. Near Lynchburg September 29 (Detachment). Repulse of Buford's attack on Huntsville September 30-October 1 and October 18 (Cos. "C," "D" and "H"). Regiment moved to Tullahoma, Tenn., September 15, and duty there till November 26. Siege of Decatur, Ala., October 26-29 (Detachment). Near Maysvllle, Ala., and near New Market, Ala., November 17 (Detachment). Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 26. Overall's Creek December 4. Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-12. Wilkinson's Pike December 7. Paint Rock Bridge, Ala., December 7 (Detachment). Murfreesboro December 13-14. Near Murfreesboro December 15 (Detachment). Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till February, 1865. Action at Hillsboro, Ala., December 29, 1864 (Detachment). Near Leighton, Ala., December 30 (Detachment). Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.; thence to New Orleans, La., and to Mobile Bay, Ala., February 11-March 22. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 22-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Grierson's Raid through Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi April 17-May 20. Duty at Columbus, Miss., till July. At Grenada and Austin, Miss., till November. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., November 10, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 16 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 154 Enlisted men by disease. Total 171.^[4][5]

User ID

User ID: F3362B9C34CB40FD821BE8B29E5F7E5836CE

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Date: 1 Jun 2008

Time: 12:46

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Marriage

Husband: William Michael Cobb

Wife: @I6767@

Marriage:

Date: 26 Dec 1841

Place: Crawford County, Ohio^[6][7][8]

Note: #NF933

Census:

Date: 1850

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

Note: They had three children; their real estate was valued at 0.^[9]

Census:

Date: 1850

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

Note: They had three children; their real estate was valued at 0.

Census:

Date: 1860

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

Note: Their real estate was valued at 0. Seth was farming with his father.^[10]

Census:

Date: 1860

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

Note: Their real estate was valued at 0. Seth was farming with his father.

Census:

Date: 1870

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

Note: Their property was now valued at 00 and their personal property at 0.^[11]

Census:

Date: 1870

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

Note: Their property was now valued at 00 and their personal property at 0.

Census:

Date: 1880

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana^[12]

Census:

Date: 1880

Place: Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana

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Date: 3 Jun 2008

Time: 16:35

Husband: Asa Cobb

Wife: Catherine Woods

Marriage:

Date: 1 Nov 1801

Place: Susquehanna County (Formerly Luzerne County), Pennsylvania^[13]

Note: #NF916

Child: Dudley Cobb

Child: @I2172@

Child: Henry Cobb

Child: Eliphalet Cobb

Child: Elam Cobb

Child: Sarah Louise (Sally) Cobb

Child: Jedediah Cobb

Child: William Michael Cobb

Child: John Cobb

Child: Cyprian Cobb

Child: Alfred Cobb

Child: Mary Ann Cobb

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Date: 13 Mar 2014

Time: 09:41

Sources

1. ↑ Cobb-3451 was created by Kay Hessman through the import of gerry.ged on Apr 10, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S613
3. ↑ Source: #S244
4. ↑ Source: #S615
5. ↑ Source: #S282
6. ↑ Source: #S248
7. ↑ Source: #S584
8. ↑ Source: #S601
9. ↑ Source: #S736
10. ↑ Source: #S736
11. ↑ Source: #S736
12. ↑ Source: #S736
13. ↑ Source: #S749

• Source: S244 Abbreviation: Asa Cobb Descendants Title: Descendants of Asa Cobb Author: Fred Sherwood Publication: no publisher, Michigan, 1993
• Source: S282 Abbreviation: NPS-CWSS Title: National Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Systems [database online], Url: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.html Repository: #R20
• Repository: R20 Name: NPS.gov Address: NPS.gov Name: NPS.gov
• Source: S613 Abbreviation: Fremont Township Pioneer Sketches Title: Early History and Pioneer Sketches of Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana Author: Compiler: Jean-Ann Knight-Childers Publication: 1992
• Source: S615 Abbreviation: War for the Union Title: The War for the Union, 1861-1865. A Record of its Defenders, Living and Dead, from Steuben County, Indiana; and History of Veteran Organizations and Kindred Associations Author: Anonymous Publication: 1888-9