History of Thomaston, (Upson County) Georgia United States of America

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James Edward Cobb, representative, was born in Thomaston, Ga., Oct. 5, 1835; son of William A. and Jane (Macmurphy) Cobb. He was graduated from Emory college, Oxford, Ga., in 1856, was admitted to the bar and removed to Texas in 1857. He entered the Confederate army in 1861 as lieutenant in the 5th Texas regiment, with which command he served in the Army of Northern Virginia till he was made prisoner at the battle of Gettysburg. At the close of the war he located in Tuskegee, Ala., where he was elected circuit judge of the state in 1874, was re-elected in 1880, and again in 1886. He was a Democratic representative from the 5th district of Alabama in the 50th, 51st, 52nd and 53rd congresses. He was given a certificate of election to the 54th congress, but on April 21, 1896, the committee on elections awarded his seat to Albert T. Goodwyn of Robinson Springs, Ala. He died in Las Vegas, N. M., June 3, 1903.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Charles Thomas Goode, soldier, was born in Thomaston, Ga., Oct. 26, 1835; son of Judge Thomas Whitfield and Amanda Virginia (Minor) Goode; grandson of John and Elizabeth (Whitfield) Goode; great-grandson of John and Frances (Hunter Goode) and grand-nephew of Governor James Whitfield of Mississippi. He was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1853, and practised law at Thomaston and Perry, Ga. In 1861 he entered the Confederate army as captain in the Houston volunteers and at the close of the war was colonel of the Tenth Confederate regiment. Three horses were killed beneath him and he received a serious wound at Chickamauga. He practised law in Americus, was a presidential elector in 1869 and a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1872. He was a trustee of the University of Georgia, 1874-75. He died in Americus, Ga., Jan. 15, 1875.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor