SAPULPA.-Funeral service: (or J. H. N. Cobb, 70 year
old, attorney, who was a minister and republican leader,
will be held be held Friday afternoon.
lt was announced here Thursday. Cobb died of heart.
disease last Tuesday night. He was born at McDowell, Va.
in 1858, the descendent of a family which came to
American in 1613. He went to Nebraska when 31 years old
and was ordained n minister at Lincoln. He had his first
charge at Thayer. Neb.
Cobb went to Tulsa in l903, where he served as pastor
of the First Methodist church for a year and a half. In
1904, he became pastor or 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.
Burial
Old
Sapulpa Cemetery
