Family History, Cobb Chart 0406 Edward Arthur Brand Cobb and Louise Elizabeth Holt

1871 West Lulworth, Dorset
1880 Nodaway Township, Andrew County, Missouri, USA.
Living with them was sister Mary and her husband Walter CLARK
Also at same address was Charles NOBAN?/URBAN?/MABAN? (23) born Missouri, USA, father
and mother born in Germany
1900 Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
(Indexed as CALEB, looks like CABLE on census)
1910 Ross Twp, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 425 Part: 1 Page: 103A
???? Bedford, Iowa, USA
1920 Bedford Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Indexed as COFF
1930 Ross, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 685; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 300.0.
EDWARD ARTHUR BRAND COBB
Edward Arthur Brand COBB was born on the 28th August 1863 in Coombe Keynes, Dorset and baptised on the 25th October of that year in the Church of the Holy Rood in the same village. He was presumably given the names Arthur and Edward as these were the names of the brothers of his parents, Arthur for his father’s brother, and Edward for his mother’s brother. He came to be known as “Ed” or “Eddie”.
In later years Edward remembered the family moving to Lulworth, and how homesick he was for his former home, but he also remembers enjoying a very happy childhood in Lulworth. “He apparently was an adventuresome and not-too-disciplined boy; he loved to run over, climb and slide down the steep chalk cliffs and slippery downs, gather mushrooms” and “enjoy the daffodils and primroses that bloomed profusely in the wild. The old pirates’ caves offered further opportunity for exploration”. He spent a lot of time by the sea, swimming and fishing, collecting mussels and crabs. He watched the ships and to make sure he saw a new and many-masted ship in port he once stowed away on a boat to and from Plymouth. He sat with the fishermen who were repairing their nets and if he helped them pull in their catch he would sometimes be rewarded with fish to take home. At other times there were the excursion boats leaving to go to France to see.
Edward could remember the journey to America and the disappointment at finding that his father was not at the station to meet them. However, he also remembered how overjoyed he was when Amos was seen, on his horse, coming towards them through the snow. Next day Edward was sent to the nearest town, three and a half miles away to collect some medicine. He wore short trousers and his socks ended below his knee, so his knees were bare, and there was still snow on the ground. It took him nearly the entire day because besides the problems caused by the snow, he met many boys who laughed at his appearance and English accent and so had to do “himself and his country proud”!
He began his working life helping his father but later moved to Maryville, Missouri where he worked for the railroad and helped construct railroad bridges, enjoying such activities as they were in the open air.
He was light-complexioned and grew up to be “small (for a man)”. His mother had endeavoured to bring him up as a little gentleman, and it was his father who taught him to fight enabling Edward to boast “I could lick them who was twice as big”. He could be helpful, as he used to take his father his lunch packed in a basket to keep it warm. He was also very serious, industrious and ambitious, and although his formal education was very meagre he became very interested in subjects such as “history, geography, the land, animals and nature generally”. He also developed a very good head for business. “Added to his passion for hard work was his firm belief in integrity. He considered his word his bond. He was conservative and frugal. He was proud of being an American, took keen interest in its policies and politics, was a voting Democrat until his death, but he never forgot the country of his birth.” He had an extra-ordinary sense of humour and despite ill-health he always endeavoured to “keep going” although he had periods of depression when he was quick to lose his temper.
Edward was unwell during his twenties when he was considered to have Consumption. He went to live in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming where he worked for a Mr HOLT on a cattle ranch. He bought his own small herd which he began rearing on land he had purchased in Colorado, at the same time continuing a correspondence with Louisa Elizabeth HOLT, the oldest daughter of the COBB neighbour in Savannah, Missouri. After their marriage, Edward sold his possessions in Colorado and he and his bride began their married life near Savannah.
Whilst there they had four children before moving to Bedford, Iowa in 1902 where Edward went into partnership with his brother, William. They were involved in the “coal, wood and ice business on the lakes there” Eventually Edward bought his own land and became a “successful farmer and highly respected member of the community”. He and his wife had their fifth child, Marian, whilst living here. They spent most of the rest of their life until 1938 in Bedford before moving first to Excelsior Springs, Missouri and then to California in 1941.
Edward died on the 10th August 1945, and his wife on the 9th March 1950 in San Fransisco. They are buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland California.
Compiled from information received from Frankling Keith WOOD

