Cobb, John (1844 - 1929)

COBB, LOCKE, PENCE, BISHEL

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Date: 5/23/2017 at 09:45:06

“Clear Lake, Sept 14.—One of Clear Lake’s oldest G. A. R. veterans, John Cobb, was laid to rest in the local cemetery this afternoon following funeral services conducted at Ward’s Funeral home by the Rev. J. R. Tunbleson, pastor of the Methodist church. A brief service for relatives was held at the home on South Fourth street, at 1:30 o’clock.

Mr. Cobb’s illness had been of brief duration. He had fallen at his home and broke his hip about three weeks ago. Since that time he had grown gradually weaker until death came Wednesday evening.

Mr. Cobb was born Jan. 28, 1844, in Jackson county, where he lived with his parents until the Civil war broke out. When President Lincoln called for volunteers, he, with his brother, Jared A. Cobb, enlisted at Baldwin on Aug. 6, 1862. He served about three years in the war in Company I, Twenty-fourth Iowa infantry, and was honorably discharged July 17, 1865.

Mr. Cobb was married to Nancy Locke on Dec. 21, 1865.They came to Cerro Gordo county by covered wagon in October 1870, with his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jared A. Cobb, and here joined their brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cobb, and their sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pence. They were among the first pioneers in this part of the state. They bought a farm about six miles north of Clear Lake and lived there until 1892 when they moved to town.

Mr. Cobb was a member of the United Brethren church while he lived on the farm, and was superintendent of the Sunday school there for more than 20 years. After moving to town he attended the Methodist church.

Mr. Cobb had been a member of the local post of the G. A. R. since 1909 until about a month ago. One Aug. 17, the few remaining members of the post disbanded, being too few in number to carry on. He then joined the state department and as still a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at large.
As a member of the Soldier’s Relief commission, he had looked after relief work for many years.

Mr. and Mrs. Cobb had lived 63 years together, when on May 9 of this year, Mrs. Cobb died. Since Mrs. Cobb’s death, he had been cared for in the home by his foster-son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cobb.
Surviving him are his brother, Jared A. Cobb of North Oak street; his three foster-children, Mrs. Jennie Bishel of Sheffield, and Harry Cobb and Lyle Cobb of Clear Lake.

Sons of veterans acted as pallbearers. They were E. W. Winnie, John Scherf, Solomon Ott, T. E. Sondrol, T. L. King and Will Rich.”

(Mason City Globe Gazette, Sept. 14, 1929, pg 4)