The Cobbs Family of West Virginia

THE COBBS FAMILY
FROM COUNTY KENT

THE FLIGHT OF
FLEMING COBBS

THE COBBS CEMETERY
OF KANAWHA COUNTY

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The Cobbs Cemetery

The Cobb Cemetery is located just east of the fourth Green (or 5th Tee) of the Kanawha Country Club, on Kanawha Turnpike in the City of South Charleston (Kanawha County), West Virginia. Charles Richard Cobb transcribed the Cobbs tombstones in this cemetery, but the date of this transcription is not known.

1. Fleming COBBS
Erected
To the memory of
Fleming COBBS
Who was born
December 23, 1767
Departed this life
Jan 10th, 1846

2. Sarah MORRIS
Mrs. Sara COBBS
Widow of
Fleming COBBS
Daughter of
Leonard MORRIS
The Deceased
Was born at Donnally’s Fort
Greenbrier Co. VA in 1775
And departed this life
Oct 23, 1856
“She was a pious member of
the Baptist Church, and died in
full hope of meeting kindred
dead in the land of bliss.”

3. Roswell L. COBBS
Roswell COBBS
Died
March 19, 1851

4. Sarah
Sara
Wife of
R. L. COBBS
Born
Mar 28, 1860

5. Leonard COBBS
Leonard COBBS
Born
Oct. 27, 1836
Died
Jan 22, 1836

6. Fleming COBBS, Jr.
Fleming COBBS, Jr.
Born June 5, 1813
Died July 27, 1892
Age 78
Gone but not forgotten

7. Lucy M.
Lucy M.
Wife of
F. COBBS
Died
Oct. 18, 1865
Aged
23 Yrs. 9 Mos. 20 Days

8. George W. COBBS
George W.
Son of
F & LV COBBS
Died
Feb. 22, 1846
Aged
11 Yr. 2 Mo. 14 Days

9. Harrison COBBS
Harrison
Son of
Richard & Caroline
COBBS
Born Mar 7, 1860
Died June 16, 1861

10. Harry M. COBBS
Father
Harry M. COBBS
1872-1935
At Rest

11. Fannie B.
Mother
Fannie B. COBBS
1878-1970
At Rest

12. Edward Marion COBB
Edward Marion
COBB
Born Dec. 10, 1871
Killed
May 3, 1921
From all life’s labors
He rests on high.

13. Harley J. COBB
Harley J. COBB
June 7, 1884
June 5,1947


	The Cobbs and Cobb tombstones are in one area at the northeast corner of the cemetery. This is important since it is the burial place of Fleming Cobbs, a very early settler in the Kanawha River Valley.


	The gravestone for Sarah Morris Cobbs, Fleming’s wife, was inscribed on limestone and is now difficult to read. The last and smallest inscription is a stanza from a hymn written by James Montgomery and John Fawcett entitled “Spirit, leave thine house of clay!” The words are: “Grave the guardian of our dust; Grave the treasury of the skies; Every atom of thy trust; Rests in hope again to rise.”