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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3253vention, and is senior warden of Calvary Church at Americus. EC is amember of the Patriotic Sons of America, and is also a Mason.In 1862 he married Miss Lucy Pope Barrow, a native of Oglcthorpe Countyand a daughter of David C. and Sarah (Pope) Barrow. Mrs. Cobh diedat Athens in 1880. The was an active member of the Methodist Churchand a woman of the highest culture, and prominently connected in familyrelationship. Of her six children the two now living "are: Miss Sarah PopeCobb, principal oif the Furlcw School at Amerieus; and Lucy Middieton,who in 1911 married Xathanial B. Stewart, who for a nuraber'of years liasbeen connected with the United States consular service.In 1881 Judge Cobb married Miss Martha Laraar Bivius, who was born inHouston Comity, Georgia, daughter of George Ward and Elizabeth Caldwell(Calhoun) Bivius. Mrs. Cobb is closely related to the family of the greatSouth Carolina statesman, John C. Calhoun. By this marriage, there werealso six children, and the three living are: George Calhoun Cobb, who hasmade for himself a name as an artist in New York City;_ Elizabeth Craig Cobb,proprietor of the Cobb School of Music, at Americus; and Martha. LamarBivins Cobb, teacher of primary and domestic science in the Girls Home Schoolat Amerieus.Judge Cobb has taken an active interest in national and state politics, buthis main ambition has been in promoting the, agricultural and educationalinterests of the state in which he has rendered prominent and valuable services.He is of cheerful disposition and always brings happiness and pleasure to allwith whom he, is associated. Now in his seventy-ninth year, he is noted for hisvitality and the efficient service he renders in everything with which he isconnected, having just completed a ten days service at the Georgia State Fair,which was held under the auspices of the Georgia State Agricultural Societyof which he is the president and which was considered the finest and mostsuccessful agricultural fair ever held in Georgia.It can be truthfully said of him in his long and varied life, he has hadprosperity and adversity. the changes of fortune have never changed hisgenial, happy disposition. The needy have never been turned from his doors;he never bears malice against those who have tried to do him an injury, andhe has never deserted a friend. He is firm and decided in his opinions andexpresses them boldly, particularly as to the respect for and enforcement oflaw.JOSEPH ANDREW LIDDELL, M. D. One of the oldest practitioners in medicine and surgery in Polk County is Dr. Joseph A. Liddell, whose professionalcareer covers nearly forty years. His father before him was a distinguishedmember of the same profession and a number of uncles and other relativeswere identified with this high and noble calling. Doctor Liddell has his homeat Cedartown, and for a number of years has combined with his professionthe management of a large and profitable slock farm.Joseph Andrew Liddell was born in Polk County, Georgia, January 1,1855, a son of Dr. Moses Franklin and Lucy (Harris) Liddell. His motherwas a daughter of William Tyler and Martha Parson Harris. Moses F.Liddell was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and was one of five sons, allof whom were graduates in medicine and followed their profession in theirnative state. Moses F. Liddell was born in 1818 and died in 1889 in Cedartown,where for over forty years he had practiced medicine. His practiceas a physician was interrupted by the outbreak of the war between the States,and he became a surgeon in Cobb's Legion and later commanded a companyas captain, serving in -the campaign from Deeatur to Atlanta. He had begunhis professional career in Deeatur, but it was in the community in and aboutCedartown that he remained for more than four decades and permanentlyestablished his name in the kindly affection and memory of local citizens.