Rev.
Samuel
Taylor
Cobb
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Wilson Cobb
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
John Simpson Cobb and Hugh Barnett Cobb
Husband of
Melinda (Clements) Cobb
— married
13 Nov 1837 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Lucinda Marila (Cobb) Spears, Elizabeth Cobb, Elijah Clements Cobb, Samuel Willson Cobb and James Harrison Cobb
Died
at age 70
in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2020
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Biography
The Rev. Samuel Taylor Cobb was the son of George Cobb and Hannah Harrison. He was a Baptist minister in North Louisiana and Southern Arkansas from 1848 to 1888. On November 13, 1837 he married Melinda Clements in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. In the early 1840's they moved to Saline County, Arkansas, where he entered the Baptist ministry. They moved to Union County, Arkansas about 1847 where he began farming near Caledonia. Beginning in 1851 he was pastor of the Caledonia Baptist church and so continued for 20 years.
Sources
- 1883, Sept.22 The Baptist Page 5 Obit of brother H B Cobb http://media2.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/tbarchive/1883/TB_1883_Sep_22.pdf
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43043130/samuel-taylor-cobb
- Space:1850_Franklin_Township_Union_County_Arkansas_Census_Index
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Charles Cobb
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 20 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member sthrngir
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~3.12%
Bob Powell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bpowell76
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~1.56%
Joseph Powell :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Margaret Wright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A694942 [compare], Ancestry member Margaret_Wright
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~0.78%
C. Harrison :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Frederick Riegel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #176782
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Categories: Franklin Township, Union County, Arkansas