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Williamson Cobb
Williamson Cobb
Williamson Cobb
(1807-1864) was a
plantation
owner and merchant and represented
Madison County
in the U.S. Congress from 1847 to 1861. He was a devoted
Unionist
and staunchly opposed
secession
in the lead up to the
Civil War
.
Courtesy of the A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University of Alabama Libraries