Capt. Robert Linah Cobb1,2,3,4

ID# 426, (1840 - 1895)
  • Born: 5 Mar 1840 in Cumberland Iron Works, Stewart Co., Tennessee.8,1,3
  • Married: Virginia A. Tuck 3 Jan 1877 in Poplar Blvd., Shelby Co., Tennessee.9,10,11,12
  • Died: 2 Jun 1895 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.11,1,13
  • Buried: 4 Jun 1895 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee.13,14
Robert also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Virginia A. Tuck:

Citations

  1. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. XXXVI. New York: the society, 1897,. [Dec 1896]
  2. "Sudden Death of Dr. Joshua Cobb While Discharging His Duty as a Member of County Court, at the Court House, Yesterday." The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky, 8 Apr 1879.
  3. Tennessee. Stewart Co.. 1850 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication M432-896. Washington: National Archives.
  4. Arkansas. Pulaski Co.. 1880 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication T9-54. Washington: National Archives.
  5. "Death of Dr. Cobb." The Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee, 12 Apr 1879.
  6. "Death of Mrs. Cobb." Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf. Clarksville, Tennessee, 9 Dec 1890.
  7. W. P. Titus, Picturesque Clarksville, Past and Present - A History of the City of Hills. Clarksville, Tennessee: n.pub., 1887: reprint by Ann E. Alley and Ursula S. Beach, 1973.
  8. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government. Micropublication M258-99. Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration.
  9. "Married; Cobb-Tuck." Clarksville Weeklyl Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee, 13 Jan 1877.
  10. Shelby County Register of Deeds. Marriage bond. Robert L. Cobb and Jennie A. Tuck.
  11. "Capt. R. L. Cobb Dead." Daily Tobacco Leaf. Clarksville, Tennessee, 3 Jun 1895.
  12. Virginia Adelaide (Tuck) Cobb, silver serving piece with twelve small spoons. Currently held by Nancy Fenker Reigel, Boone, North Carolina.
  13. Clarksville, Tennessee. Greenwood Cemetery. R. L. Cobb grave marker.
  14. "Springfield, Ohio Directories, 1890-94." Online Ancestry.com.
  15. "Local News." Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf. Clarksville, Tennessee, 4 May 1886.
  16. Robt L. Cobb Jr., Record of Births in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
  17. Dr. Robert Linah Cobb, Certificate of Death, State of Tennessee Department of Public Health.