Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
August 2, 1928COBB FUNERAL SET ON
FRIDAY
Pioneer Republican Leader
Dies at His Home ln Sapulpa
SAPULPA. Aug. 2.—Funeral service for J. H. N. Cobb, 70 year old
attorney. who was minister and republican leader, will be held
Friday afternoon., it was announced here Thursday. Cobb died of
heart disease last Tuesday night.
He was born at McDowell. Va., in 18588,
the descendant of a family which came to America in 1613, He
went to Nebraska when 31 years old and was ordained a minister
at Lincoln. He had his first charge at Thayer, Neb.
Cobb went to Tulsa in 1903, where he
served as pastor of the First Methodist church for a year and a
half, in 1904, he became pastor of the First Methodist church of
this city.
He was one of the thirteen republicans
elected to the Oklahoma constitutional convention in 1907,
another was largely Instrumental In having Sapulpa designated
seat of Creek county.
His varied activities included directing
the work of the anti-saloon league in Oklahoma; serving as
Indian agent for Tulsa and Creek counties; being admitted to the
bar and practicing law; serving as secretary…
... Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2010.
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