Ancestry of
Ty Cobb

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player

Caleb Chitwood

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• • Grandfather of Ty Cobb — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Stephen Griffith 
  • Mother:
  • Phebe Chitwood   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 May 1832 
  • Birth Location:
  • Georgia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Nov 1893 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Baldwin, Banks, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sisley C. Mize
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Sep 1870 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Franklin County, Georgia 
  • Child:

  Amanda Chitwood (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Caleb Chitwood was the illegitimate son of Stephen Griffith and Phebe Chitwood. He is one of two illegitimate sons mentioned in Stephen Griffith's will.

• Sources for Caleb Chitwood

  • ¹ Mise, Joel Sanford, et. al., Mize Genealogy in America, Athens, Georgia: Jessie Julia Mize (1984), 351.
  • ² 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).