Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
August 2, 1928

James Hughart Nixon Cobb
14 Dec 1858 - 31 Jul 1928

Burial Old Sapulpa Cemetery

COBB FUNERAL SET ON FRIDAY
        Pioneer Republican Leader
        Dies at His Home ln Sapulpa

SAPULPA. Aug. 2.—Funeral service for J. H. N. Cobb, 70 year old attorney. who was minister and republican leader, will be held Friday afternoon., it was announced here Thursday. Cobb died of heart disease last Tuesday night.

He was born at McDowell. Va., in 18588, the descendant of a family which came to America in 1613, He went to Nebraska when 31 years old and was ordained a minister at Lincoln. He had his first charge at Thayer, Neb.

Cobb went to Tulsa in 1903, where he served as pastor of the First Methodist church for a year and a half, in 1904, he became pastor of the First Methodist church of this city.

He was one of the thirteen republicans elected to the Oklahoma constitutional convention in 1907, another was largely Instrumental In having Sapulpa designated seat of Creek county.

His varied activities included directing the work of the anti-saloon league in Oklahoma; serving as Indian agent for Tulsa and Creek counties; being admitted to the bar and practicing law; serving as secretary…