Thomas R R Cobb
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
American
Lineage
- Father John Addison Cobb
- Mother Sarah Robinson Rootes Cobb
- Brother: Howell Cobb
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Home | T R R Cobb House | Athens, GA | |||||
| 1823/04/10 | Born at Cherry Hill, Cobb family's east-central Georgia plantation | Born | |||||
| 1844/00/00 | Marion Lumpkin marries Thomas Cobb | Groom | Marriage of Marion Lumpkin and Thomas Cobb | ||||
| 1858/00/00 | Built | Benefactor | Lucy Cobb Institute Campus | Athens, GA | |||
| 1861/01/19 | Georgia's Secession Convention votes to seceded from the Union. The "Republic of Georgia" joined the Confederate States of America, to the accompaniment of wild celebration and bonfires on Milledgeville's Statehouse Square. | Signer, representing Jefferson Clarke County | Old State Capitol, Milledgeville | Milledgeville | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||
| 1862/12/13 | T R R Cobb falls beneath the fury of an exploding shell, the burst striking him down as he stands near the Stephens House, the winter air choked with smoke, snapping bullets and the merciless thunder of the guns. | Died | Marye's Heights-Sunken Road Line | Fredericksburg, VA | Battle of Fredericksburg |
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