SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MATTHEW COBB BORN IN BARNSTABLE JULY 20, 1788 A USEFUL CITIZEN, HE FILLED VARIOUS OFFICES OF TOWN GOVERNMENT, AND SERVED THE COUNTY AS ONE OF ITS COMMIS- SIONERS HE ENGAGED IN MERCANTILE BUSINESS HERE TILL 1836: THEN MOVING TO BOSTON, HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT THERE, FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS DIED IN BARNSTABLE MAY 18, 1863 AND MARY, HIS WIFE BORN SEPT 30, 1787 DIED OCT 4, 1828
