Background
Cobbs, Thomas Harper was born on August 26, 1868 in Lafayette Company, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas T. and Catherine (Harper) Cobbs.
Cobbs, Thomas Harper was born on August 26, 1868 in Lafayette Company, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas T. and Catherine (Harper) Cobbs.
Bachelor of Science, Odessa (Missouri) College, 1889. Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1896, Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1897.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1896, Illinois bar, 1897. With Flower, Smith & Musgraves, Chicago, 1897-1900. Member firm Bishop & Cobbs, Saint Louis, 1901-1918, Cobbs & Logan, 1919-1950, Cobbs, Blake, Armstrong, Teasdale & Roos after 1950.
Director, Bank of Saint Louis, Washington Fire & Marine Insurance Company, General Grocer Company, General Contracto Corporation and Insurance Company of Saint Louis.
Vice president Metropolitan Board Police Commissioners of Saint Louis, 1945-1949. Trustee pension & profit sharing fund, Bank of Saint Louis.
Trustee endowment funds Young Men's Christian Association, Saint Louis. Director Scottish Rite Endowment Foundation, Saint Louis.
Director; vice president, Lindenwood Ferndale College.
Mason (33°, Shriner). Club: Missouri Athletic.
Married Lucie May Jones, August 30, 1898.