Orange

COBB, Nathan Bryant

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 75-76 
(portrait p 76)

Nathan Bryant COBB, of Strafford [Vermont], was born 14 October 1827 at 
Strafford [Orange County, Vermont], son of Daniel and Marinda (BRYANT) COBB, 
and is descended from old Puritan stock. His maternal great grandmother and 
grandfather were among the minute men who fired on the green at 
Lexington, opposing the forces of British tyranny, and his paternal 
grandfather, Nathan COBB, was also a soldier of the Revolution. Daniel COBB, 
his father, struggling under adverse circumstances, acquired a good education 
and became a successful lawyer at Strafford. Senator J. S. MORRILL says 
concerning him, "Judge COBB for nearly a half a century was the chief legal 
counsel in town, an earnest advocate and safe adviser." Though a cripple he 
saw service at the battle of Plattsburg [Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New 
York].

Mr. Nathan B. COBB, though an invalid much of his life, has done good service 
in many of the town offices, has been an extensive reader, and is considered 
an experienced, trustworthy and well-informed man. He was educated in the 
common schools of Strafford, and entered Norwich University, but an illness 
which proved nearly fatal prevented the completion of his collegiate career. 
Republican; was elected town clerk in March 1863, and has filled that office 
ever since. Has been justice of the peace twenty-seven years; for nine years 
superintendent of schools; elected town representative in 1870 and 1880, and 
assistant judge of Orange County court in 1874.

On 01 November 1861 he [Nathan Bryant COBB] married Emily C., daughter of 
Hyde and Mary (WIGGIN) CABOT, of Chelsea [Orange County, Vermont], who died 
14 April 1872. On 19 December 1873 he [Nathan Bryant COBB] married Mary 
Jennie, daughter of Eleazer and Mary (CABOT) GARDNER, of Thetford [Orange 
County, Vermont], by whom he had one child, Gardner N. His second wife [Mary 
Jennie COBB] died 17 March 1879.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly