Biographical Sketch of Thomas T. Cobbs, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Thomas T. Cobbs, P. O. Napoleon, Mo.  Was born in Bedford county, 
Tenn., in 1829.  The year after his birth, 1830, his parents, Thomas
and Elizabeth Cobbs, moved to Missouri, and settled in this county,
living in Lexington five years.  They then moved to Clay township, on
the Big Sni, where they lived and died, his father dying December 10,
1847, and his mother in May, 1858.  His father built the first jail
in this county, the first two bridges in the county, and also the 
first mill of any note.  Thomas Cobbs, Jr., was raised and educated
in this county, and has lived here all his life.  He was married to
Miss Catherine Harper, of Kentucky, February 24, 1859, by whom he has
had seven children, five of whom are living: William S., Katie G.,
Thomas H., Sarah W. and Ethel B.  His family belong to the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church of which he is an elder.  In 1864 he joined the
Confederate army under Gen. Price.  Was in the battles of Westport,
Big Blue, Newtonia, etc., and surrendered at Shreveport, 1865.  His
parents were natives of Virginia, and both died members of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church.

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