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John Alexander Cobb, Jr.^1,2,3

Photo of John A Cobb Jr probably taken shortly before his death in 1931. (Photo courtesy of David Hurt)

Facts and Notes

• Name:⁴
• Birth: 27 August 1912^1,2,3,5
• Residence: 1920; Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama, USABGO; Age: 7; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son^2,4
• Residence: 1930; Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama, USABGO; Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son¹
• Death: 31 August 1931; Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, USABGO; Hundreds of people attended his funeral. Cause of Death: Developed an illness about 19 August and was sent to a hospital in Columbus, Mississippi, where he died on 31 August.^5,3,6,4,7
• Burial: 2 September 1931; Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama, USABG^3,5,4

• Related Pages: Vernon Cemetery List of People

Citations

1. [S447] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=119249086&indiv=try, Year: 1930; Census Place: Vernon, Lamar, Alabama; Roll: 21; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 235.0; FHL microfilm: 2339756, Record for John A Cobb
2. [S667] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=113383673&indiv=try, Year: 1920; Census Place: Vernon, Lamar, Alabama; Roll: T625_26; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 38; Image: 11, Record for John A Cobb
3. [S362] Online database, Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cobb&GSiman=1&GScid=26881&GRid=45334499&, John A Cobb, Jr memorial page, number 45334499, created by M&M, 11 Dec 2009; citing gravestone in Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama, USA. (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cobb&GSiman=1&GScid=26881&GRid=45334499&: accessed 23 March 2017)
4. [S36] Newspaper article, https://www.newspapers.com/image/552001377, The Lamar Democrat (Vernon, Alabama), 2 Sep 1931, "John A. Cobb, Jr. Called by Death"; downloaded from Newspapers.com on 9 Jun 2021.
5. [S403] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=8837065&indiv=try, Record for John A Jr Cobb
6. [S510] Personal correspondence, E-mail message, David Hurt to Robert Reyes, 3 Sep 2020.
7. [S36] Newspaper article, https://www.newspapers.com/image/552001225, The Lamar Democrat (Vernon, Alabama), 19 Aug 1931, "Local Happenings"; downloaded from Newspapers.com on 9 Jun 2021.