John Cobbe

[1] He was first employed in Auckland by Smith & Caughey, and then moved to Feilding to run a general store.

In 1941, he became a sheep farmer in the Waihapi Valley north of the Whanganui River.

[citation needed] In the 1931 election, Cobbe was returned unopposed.

[7] In December 1944, age 85, he died at a private hospital in Palmerston North and was buried in Feilding.

[1][8] Three great-great-grandchildren, Jon, Peter and Dann Hume were raised in Feilding where they formed a rock group, Evermore in 1999.