Franklin B CobbAge: 76 years1867–1943
- Name
- Franklin B Cobb
- Given names
- Franklin B
- Surname
- Cobb
 Birth | February 2, 1867 39 35 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 22 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Death of a mother | Matilda Jane Gray after 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Herbert Forrest Cobb January 24, 1889 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | Addie Matton — View this family March 21, 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Walter William Cobb April 3, 1894 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Beulah Maude Cobb January 6, 1897 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Ibyll Cobb January 6, 1897 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a father | Elbert Howell Cobb after 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a wife | Addie Matton January 19, 1911 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage | Addie Almira Phipps — View this family April 3, 1913 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Alma Cobb May 6, 1914 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 50 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a wife | Addie Almira Phipps January 21, 1921 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage | Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin — View this family about 1922 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary A Cobb June 20, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a daughter | Beulah Maude Cobb August 4, 1934 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | November 26, 1943 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | November 28, 1943 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gray Cemetery #1 |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Elbert Howell Cobb Birth: September 1827 — Kentucky, United States Death: after 1910 |
| mother |
Matilda Jane Gray Birth: about 1832 — Kentucky, United States Death: after 1880 |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Mary A Cobb Birth: February 17, 1851 23 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1922 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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16 years himself |
Franklin B Cobb Birth: February 2, 1867 39 35 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1943 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin |
| himself |
Franklin B Cobb Birth: February 2, 1867 39 35 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1943 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin Birth: August 8, 1878 39 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: July 8, 1969 — Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1922 — |
| Family with Addie Matton |
| himself |
Franklin B Cobb Birth: February 2, 1867 39 35 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1943 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Addie Matton Birth: September 1870 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 19, 1911 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 21, 1889 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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-2 months son |
Herbert Forrest Cobb Birth: January 24, 1889 21 18 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 6, 1959 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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5 years son |
Walter William Cobb Birth: April 3, 1894 27 23 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 14, 1966 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Beulah Maude Cobb Birth: January 6, 1897 29 26 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 4, 1934 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
Ibyll Cobb Birth: January 6, 1897 29 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 15, 1970 — Dade, Florida, United States |
| Family with Addie Almira Phipps |
| himself |
Franklin B Cobb Birth: February 2, 1867 39 35 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1943 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Addie Almira Phipps Birth: November 21, 1872 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: January 21, 1921 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 3, 1913 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months daughter |
Alma Cobb Birth: May 6, 1914 47 41 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |