Susan M. (Underwood) Cobb (abt. 1806 - abt. 1872)

Born about 1806 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ambrose Cobb — married 14 Mar 1824 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 1872 at about age 66 in Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Charles JONES married Elizabeth Cobb, the daughter of Ambrose Cobb and Susan Underwood, August 26, 1842, Rutherford County, Tennessee. They were on the 1850 census of Rutherford with children Henry age 3 and Susan age 7/12. Reuben Underwood, age 76, from North Carolina is also in their household.

Susan M Underwood (daughter of Reuben Underwood and Elizabeth Clubb) was b. abt 1806 in NC. She married Ambrosia Cobb the 14th of March 1824 in Lincoln Co, NC - per her Mother's pension she filed during Civil War on son Ephraim's service - Ambrose Cobb was born in Lincoln Co, NC abt 1797 - his parents were William Cobb and Mary Polly Abernathy.Ambrose and Susan stayed in NC for several years and then moved to Rutherford Co, TN and had the following children:

1. Elizabeth Cobb 1825–1912 m. Charles Jones
2. Jacob Sidney Cobb 1830–1900 m. Rebecca Jane Alba
3. Robert Winchester Cobb 1833–1896 m. Sarah G Arnold
4. George L. Cobb 1835–1910 m. Susan Clemens
5. Mary J. Cobb 1837–1890 m. Henry Miller
6. James Nathaniel Cobb 1839–1912 m.1 Mary King. 2. Polina Willingham
7. Sarah Cobb 1842–1870 m. Nathan Beckwith
8. Sophia Minerva Cobb 1843–1927 m. Oscar Crane
9. Ephraim C. Cobb 1845–1864 never married - died Andersonville.
10. John W. Cobb 1849–1908 m. Hester Francis Luster
11. Martha Ellen "Mattie" Cobb 1855–1935 m. William A Reed

Several of their married children (Elizabeth Cobb Jones, Robert Winchester Cobb, moved to Lee County, Iowa along with Ambrosia, Susan, and their minor children, James, Sarah, Sophia, Ephraim, John W Cobb. Martha Ellen "Mattie" Cobb was born Mar 1855 in Lee County, Iowa.

James Nathaniel met and married Mary King in Putnam, Missouri in May 1858. They too, moved to Iowa (Mary's family included - 1860 census has all families there). After Ambrose passed away in 1863, his widow Susan and the children that followed them to Iowa (except James) joined other family that were in Saline Co, Missouri.

Susan, was given an $8 per month pension beginning on 16 July 1868, the pension based on her son Ephraim's service during the Civil War and on the fact that Susan was "almost totally dependent on son before and after his enlistment, She has no property of any considerable value."^[1]

After Susan died, the remaining children and their families settled in Bates Co, Missouri.

Sources

1. ↑ "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/24/civil-war-widows-pensions: accessed March 2, 2022)

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD1-G37 : 23 December 2020), Susan M Cobb in household of Ambrosia Cobb, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158896814/susan-m-cobb (No photo)