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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cobb , Joseph Beckham 1819 -1858 (search)
Cobb, Joseph Beckham 1819-1858
Author; born in Oglethorpe county, Ga., April 11, 1819; educated at Franklin College, Ga., settled in Noxubee county, Miss., in 1838.
His publications include The Creole, or the siege of New Orleans (a novel ); Mississippi scenes, or sketches of Southern and Western life and adventure, etc. He died in Columbus, Ga., Sept. 15, 1858.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Slavery. (search)
Tom,
Popularly known as blind Tom, musician; born blind, and of negro slave parents, near Columbus, Ga., May 25, 1849.
During infancy he gave no sign of intelligence excepting when he heard a sound; was afterwards precocious in learning words, but while he could repeat whole conversations that he had heard, words had no meaning to him, and he made known his wants by inarticulate sounds.
His performances on the piano were wonderful and he could reproduce from memory over 5,000 compositions, including the most difficult selections from Beethoven, Chopin, Thalberg, Bach, and Gottschalk.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilson , James Harrison (search)