Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 962
C. ELIJAH COBB

C. Elijah COBB, deceased, was a native of New York and came to Iowa in 1856, He was born in Chautauqua County, in 1830, and was the son of Rloand and Eliza (BUTTS) COBB. His early life was spent in the Empire State and in 1845 his father and mother joined the Mormons at Nauvoo, and accompanied them to Kanesville, now Council Bluffs. He attended school at Gerry, and afterwards at Jamestown, N.Y. Upon arriving at Council Bluffs, a division in the church arose, and this family returned to the East, and went into the lumber business in Pennsylvania, and continued until 1856, and then came to Harrison County, Iowa. The family now owns three hundred and sixty acres in Little Sioux and Jackson Townships. The deceased also established a hardware and lumber business in 1865, at Little Sioux, and in 1885 established a bank. He served the county as a member of the Board of Supervisors, a number of terms.

He was married September 24, 1854, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Alice LYMAN, of New York. By this marriage six children were born, five of whom are still living: Wayne, deceased; Lois, Carrie, Bess, Ruth and Grace.

Politically, our subject voted with the Republican party. He was a member of the Latter Day Saints Church, and belonged to the Masonic Lodge at Little Sioux. He passed from this life October 24, 1885.

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