James Monroe Cobb (abt. 1894 - 1957)

Born about Feb 1894 in Meadville, Franklin Co., Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Jun 1957 at about age 63 in Delhi, Richland, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1894. He was the son of John Cobb and Gelena Wactor. He passed away in 1957.

Memorial: DELHI (Special) - James Monroe Cobb, 61, of Pioneer died at a Delhi Clinic late yesterday afternoon.

Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Mulhearn Funeral Chapel with Rev. Johnny Fant officiating. Interment will follow in the Forrest Cemetery in Forrest under the direction of the Mulhearn Funeral Home of Delhi.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maggie Cobb of Pioneer; three sons, Woodrow Cobb and Jarrell Cobb both of Delhi and James Cobb of Pioneer; four daughters, Mrs. Lela Neilsen, Winnsboro; Mrs. Lona Taylor, Delhi; Mrs. Dorothy Neathery, Delhi; Miss Charlene Cobb, Peioneer; one brother, W. M. Cobb, Delhi; 12 grandchildren, one great grandchild and several neices and nephews.

(Monroe Morning World, Friday, June 28, 1957, page 3A)

Monroe was born in 1895. He is the son of John Cobb and Jelena Wactor. He married Jessie Trahern, 1915. He later married Maggie Reeves.

1900 Census, Beat 3, Franklin, Mississippi, United States. John W Cobb Head M 35 Mississippi; Genia Cobb Wife F 36 Mississippi; James W Cobb Son M 6 Mississippi; Monroe Cobb Son M 4 Mississippi; William Lorance Boarder M 62 Germany.

1920 Census, Franklin, Louisiana, United States. Monroe Cobb Head M 22 Mississippi; Jessie Cobb Wife F 19 Louisiana; Epsy Cobb Daughter F 5 Louisiana; Woodroe Cobb Son M 2 Louisiana; Jarrell Cobb Son M 0 Louisiana.

1930 Census, Police Jury Ward 6, Franklin, Louisiana, United States. Monro J Cobb Head M 31 Mississippi; Josie C Cobb Wife F 29 Louisiana; Lela Cobb Daughter F 15 Louisiana; Woodrow W Cobb Son M 13 Louisiana; Jarrell Cobb Son M 10 Louisiana; Lonie L Cobb Daughter F 7 Louisiana; Maggie Reeves Sister F 21 Louisiana.

1940 Census, Ward One, Richland, Louisiana, United States. J Monroe Cobb Head M 40 Mississippi; Jessie Cobb Wife F 41 Louisiana; Woodrow W Cobb Son M 20 Louisiana; Jarrell Cobb Son M 18 Louisiana; Lona L Cobb Daughter F 16 Louisiana; Dorothy M Cobb Daughter F 8 Louisiana; Maggie Reeves Sister-in-law F 27 Louisiana.

Sources

Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1Y-JQ4V : 4 April 2020), Monroe Cobb and Jessie Trahern, 18 Jun 1915; citing Franklin, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 906,004.

• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96G-SX3

Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 September 2020), memorial page for James Monroe Cobb (7 Dec 1895–27 Jun 1957), Find a Grave Memorial no. 87203299, citing New Forest Cemetery, Forest, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Betty Jean Weems Neathery (contributor 46849268) .

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96G-SX3 : accessed 1 July 2021), Monroe Cobb in household of John W Cobb, Beat 3, Franklin, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 23A, family 384, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,807.
• "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1Y-JQ4V : 4 April 2020), Monroe Cobb and Jessie Trahern, 18 Jun 1915; citing Franklin, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 906,004.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQ5-SZS : 1 February 2021), Monroe Cobb, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMYD-Q73 : accessed 1 July 2021), Monro J Cobb, Police Jury Ward 6, Franklin, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 19B, line 91, family 390, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 793; FHL microfilm 2,340,528.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5C-ZVP : 4 January 2021), J Monroe Cobb, Ward One, Richland, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-3, sheet 8A, line 10, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1444.
• "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNRY-VHV : 4 March 2021), James Monroe Cobb, 27 Jun 1957; citing Delhi, Richland, Louisiana, certificate number 8572, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 4,374,375.