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Alfred Cobb (1826 - 1888)

Alfred Cobb
Born in Crawford County, Ohiomap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 61 in Golden City, Missourimap
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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Alfred /Cobb/
Given Name: Alfred
Surname: Cobb[2]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 20 May 1826
Place: Crawford County, Ohio[3]

Death

Death:
Date: 22 Jan 1888
Place: Golden City, Missouri[4]

Reference

Reference: C1121B

Event

Event:
Type: Biography
Note: He was one of the youngest children and the youngest son. His brothers called him the baby of the famiy. He married his step-sister, Experience Showers, shortly after her mother, Mary Showers, married Alfred's father, Asa Cobb. About 1855, he and his family moved to Iroquois County, Illinois, along with his brother, Jedediah Cobb, and his family. He and his son, Hartzell, lived with them for several years. His daughter, Eliza Jane lived with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Sally Cobb in Illinois for a few years and then moved back to Ohio with them.
He married a widow with at least two children, Clarence Kirby and Anna Kirby, in 1867. They moved to the southern part of Illinois in the 1870s and lived there until October 1879 when they moved to Joplin, Missouri. They stayed there only a few months and moved to Carthage, Missouri in February 1880. Two years later they moved to Golden City, Missouri.[5][6][7]
Event:
Type: Military Service
Date: 15 Aug 1862
Place: Iroquois County, Illinois
Note: He served seven months in Company I, 113th Infantry and was discharged 7 March 1863.[8]

Census

Census:
Date: 1860
Place: Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Note: He was a farmer with Jedediah, his brother.[9][10]

User ID

User ID: FD9D151A47E24AAC93A9A71BA20B7A495603

Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 15 Apr 2009
Time: 22:18

Prior to import, this record was last changed 22:18 15 Apr 2009.

Marriage

Husband: Alfred Cobb
Wife: @I2184@
Marriage:
Date: 28 Oct 1846
Place: Crawford County, Ohio[11]
Divorce Filed:
Date: Nov 1854
Place: Crawford County, Ohio
Note: The record does not say whether the case was dismissed or the divorce was granted. According to family records she died either in Ohio before Alfred moved to Illinois, or shortly after they arrived in Illinois[12][13]
Divorce Filed:
Date: Nov 1854
Place: Crawford County, Ohio
Note: The record does not say whether the case was dismissed or the divorce was granted. According to family records she died either in Ohio before Alfred moved to Illinois, or shortly after they arrived in Illinois
Data Changed:
Date: 3 Jun 2008
Time: 19:01
Husband: Alfred Cobb
Wife: @I867@
Marriage:
Date: 1867[14]
Census:
Date: 1870
Place: Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Census:
Date: 1870
Place: Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois
Census:
Date: 1880
Place: Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Census:
Date: 1880
Place: Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri[15]
Data Changed:
Date: 3 Jun 2008
Time: 16:35
Husband: Asa Cobb
Wife: Catherine Woods
Marriage:
Date: 1 Nov 1801
Place: Susquehanna County (Formerly Luzerne County), Pennsylvania[16]
Note: #NF916
Child: Dudley Cobb
Child: @I2172@
Child: Henry Cobb
Child: Eliphalet Cobb
Child: Elam Cobb
Child: Sarah Louise (Sally) Cobb
Child: Jedediah Cobb
Child: William Michael Cobb
Child: John Cobb
Child: Cyprian Cobb
Child: Alfred Cobb
Child: Mary Ann Cobb
Data Changed:
Date: 13 Mar 2014
Time: 09:41

Sources

  1. ↑ Cobb-3454 was created by Kay Hessman through the import of gerry.ged on Apr 10, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
  2. ↑ Source: #S1437 Page: M593 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
  3. ↑ Source: #S1437 Page: M593 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
  4. ↑ Source: #S244
  5. ↑ Source: #S736
  6. ↑ Source: #S244
  7. ↑ Source: #S1437 Page: M593 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
  8. ↑ Source: #S1437 Page: M593 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
  9. ↑ Source: #S736
  10. ↑ Source: #S1437 Page: M593 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
  11. ↑ Source: #S584
  12. ↑ Source: #S270
  13. ↑ Source: #S244
  14. ↑ Source: #S244
  15. ↑ Source: #S940
  16. ↑ Source: #S749
  • Source: S1437 Abbreviation: Ancestry.com, 1870 US Census Title: 1870 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images Publication: http://search.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
  • Source: S244 Abbreviation: Asa Cobb Descendants Title: Descendants of Asa Cobb Author: Fred Sherwood Publication: no publisher, Michigan, 1993
  • Source: S736 Abbreviation: Ancestry.com, Census Images Title: Ancestry.com, Census Images, Record Type: Federal Census, Population Schedule, Url: http://search.ancestry.com Repository: #R74
  • Repository: R74 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Ancestry.com CONT 360 W 4800 N CONT Provo, UT 84604 USA Name: Ancestry.com Address 1: 360 W 4800 N City: Provo State: UT Postal Code: 84604 Country: USA Phone Number: 801-705-7000 Phone Number: 801-705-7001 (fax) URL: http://www.ancestry.com




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Douglass-2048 Donna Douglass
Alfred Cobb married his step-sister Experience Showers in Liberty Crawford Co Illinois. They had 2 children one of whom was my ancestor Eliza Jane Cobb 15 Aug 1847

She married Amos D Grogg in 1867--they had 6 children. My ancestor was Charles Walter Grogg 1884-1938 who md Bessie Johnson in 1904. They also had 6 children, the youngest Jean Margaret Grogg 1915-1970 was my mother. Donna Douglass Gig Harbor WA

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