Ancestry of
Ty Cobb

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player

John Franklin Cobb

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• • Grandfather of Ty Cobb — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • William Alfred Cobb 
  • Mother:
  • Charlotte Henson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 or 22 APR 1832 
  • Birth Location:
  • North Carolina 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Jun 1911 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Notla Baptist Church Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Ann Elizabeth Waldroup
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  • Children:
  
  

  William Herschel Cobb (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  James David Cobb

  Nora Solasophine Cobb

  • Notes: 

  • John Franklin Cobb's middle name is also seen as Francis.

• Sources for John Franklin 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, NC, Cherokee County, 1880, Notla Township, E.D. 77, p. 16, Image 16 of 25.
  • ³ Federal Census, GA, Union County, 1850, Dist. 85, Image 50 of 170.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/15/2017).
  • ⁵ North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Death certificate for son James D. Cobb.
  • ⁶ North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Death certificate for daughter Nora Solasophine Spencer.
  • ⁷ Lane, Mrs. Julian C., Key and Allied Families, Macon, Georgia: The J. W. Burke Company (1931), 272.