The Right Reverend Nicholas Hamner Cobbs D.D., S.T.D. | |
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Bishop of Alabama | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Alabama |
Elected | May 1844 |
In office | 1844–1861 |
Successor | Richard Hooker Wilmer |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 23, 1825 by Richard Channing Moore |
Consecration | October 20, 1844 by Philander Chase |
Personal details | |
Born | Bedford County, Virginia, United States | February 5, 1796
Died | January 11, 1861 Montgomery, Alabama, United States | (aged 64)
Buried | Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama |
Denomination | Anglican (prev. Presbyterian) |
Parents | John Lewis Cobbs and Susannah Hamner Cobbs |
Spouse | Lucy Henry Laudonia Cobbs (m. 1821) |
Children | 10 |
Nicholas Hamner Cobbs (February 5, 1796 – January 11, 1861) was a minister and evangelist of the Episcopal church who served as the first bishop of Alabama from 1844 to 1861.[1]