...that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love. -Ephesians 3:17
This reunion celebrates the lives of the descendants of the late Phyllis Cobbs Brandon (dob 3/11/1886) and Shepard Brandon (dob 12/25/1874). Very little is known about Shepard’s family. The following information traces Phyllis’s family from the slave era.
Phyllis and Nathan Cobbs were the grandparents of Phyllis Cobbs Brandon. Phyllis and Nathan Cobbs were married during the slave era. Phyllis and Nathan Cobbs were the parents of eight children: Delphia, Frances, Jennie, Will, Jack, Nathan, Issac, and Charles
Phyllis and Nathan Cobbs were the grandparents of Phyllis Cobbs Brandon. Phyllis and Nathan Cobbs were married during the slave era. Phyllis and Nathan Cobbs were the parents of eight children: Delphia, Frances, Jennie, Will, Jack, Nathan, Issac, and Charles
- Delphia Cobbs married Terry Watkins. Children: Floyd, Katie, Dinah, Nettie
- Frances Cobbs married Henry Brandon. Children: Rebecca, Annie, Sonnie, Charles, Ellen, John, Phyllis, Green
- Virginia “Ginny” Cobbs married Bedford Brandon. Children: Rebecca, Jake, Charlie, Katie, Beola, Miller, Sam, Hattie, Novella, Nannie
- Will Cobbs married Nannie ? Children: Alexander, Major, Charles, Isaac, Jack, Roland, Nannie, Lottie, Rebecca, Willis, Mary.
- Jack Cobbs married Virginia “Jenny” Irving. Children: Rebecca, Mae Bell, Cora Phyllis, Nannie, Johnnie, Nathaniel, Will.
- Nathan Cobbs married ?
- Issac married ?
- Charles Cobbs married Mary Emma ? Children: Harrison, Mary Leah, Charles, Bertha, Mary, Nathaniel
Grandma Jenny (mother of Grandma Phyliss)
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Sheppard Brandon and Cora Phyllis Cobbs Brandon
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Cora Phyllis Cobbs (affectionately known as Grandma Phyllis) was united in Holy Matrimony to Sheppard Brandon in 1904.
Of this union, ten (10) children were born.
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