Joshua Clark Cobb1,2,3

ID# 1679, (1839 - 1895)
Joshua Clark Cobb|b. 7 Jul 1839\nd. 22 Dec 1895|p1679.htm|Robert Livingston Cobb|b. 6 Oct 1805\nd. 1875|p1587.htm|Cornelia Rebecca Mims|b. abt 1816\nd. 29 May 1876|p1780.htm|Gideon D. Cobb|b. 11 Sep 1773\nd. 1 Mar 1834|p1043.htm|Modena C. Clark|b. 4 Oct 1779\nd. 7 Oct 1837|p1042.htm|Linah Mims|b. 14 Nov 1772\nd. bt 1847 - 1850|p475.htm|Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|

Father Robert Livingston Cobb4,5,6 (1805-1875)

Mother Cornelia Rebecca Mims4,5,6 (abt 1816-1876)

Family Background
The Linah Mims - Rebeccah Davis Family
Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     Joshua Clark Cobb was born on 7 Jul 1839 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.7,8,9 He married Manie Saunders, daughter of Reuben Saunders and Adeline S. Roberts, in 1871 in Paducah, Kentucky.10,11 He died on 22 Dec 1895 in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, at age 56.7,12
     As a boy Joshua attended the schools of his native village, Eddyville, Kentucky. Later he took a course in the schools at Lebanon, Tennessee. At the outbreak of the war, he was a student at the College of Georgetown, Kentucky.4
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 1, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, in the household of his parents, Robert Livingston Cobb and Cornelia Rebecca Mims.13,14 He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of his parents.15,16
     Joshua served in the Confederate Army until an injury to his eye incapacitated him.17 He appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, in the household of his parents.18
     His first venture in what became an active business career was with his father in Eddyville, where he engaged in the tobacco trade. From 1867 to 1869 he was the southern traveling agent for the Erie Transportation Company. Later he became interested in an extensive firm at New Orleans. He continued with them, traveling extensively, until the dissolution of the firm, caused by the death in 1873 of a leading member of the firm, Mr. Gunther. Joshua moved to Paducah, Kentucky, in 1868, where he was associated with Buckner and Terrell in the tobacco trade. He continued there until 1878, when he became connected with the immense wharfboat and forwarding business, which later occupied his attention. He was described during his life as "a man of systematic business principles, and the urbanity with which he treats all with whom he comes in contract makes him deservedly popular." He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.4,19,20,21,22
     Joshua appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, in the household of Reuben Saunders, his father-in-law, with his wife, Manie Saunders, and their children, Reubie Fowler Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb and John S. Cobb.23

Children of Joshua Clark Cobb and Manie Saunders

  • Reubie Fowler Cobb24,4,25 b. Jul 1873, d. 10 Oct 1933
  • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb4,17,26 b. 23 Jun 1876, d. 10 Mar 1944
  • John S. Cobb4,17,26 b. Oct 1877
  • Manie S. Cobb17 b. Dec 1884

Citations

  1. [S2314] Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 19, shows name as Joshua Clark Cobb.
  2. [S1042] William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows name as Joshua Clark Cobb.
  3. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Joshua C. Cobb.
  4. [S1950] J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 291.
  5. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, appearing to be parent and child.
  6. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, appearing to be parent and child.
  7. [S2314] Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 19, shows date.
  8. [S1042] William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows year, as 1939, town, and state.
  9. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 11, county, and state.
  10. [S1950] J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 291, shows year and town.
  11. [S1310] Manie S. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows she was his widow.
  12. [S1042] William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows year, town, county, and state.
  13. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S1745] Robert L. Cobb, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  15. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S1675] Robert L. Cobb, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  17. [S1042] William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, pg 497.
  18. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky.
  19. [S1811] Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as clerk.
  20. [S1042] William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows he moved to Paducah in 1868, was an extenisve buyer of tobacco, was interested in a tobacco warehouse, and invested in steamboats, becoming a prominent figure in the commercial life of Paducah.
  21. [S628] Robert L. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as a commission merchant.
  22. [S1669] Reuben Saunders household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as a clerk in a store.
  23. [S1669] Reuben Saunders household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky.
  24. [S1312] Ruby Cobb Rudy, Certificate of Death.
  25. [S1669] Reuben Saunders household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows Joshua as son-in-law and the child as granddaughter of Reuben, and both with surname Cobb.
  26. [S1669] Reuben Saunders household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows Joshua as son-in-law and the child as grandson of Reuben, and both with surname Cobb.

 

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