1900 Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
(Indexed as CALEB, looks like CABLE on census)
???? Bedford, Iowa, USA
1910 Ross Twp, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 425 Part: 1 Page: 103A
1920 Bedford Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Indexed as COFF
1930 Ross, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 685; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 300.0.
Father - John Jasper HOLT. Mother - Sarah Jane HOLT née LANDERS. Married 5th March 1863

1900 Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
(Indexed as CALEB, looks like CABLE on census)
???? Bedford, Iowa, USA
1910 Ross Twp, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 425 Part: 1 Page: 103A
1920 Ross Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA
A servant was Ruby B GOFORTH (17) born Iowa, USA
1930 David City, Butler County, Nebraska, USA

1900 Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
(Indexed as CALEB, looks like CABLE on census)
1910 Ross Twp, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 425 Part: 1 Page: 103A
???? Bedford, Iowa, USA
1920 Bedford Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Indexed as COFF
1930 Ross Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Living with parents
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about William Francis Cobb
Name: William Francis Cobb
City: Not Stated
County: Taylor
State: Iowa
Birthplace: Missouri;United States of America
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1894
Race: Caucasian (White)
Roll: 1643358
DraftBoard: 0
Age:
Occupation:
Nearest Relative:
Height/Build:
Color of Eyes/Hair:
Information for Ruth Seeger WEINSER
Widow of childhood friend. Now lives in El Paso, Texas near two daughters of her first marriage Kathleen DAUGHERTY and Mary MILLER and their families

1900 Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
(Indexed as CALEB, looks like CABLE on census)
1910 Ross Twp, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 425 Part: 1 Page: 103A
???? Bedford, Iowa, USA
1920 Bedford Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Indexed as COFF
1930 District 22, Palo Alto Township, Santa Clara County, California, USA

1900 Rochester Township, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
(Indexed as CALEB, looks like CABLE on census)
1910 Ross Twp, Taylor, Iowa, USA
Roll: 425 Part: 1 Page: 103A
???? Bedford, Iowa, USA
1920 Bedford Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Indexed as COFF
1930 Not found
Marriage Information
There was a marriage in Nodaway, Missouri, USA
Ist May 1942
Between Amos COBB of Oakland, California age 42 (so born about 1900)
And Maude E MORGAN of Des Moines, Iowa age 41
Licence No. 139
Does the marriage belong to this Amos COBB?

???? Bedford, Iowa, USA
1920 Bedford Township, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Indexed as COFF
1930 San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Boarding, together with:
M B Lashbrock (52), Louise Hartman (28), Margaret J Goodwin (22), Althea Feliz (19),
Helen Fonda (36), Frances Gill (48), Nannie Taylor (18). Eva Hoke (27), William Smart (68),
Edith McLellan (32), Lorna Anderson (33), Emma Strewbun (31), Jessie Lasker (23), Hattie
M Cowell (62), Frances C Erdman (21), Helen Fitzpatrick (19), Elsie Long (41), Emma Cox
(55), H A Hazan (21), Letta Darland (36), Kathlyn Mason (37), Helen A Smith (28), Louisa
Johnson (37), Ethel Jackson (63), Helen B Reeves (32), Ellen Hopkins (42), Caroline
Lathom (32), Isabel Collins (23), Katherine Hendricks (24), Agnes Doyle (28), Laura Shryer
(25), Virginia Morshouse (19), Stella Leah (28), Ethel Kallenborn (22), Martha H Hall (21),
Virginia Anderson (22), Florence Anderson (23), Hazel Duffes (24), Bertha Ludders (26),
Florence Leonard (27), Isabel Wilson (23), Evelyn Sampson (21), Edna George (19), Lucy
Hale (32), Betty Tilton (19), Miriam Lubin (17), Grace Tarleton (23), Vera McDonald (20),
Ethel Mc Cormack (29), Jessie E Grant (18), Joyce Smith (19), Marion Haight (35), Florence
Guill (30), Katherine Doty (22), Mabel Punsome (29), Carmen Kopsten (27), Blanche
Chittick (34), Florence Atkins (46) Dorothy Handel (29), Shirley Reid (22), Sally Wetzel (29),
Charlotte Nash (27), Matha Pendeny (30), Elizabeth Rogers (63), Esther Darlington (29)
1998 Burlingame, California, USA

This is a Chart for Edward Arthur Brand Cobb and Louise Elizabeth Holt