Cobham Saga and the Cobham Park Estate Trial
The narrative traces Lord Cobham of Liverpool and his heirs, the Cobham family feud, and the Stoney Lonesome litigation in Pennsylvania. It follows debt, exile, emigration from Paris to New York, Civil War service, and a disputed will that split Cobham Park among daughters and Henry Cobham, leading to mineral wealth and a series of lawsuits culminating in ejectment actions and a contested orphan’s court sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cobham
Paris
America
Henry Cobham
Havre
Cape Beble
New York
Andrew Jackson
Alleghenies
Lord Cobham
Jamestown
N. Y
Hudson
Buffalo
Erie Canal
Henry
Liverpool
George Cobham
George Ashworth Cobham
Fearnes Hall
Dunstead
Cobham Park
George
Warren
Lee
Pennsylvania
Maryland
House of Cobham
Gobham
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Peach Tree Creek
Hardihood
Stoney Lonesome
Elizabeth
Georgiana
Alice
Blanche Lawson
Elizabeth Cobham
Orphans’ Court
Daughers
Annals of
Elizabeth Cobham Sager
Cobham Sager
Elizabeth Sager
Supreme Court
Alice Cobham Mead
Mead
Orphan’s Court
National Committee
Royal
Copeland
M.D
United
Mia
Katharine A. Fisher
Good Housekeeping Triitute
Oscar Techicky
Oscar
Waldorf-Actoria
New York City
Stoney Lonesome Saga of Cobham Estate and Court Battles
An elderly court tale follows Henry Cobham’s Stoney Lonesome estate near Glade, the Salvation Army trust, and an ejectment suit by Mrs Blanche Lawson. Fred Cobham’s long hidden testimony emerges in 1925, influencing outcomes up to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The piece reflects on a stark, timeless landscape where Cobham’s memory and the two carved rocks endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bioney Lonesome
Henry Cobham
Glade
Stoney Lonesome
Salvation Army
New York City
House of Cobham
Stoney jLonesome
Blanche
Lawson
Elizabeth Cobham Sager
Fred P. Cobham
George Cobham
Fred Cobham
Lord Cobham
Heck
Potter County
Rossiter
Erie County
Salvation Army I
Supreme Court
W S. Clark
Alexander & Clark, Warren
Salvation Army Ln
United States Supreme Court
Colorados
Ann Cobham
Wiley Reunion Elects Youngsville Leader and Local Notices
At Union City the Dennis Wiley reunion named F A Gilbert of Youngsville president with Reed Willey as vice president and Elinor Dennis and Charles Willey as secretary and treasurer respectively. Next reunion is set for August 1929 at Mark Willey’s Lyona home. The issue includes a surprise birthday gathering for Mrs. Oscar Johnson with relatives from Erie Ridgway Johnsonburg and New York City. Also reported are Youngsville Free Methodist attendance at Pleasantville Camp meeting under Evangelists A L Whitcomb and D N Miner, with many local members joining. Additional items note local M E Ladies Aid, a radiator works accident injuring Fremont Loomis, and local travel, beauty shop coverage, and church services impacted by the camp meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
A. Gilbert
Dennis Willey
Union City
Bede Willey
Erie
Corry
Jamestown
Rome
Lyona
Raule Quartette
F. A. Gilbert
Reed Willey
Elinor Dennis
Charles Willey
Waterford
Mark Willey
Elmer Willey
Oil City
Oscar Johnson
New York City
Florence Black
John
S. T. Davison
Perry Mead
Eric
C. S. Mead
R. E. Abraham
Haze Tie Moore
Clarion
M. E. Ladies Aid
Freemont Loomis of
Lottsville
Loomis
Helen Crghaes
Yorngenitte
Free Methodist
Pleasantville
Clayton Wesley
Pennsylvania
Mariam Schall
Wesley
Bottle hurler fractures police chief's skull in bath pivot
In Wilkes Barre on August 7 Captain John T. Ruth lake township chief of police was left in critical condition after a bottle felled him during an effort to break up rowdy bathers. Two alleged attackers William Whalen and Joseph Kelly are held without bail. A separate Aug 6 report from Altoona notes Lamar Auman a 33 year old farmer died after being struck and dragged under a freight train near South Forge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes Barre
John T. Ruth
Lake Township
Ruth
William Whalen
Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Kelly
Pittston
Altoona
U. P
Lamar Auman
Score Forge
Williamsburg
Here
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Sepucher
Sir Bohn
John Wycliffe
Bloody Smithfield
Lord Henry Cobham
Alice Cobham
St. Anne St
Parisi
Basil Hall
United States
Bie
Celoron Park
American Legion
Warren Vs
Wiley Reunion
State of
Reed and Fibre
Pennsylvania Avenue West
Warren, Penna
Fred Goll
B. Kleine
Sale
Father
Jiggs
Tiffany
S&t
Maggie
Tribune
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