Joseph William COBB

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8 February 1881 , Poland, Maine, USA

Died

27 February 1968 , Minot, Maine, USA

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Ivory COBB Harriet VERRILL

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Born: 8 February 1881 in Poland, Maine, USA

Father: Ivory COBB

Mother: Harriet VERRILL

Paternal grandparents: William Elwell COBB , Hannah COBB

Maternal grandparents: William VERRILL , Lydia TRIPP

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Joseph William married Inez Bernice PHILLIPS 4 May 1901 in Kennebunkport, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Inez Bernice PHILLIPS was born 22 April 1883 in Hollis, Maine, USA (Phillipsburg). Inez Bernice died 2 October 1982 in West Paris, Maine, USA. Inez Bernice was the child of Charles Rummary PHILLIPS and Mary Eliza WARE.

Joseph William COBB died 27 February 1968 in Minot, Maine, USA .

NOTE: Joseph William Cobb was the brother of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.

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Inez Bernice PHILLIPS
Marriage date: 4 May 1901
Marriage place: Kennebunkport, Maine, USA
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Inez Bernice PHILLIPS was the child of Charles Rummary PHILLIPS and Mary Eliza WARE

Marriage notes:

Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence

INEZ B PHILLIPS - Bride

JOSEPH W COBB - Groom May 4, 1901 Maine, United States Marriage 0 KENNEBUNK KENNEBUNK ME ME

Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996

name: Cobb

event type: Marriage

event date:

event place: ,,Maine

gender: Male

age:

estimated birth year:

father: Jerrey Cobb

mother: Hattie Verrill

spouse: Phillips

spouse's father: Charles R Phillips

spouse's mother: Mary E Ware

film number: 9915

dgs number: 4543993

image number: 03658

"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 05 Oct 2012), Hattie Verrill in entry for Cobb and Phillips, .

Children of Joseph William COBB and Inez Bernice PHILLIPS

Abbie May COBB

Born: 27 April 1902, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA
Died: 7 March 1996, Paris, Maine, USA

Married: Raymond Lawrence WINSLOW 29 March 1921 Place: Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)

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Birth — 1881
8 February 1881
Poland, Maine, USA

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Kennebunk, York, Maine
name: William J Cobb
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 236 Kennebunk town (all east of B.&M. r.r.), York, Maine, United States
birth date: Feb 1881
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Boarder
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 7
sheet letter: A
family number: 148
reference number: 31
film number: 1240602
digital folder number: 004120202
image number: 00868
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Augustus J Blaisdell M 40 Maine
wife Isabel S Blaisdell F 31 Maine
brother Jeramiah Blaisdell M 36 Maine
boarder William J Cobb M 19 Maine
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Marriage / Partner
Joseph William COBB and Inez Bernice PHILLIPS 4 May 1901, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA

He was 20 years old.

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 Birth of Child
Abbie May COBB was born 27 April 1902, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA

Joseph William was 21 years old.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Minot, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Joseph W Cobb
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Minot, Androscoggin, Maine
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 75
page number: 3
Household Gender Age
Joseph W Cobb M 29y
spouse Inez B Cobb F 26y
child Abbie M Cobb F 7y

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1917 World War I Draft Registration
name: Joseph William Cobb
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Androscoggin County no 2, Maine, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 08 Feb 1881
birthplace: , , United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
film number: 1653899
digital folder number: 005207078
image number: 03043

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZNM-H54 : accessed 03 Dec 2012), Joseph William Cobb, .
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Androscoggin County, Maine
name: Joseph A Cobb
residence: , Androscoggin, Maine
estimated birth year: 1883
age: 37
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820638
digital folder number: 4300993
image number: 00160
sheet number: 6
Household Gender Age
Joseph A Cobb M 37y
spouse Inez B Cobb F 36y
child Abbie M Cobb F 17y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 Marriage of Child
Abbie May COBB married 29 March 1921, Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot) to Raymond Lawrence WINSLOW

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Minot, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Joseph W Cobb
event: CENSUS
event date: 1930
event place: Minot, Androscoggin, Maine
gender: Male
age: 49
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1881
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 43
family number: 32
sheet number and letter: 2A
line number: 17
nara publication: T626, roll 828
film number: 2340563
digital folder number: 4584728
image number: 00304
Household Gender Age
Joseph W Cobb M 49
spouse Inez B Cobb F 46

1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Poland, Androscoggin, Maine
name: J William Cobb
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Poland Town, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
gender: Male
age: 59
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Head
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1881
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 1-73
family number: 87
sheet number and letter: 5A
line number: 13
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1470
digital folder number: 005462014
image number: 00964
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head J William Cobb M 59 Maine
wife Inez B Cobb F 56 Maine
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

Death and Obituary
William's obituary can be found in the Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, Thursday, February 29, 1968. At the time of his death, he left behind his wife; a daughter, Abbie Winslow; a grandchild, and five great-grandchildren.

U.S. Social Security Death Index
first name: Joseph
middle name:
last name: Cobb
name suffix:
birth date: 8 February 1881
social security number: 004-07-9628
place of issuance: Maine
last residence: Minot, Androscoggin, Maine
zip code of last residence: 04258
death date: February 1968
estimated age at death: 87