Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Devereaux Cobbs

Full Name: Thomas Devereaux Cobbs
Birth date: November 19, 1851
Death date: September 19, 1934

(1) Cobbs resigned 6/7/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 1700-1701. Court of Civil Appeals, spouse Carrie Quinney. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Volume I, pp. 340-342. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Illustrated 1907.
Thomas D. Cobbs, born 11/19/1851 in Choctaw County, Alabama, died 9/19/1934, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Antonio. Includes portrait. Find a Grave .
Obituary and photo, "Judge T.D. Cobbs Succumbs Here," 9/20/1934, p. 18. Associate justice of Fourth Court of civil Appeals, represented Bexar County in Legislature from 1902-1908. San Antonio Express .
Appointed to the Bailey Investigation Committee by the Speaker of the House. The committee operated during January and February of 1907 and was authorized to take testimony, subpoena witnesses, and probe charges against U. S. Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey. Texas State Library and Archives Commission .
Biographical sketch and portrait, Thomas D. Cobbs, pp. 298-303. Born in Choctaw County, Alabama, served in the Texas State Militia with a rank of Captain, lawyer and member of the Texas Legislature, married Carrie Quinney at Navasota. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive 1918.