Early Life and Education
John Nathan Cobb was born in Oxford, New Jersey, on 20 February 1868, the son of Samuel Spencer Cobb (1842‒1921), a railroad engineer, and Louise Catherine Richard (1845?‒1918), a native of Belfort, France. He was one of at least twelve children in the family. His vita indicates that he attended "public schools" and discontinued his education at an early age to go to work.
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