Ancestry of
Ty Cobb

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player

William Herschel Cobb

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• • Father of Ty Cobb — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • John Franklin Cobb 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Ann Elizabeth Waldroup   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Feb 1863 
  • Birth Location:
  • North Carolina 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Aug 1905 
  • Death Location:
  • Royston, Franklin, Georgia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, Franklin, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Amanda Chitwood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Feb 1886 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Banks County, Georgia 
  • Child:

  Tyrus Raymond Cobb (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Herschel Cobb was shot and killed by his wife when she mistook him for an intruder. One night he left home by buggy. He later doubled back and climbed through a window into his wife's bedroom. The reason that was given for him doing this was that he suspected his wife of being unfaithful and thought he would catch her in the act.

• Sources for William Herschel Cobb

  • ¹ Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina), 22 NOV 1936, p. 4, “Edwin Gray White Was Pioneer Educator of Western N. C.”.
  • ² Federal Census, GA, Franklin County, 1900, Royston, E.D. 30, Sheet #5B, Image 10 of 12.
  • ³ Federal Census, NC, Cherokee County, 1880, Notla Township, E.D. 77, p. 16, Image 16 of 25.
  • ⁴ Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978, Marriage record for W H H Cobb and Armanda Chitwood.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/13/2017).
  • ⁶ The Sun (New York, New York), 11 AUG 1905, p. 10, “Widow Charged with Murder”.
  • ⁷ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#47 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Baseball Icon Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb", (accessed 07/13/2017).
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Ty Cobb", (accessed 07/13/2017).