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WILLIAM ALLEN COBB was born in Sac County, December 26, 1875, and the people
of that community have known and respected him as a business man and have
repeatedly given him the responsibilities of the important office of county
treasurer, and it is in his duties presiding over this office in the courthouse
at Sac City that he is found today.
His father, Farnsworth A. Cobb, was born in Vermont and came with his
parents to Jackson County, Iowa, when a boy, where he grew up and learned the trade
of blacksmith. In 1868 he moved to Sac County and was in the blacksmith
business there until his death, at the age of sixty-seven. In the Civil war he
served as a soldier in the Union army, with Company K of the Twenty-fourth
Iowa Infantry. Farnsworth A. Cobb married Sarah Paup, a native of
Pennsylvania. She died in 1928, at the age of seventy-eight. Both parents were members
of the Restitution Church, what is known as the Church of God.
William Allen Cobb grew up in Sac City, had the advantages of the public
schools, and from the time he left school took up business connected with the
building trades and was a general contractor until January 1, 1919, when he
began his tenure of office as county treasurer. He was elected in November,
1918, on the Resubsequent two years. In 1930 his candidacy was unopposed. Mr.
Cobb is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Ancient Order of
United Workmen, and he and his family are Baptists.
He married Miss Clara Boda, a native of Iowa. Their two children are
Rolland D. and Geraldine.
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