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Seymour "Semer" Cobb was born 1770 in Colleton County, South Carolina, and died 20 May 1857 in Warren Co., Indiana.He married Esther Lewis on 1794 in Colleton Co., South Carolina, daughter of Lewis.
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Semer originated in Colleton County, South Carolina about 50 miles northeast of Savannah, Georgia.He came to Bedford in the early 1800's.Bedford where he lived is actually called Springville, Indiana at the present time.There is also a Russell Cobb who is buried with Semer and Esther Cobb in the cemetery with them.Semer was born in 1770 and died in 1857.His wife, Esther, was born in 1779 and died in 1847.Semer then left the care of his farm in the care of his son Thomas and moved westward to Warren County, Indiana where he purchases another farm.He lived there the rest of his life.Tom(?) said, "Semer seems to have been an adventuresome person to have left his home in South Carolina in order to establish a homestead in Indiana at a time when Indiana was still a wild frontier.And then he shows more tenacity when he did it all over again, moving from Bedford to resettle in Warren County.The Cobbs seem to have a flair for being unorthodox.Perhaps this tendency runs in our blood.We may have inherited it from Semer."
More About Seymour "Semer" Cobb:
Fact 1: There was a Russell Cobb buried next to Semer.
Fact 2: and Ester (per Tom Cobb)..
Fact 3: In 1833 Seymour was paid quite a sum for.
Fact 4: furnishing Elizabeth BNell, a pauper, with.
Fact 5: clothing and a comfortable home..
More About Seymour "Semer" Cobb and Esther Lewis:
Marriage: 1794, Colleton Co., South Carolina.
Children of Seymour "Semer" Cobb and Esther Lewis are:
  1. Mary Cobb, b. 17 Jan 1808, d. 24 May 1846, Warren Co., Indiana.
  2. +Caleb Cobb, b. 18 May 1801, South Carolina or North Carolina, d. Jan 1854, Cole Co., Missouri?.
  3. +Dixon Cobb, b. 29 May 1798, South Carolina, d. Bet. 1875 - 1880, Lawrence Co., Indiana.
  4. +Ira Cobb, b. 14 Jul 1810, Ohio, d. 15 Dec 1846, Warren Co., Indiana.
  5. +Martha Cobb, b. 12 Apr 1813, Greene or Warren Co., Ohio, d. 18 Feb 1888, Greene Co., Indiana.
  6. Sarah Cobb, b. 09 Jun 1803, Dorchester Co., South Carolina, d. 18 Sep 1874, Warren Co., Indiana.
  7. +Thomas Cobb, b. 31 Jul 1795, South Carolina or North Carolina, d. 05 Aug 1875, Lawrence Co., Indiana.
  8. +William Cobb, b. 24 Jun 1805, South Carolina, d. 07 Apr 1895, Warren Co., Indiana.
  9. +John Cobb, b. 1799, South Carolina425, 426, 427, 428, d. Bet. 1860 - 1870, Indian Creek Twp., Lawrence Co., Indiana.