Individual Details
Charles Ephraim COBLE
(13 Jan 1825 - 16 Mar 1862)
Ephraim was the favorite grandchild of his grandfather, David Coble, I, and thereby his grandfather willed him his homeplace and plantation containing over three hundred acres of land and many slaves. Ephraim was a successful and prosperous planter and a pioneer school teacher.
He taught all the schools for several miles around the St. Martin's Church Community. He would organize a school in a neighborhood, drive to that neighborhood in his buggy, secure board and lodging in a home in the neighborhood, and teach school for six or eight weeks, then move on to another neighborhood for another school. He took his daughter, Elizabeth, with him and she attended all of these schools, and thereby she received a better education that the other children of the community.
Ephraim was a prominent member of St. Martin's Lutheran Church. He was superintendent of the Sunday School and took an active part in all phases of church work. He required his slaves to attend church services, and they sat in the balcony of the church.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War., While in training in Salisbury, N. C., he contracted measles, and went home on sick leave. While he was at home recuperating, someone came in and told him that his slaves were misbehaving. He got up from bed, went outdoors and quieted them, and suffered a relapse from which he died Mar. 16, 1862.
He taught all the schools for several miles around the St. Martin's Church Community. He would organize a school in a neighborhood, drive to that neighborhood in his buggy, secure board and lodging in a home in the neighborhood, and teach school for six or eight weeks, then move on to another neighborhood for another school. He took his daughter, Elizabeth, with him and she attended all of these schools, and thereby she received a better education that the other children of the community.
Ephraim was a prominent member of St. Martin's Lutheran Church. He was superintendent of the Sunday School and took an active part in all phases of church work. He required his slaves to attend church services, and they sat in the balcony of the church.
He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War., While in training in Salisbury, N. C., he contracted measles, and went home on sick leave. While he was at home recuperating, someone came in and told him that his slaves were misbehaving. He got up from bed, went outdoors and quieted them, and suffered a relapse from which he died Mar. 16, 1862.
Events
| Birth | 13 Jan 1825 | Montgomery County, NC | |||
| Marriage | Jan 1850 | Stanly County, NC - Mary Ann Catherine EFIRD | |||
| Death | 16 Mar 1862 | ||||
| Burial | Saint Martin Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann Catherine EFIRD (1829 - 1858) |
| Child | Daniel COBLE (1850 - 1854) |
| Child | Elizabeth Lavinia COBLE (1853 - 1925) |
| Child | Titus Augustus COBLE (1855 - 1922) |