Ethel Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15483, (1877 - 1967)
FatherMaj. Robert H. Cobb1,4,2 (May 1836 - 20 Jul 1914)
MotherSarah Virginia Walker1,5,6 (31 Oct 1844 - 12 Jul 1927)

Key Events:

Birth: 25 Apr 1877, Paducah, Kentucky7,8,9
Death: 8 Nov 1967, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas10,11,12
Burial: 10 Nov 1967, Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas13,14
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont
The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Ethel Cobb was born on 25 Apr 1877 in Paducah, Kentucky.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents, Maj. Robert H. Cobb and Virginia Walker.2
     She moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1884 with her parents.4 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Wichita Falls, Texas in the household of her parents.3
     Ethel moved to Amarillo before 1910 and lived there for a time before returning to Wichita Falls. She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas, in the household of her sister Cornelia and her husband, Albert Sidney Stinnett.15
     She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Wichita Falls, Texas, at 2110 10th St., in the household of her mother, Virginia Walker.6
     She was a dry goods sales lady in 1920, but reported no occupation in 1910 or 1930.16
     She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas, in the household of her brother Percy, living in the home formerly owned by their mother.17 Ethel appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas, in the in the same house with her brother Percy.18
     Ethel moved to Amarillo in 1951 where she lived with her sister Virginia until she died in 1958.19 After that she apparently lived in the Elizabeth Jane Bivins Home for the Aged, where she died.20
     Ethel died on 8 Nov 1967 in Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas, at age 90.10,11,12 She was buried on 10 Nov 1967 in Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas.13,14

Citations

  1. [S3014] Ethel Cobb, Standard Certificate of Death.
  2. [S1668] Robert Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky.
  3. [S948] Robt. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Wichita Co., Texas.
  4. [S3018] "Major Robert Cobb Dies," The Dallas Morning News, 21 Jul 1914.
  5. [S948] Robt. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Wichita Co., Texas, shows Ethel as the daughter of Virginia's husband, and that the parents had been more years than the age of the child.
  6. [S951] Virginia Cobb household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wichita Co., Texas.
  7. [S1668] Robert Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows age 3 and state.
  8. [S3014] Ethel Cobb, Standard Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  9. [S8665] Miss Ethel Cobb obituary, The Amarillo Globe-Times, shows city and state.
  10. [S3014] Ethel Cobb, Standard Certificate of Death, shows date, city, county, and state.
  11. [S8665] Miss Ethel Cobb obituary, The Amarillo Globe-Times, shows died today at the Elizabeth Jane Bivins Home.
  12. [S949] Cobb - Thorburn tombstone, Riverside Cemetery, shows year.
  13. [S3014] Ethel Cobb, Standard Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.
  14. [S949] Cobb - Thorburn tombstone, Riverside Cemetery.
  15. [S3098] Stinnett household, 1910 U.S. Census, Potter Co., Texas.
  16. [S951] Virginia Cobb household, 1920 U.S. Census, Wichita Co., Texas, shows occupation as sales lady, dry goods.
  17. [S3102] Percy Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Wichita Co., Texas.
  18. [S5351] Percy Cobb household, 1940 U.S. Census, Wichita Co., Texas.
  19. [S8665] Miss Ethel Cobb obituary, The Amarillo Globe-Times.
  20. [S8665] Miss Ethel Cobb obituary, The Amarillo Globe-Times, shows died at the Elizabeth Jane Bivins Home.