James Ware Cobbs Obituary, 2017

James Ware Cobbs April 26, 1922-May 19, 2017James Ware Cobbs, 95, died peacefully at his home in Greenwich, CT, on Friday, May 19, 2017. Mr. Cobbs was born on April 26, 1922, in Washington DC. He graduated from Woodberry Forest … Continue reading

Perlee W. Scott (1860 – )

“PERLEE W. SCOTT (seventieth district), born at Kirksville, Iowa, 1860. Father was Irish and mother Pennsylvania Dutch. Attended Garden Grove Academy (Iowa) and Parsons College (Iowa). Worked on farm when a boy and young man. Taught school, and studied law. … Continue reading

William Harding Mayes (1861 – 1939)

“MAYES, WILLIAM HARDING (1861-1939).  William Harding Mayes, attorney, newspaper editor, and teacher, son of Robert Chappell and Fredonia Charlotte (Stephens) Mayes, was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, on May 20, 1861.  He attended Paducah District Methodist College Milburn, Kentucky, Norton’s English … Continue reading

Frank B. Churcher (1856 – 1918)

“Frank B. Churcher was one of the prominent and substantial business men of Salida, whose death was a great blow to the city in which he made his home.  He was born January 28, 1856, at Rochester, New York, a … Continue reading