WILLIAM H. COBB

COBB, BOYNTON

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Date: 10/29/2010 at 12:54:08

The History of Cedar County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &c.,..., Chicago: Western historical Company, 1878, p577.

COBB, WILLIAM H., merchant, hardware, and house furnishing (late of the firm of Reichert & Cobb); Tipton; born in Springfield, Mass., Feb. 24, 1838; lived there ten years; moved to New Hampshire, and lived also in Maine, his father being engaged in the factory business; came to Illinois and enlisted in the army in Co. E, 126th Regt. Ill. Inf., for two years, and then was stationed at Point Lookout, Md.; was Commissary of prisoners of war--all prisoners in the Federal army being exchanged there; was in the seige of Vicksburg and in many skirmishes; came to Iowa in 1865 and engaged in the dry goods trade until three years ago. Married Miss E.V. Boynton, from Tipton, January, 1868; she was born in Ohio; they have two children--Forrest and Brett.

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