Seth Wallace Cobb

Seth Wallace Cobb (December 5, 1838 – May 22, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Seth Wallace Cobb
Seth Wallace Cobb 1896 Congressional portrait
Born	December 5, 1838 Southampton County, Virginia
Died	May 22, 1909 (aged 70)
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery St. Louis, Missouri
Occupation	American politician
Spouse(s)	Zoe Cynthian Desloge
Military career
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1861-1865
Rank	Brevet Major[1]
Unit	Southampton Lee Artillery,[2] 18th Battalion, Virginia Heavy Artillery[3]
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Biography

Born near Petersburg, Virginia, Cobb attended the common schools. He joined a volunteer company from his native county in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War in the Army of Northern Virginia. After the war, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1867 and was employed as a clerk in a grain commission house. By 1870, Cobb opened his own grain business. Active in the local business community, he served as president of the Merchants' Exchange in 1886, and as president of the corporation which built the Merchants' Bridge across the Mississippi River.

Seth Cobb was married to socialite Zoe Cynthian Desloge, daughter of Firmin Rene Desloge. The marriage produced one child, a daughter named Josephine.

Cobb was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896, and he resumed the grain commission business in St. Louis. In 1904, he served as vice president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis.

Cobb died in St. Louis, Missouri, May 22, 1909, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery.[4]

Notes

1. Conard, Howard Louis (1901). Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri. Southern History Company. p. 39.
2. "Obituary". New-York Tribune. May 24, 1909.
3. "Confederate Service Record". National Archives. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
4. "Seth Wallace Cobb". Find A Grave. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

References

• United States Congress. "Seth Wallace Cobb (id: C000550)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.