Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph December 28, 1869 The following beautiful lines are occasioned by the death of ANNIE LOUISE COBB, the daughter of JAMES B. and HELEN M. COBB, of this town, who died at the resi- dence of her parents, on the 7th day of November, A. D. 1869, with that terrible disease called Diphtheria, aged about fourteen years. The tributes are from her teachers, and adopted Christian mother, who knew all her loveliness, and surely we all feel, who know the character and virtues of the departed, that they are not overdrawn ANNIE LOUISE COBB was enrolled as a member of the Intermediate Depart- ment of the Kalamazoo Public Schools, in the month of April, A. D. 1867. From the above date to the time of her last sickness her seat in the school-room was regularly and punctually filled. It rarely happens that pupils in from abroad more than equal the average of their class. Yet ANNIE immediately proved herself second to no one of her classmates. Both in scholarship and deportment her record was perfect.In looking over the record of about two hundred scholars that have been seated in the same room since her connection with it, there are not found more than half a dozen opposite whose names are found markings equal to hers. She never consented to come to recitation with an imperfectly learned lesson, neither was she satisfied with simply learning a lesson by note with, out knowing all the whys and wherefores. Her unusual gift of communicating her knowledge rendered her conspicuous. Visitors could not listen to the recitation of her class without having their attention arrested by her more than ordinarily clear understanding and lucid presenta- tion of the subject under consideration. Few pupils in any department of the schools gave equal promise of high scholarly attainments and extraordinary intellectual developments. She could not have been unconscious of the high standing as a scholar she had established in her class; and yet so modest was her deportment that no envious feelings were awakened in the bosom of any of her classmates. All rejoiced in her success, and she in turn, equally sympathized with her asso- ciates. Hers was a singularly unselfish nature. The whole impulses of her warm heart were so unmistakably proclaimed in the sweet expression of her lovely face, that all, teachers and classmates, loved and trusted her. She loved everybody and was a favorite with all. During the whole future history of her class, ANNIE'S absence will be felt, and her memory will go with its members individually, through their lives. Thus, though absent she will ever be with them, through the influence of her beautiful life, inviting them to the same Christian path that her feet were won't to tread. All the memories that linger around her are pleasant. ===============================================================================