Nicholas Hamner Cobbs paper

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0323

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Scope and Contents note

This collection consists of a document describing the provisions of Grandfather McClung's will, including the direct and contingency provisions to the Missionary Society and the Bishops Cobbs and Brownell for use in their dioceses.

Dates

Creation: circa 1850

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Biographical/Historical note

Nicholas Hamner Cobbs was born in Bedford County, Virginia on 5 February 1796. He was raised a Presbyterian but was subsequently confirmed as an Episcopalian and was ordained as a deacon on the same day. He served several parishes in Virginia. In 1843, he was called to the rectorship of St. Paul’s church in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1844 he was elected bishop of Alabama, the first to preside over that diocese. Although a slave owner himself, he opposed Alabama’s secession from the Union and ordered Alabama clergy to omit prayers for the Confederate Congress and President from services. Cobbs died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama on 11 January 1861, the same day Alabama seceded from the Union on the eve of the Civil War.

Extent

0.016 Linear Feet (1 item, 1 piece)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Document describing the provisions of Grandfather McClung's will, including the direct and contingency provisions to the Missionary Society and the Bishops Cobbs and Brownell for use in their diocese.

Provenance

unknown

General

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