Bio of COBB, Arthur E. (b.1878), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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ARTHUR E. COBB - Vol II, pg 401-402
Arthur E. Cobb, vice president of the Merchants Elevator Company, is a
repre­sentative of a family that for many years has figured conspicuously in
connection with the grain business in Minneapolis a line of activity that has
been the chief factor in making this city the industrial center of the
Northwest. He is one of Minnesota's native sons, his birth having occurred in
Hastings, on the 10th of March, 1878, and his parents were Llewellyn and Emily
(Countryman) Cobb, who were num­bered among the honored pioneer residents of
this city. After completing his studies Arthur E. Cobb engaged in the grain
business, with which he has since been identified, and in 1887 he became a
resident of Minneapolis. For several years he was connected with the firm of
Confer & Cobb, of which his father was a member, and he then Joined the
Merchants Elevator Company, serving for some time as its secretary. In 1918 he
was made vice president and has since capably filled this office, being well
qualified to discharge the responsible duties which devolve upon him in this
connection. The terminal elevators of the firm are now located at Davenport,
Iowa, and they are classed with the largest grain operators in the Northwest.
Mr. Cobb combines a detailed knowledge of the business with marked executive
ability and is bending every energy toward the further expansion and development
of the undertaking.
On the 3d of December, 1901, Mr. Cobb was married to Miss Marion C. Williams of
Minneapolis, and they have become the parents of two children, Elizabeth and
Richard. During the World war Mr. Cobb took an active part in promoting the
various Liberty Loan campaigns and other government measures, doing all in his
power to aid his country in its hour of need. Through his membership with the
Minneapolis Athletic, Automobile, Golden Valley Golf and Curling clubs he
obtains needed exercise and recreation, and fraternally he is identified with
the Masonic order. Life has been to him purposeful and resultant and the
importance of his business interests at once establishes his position among the
foremost representatives of commercial activity in Minneapolis. He is an earnest
advocate of progressive development and has always found time to cooperate with
every movement seeking the improvement and advance­ment of his city.