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Henry Cobb1

#1146, (1842 - 1846)
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Key Events:

  • Henry Cobb was born in Apr 1842 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.2,3
  • Henry died in Jul 1846 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 4.2,3
  • He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky, in the Cobb family plot.1

Citations

  1. Henry Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
  2. Henry Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows month and year.
  3. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows town, county, and state.

Gideon D. Cobb1

#1147, (1847 - 1847)
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Key Events:

  • Gideon D. Cobb was born on 27 Mar 1847 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.2,3
  • He died on 8 Dec 1847 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 0.2,3
  • He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky, in the Cobb family plot.1

Citations

  1. Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
  2. Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
  3. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county, and state.

John H. Mims1,2,3,4

#1148, (1806 - 1850)
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Key Events:

  • John H. Mims was born on 6 Jun 1806 in Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., Virginia.5,6,7
  • John married Caroline Hanson Cresap, daughter of Edward Otho Cresap and Sarah Story Briscoe, on 5 Oct 1831 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, with Rev. John Johnson officating.8,9,5
  • John died on 11 Apr 1850 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 43.10,11
  • He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.12
John also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Caroline Hanson Cresap:

Citations

  1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows name as John Harrison Mims.
  2. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John H. Mimms to Miss C. Cressop, 4 Oct 1831.
  3. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6656709, John Harrison Mims, [source of middle name unknown, as the stone says Col. John H. Mims].
  4. John Mims Family Bible, shows name as John H Mims.
  5. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  6. John H. Mims grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows month, year, town, and state.
  7. Georgia Mimms Smith, Georgia Mimms, Certificate of Death, shows city, as Richmond, and state.
  8. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of John H. Mims and Jno W Marshall, 4 Oct 1831; license, 4 Oct 1861, includes return of minister on reverse showing date.
  9. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John H. Mimms to Miss C. Cressop, 4 Oct 1831, return shows date, as 5th.
  10. John Mims Family Bible, shows date, as 11th.
  11. John H. Mims grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date, as 12th, and town.
  12. John H. Mims grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.

Caroline Hanson Cresap1,2,3

#1149, (1811 - 1904)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Caroline Hanson Cresap was born on 6 Jul 1811 in Old Town, Maryland.4,5,6,7,8
  • Caroline married John H. Mims, son of Linah Mims and Rebeccah Davis, on 5 Oct 1831 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, with Rev. John Johnson officating.9,10,4
  • Caroline died on 25 Feb 1904 in Clinton, Kentucky, at age 92.11,12
  • She was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Kentucky, with members of the William Walker Sublette family.13
Caroline also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with John H. Mims:

Citations

  1. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 300, shows name as Caroline Hanson Cresap.
  2. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John H. Mimms to Miss C. Cressop, 4 Oct 1831, shows date, as 5th.
  3. John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Carloine H Cresap.
  4. John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  5. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 321, shows date, with year as 1811, and state.
  6. Georgia Mimms Smith, Georgia Mimms, Certificate of Death, shows town and state.
  7. Mary M. Sublette household, 1900 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows month, year, as 1810, age 85 and state, as Kentucky.
  8. Caldwell Co. Order Book, C:225, 28 Aug 1820, John Cobb appointed guardian to Cresap children, shows about age 8.
  9. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of John H. Mims and Jno W Marshall, 4 Oct 1831; license, 4 Oct 1861, includes return of minister on reverse showing date.
  10. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, John H. Mimms to Miss C. Cressop, 4 Oct 1831, return shows date, as 5th.
  11. John Mims Family Bible, shows date, town, and state.
  12. Cresap, Joseph Ord; Cresap, Bernard, History of the Cresaps, pg 321, shows year, town, and state.
  13. Haun, Scott, "Re: Sublett - Haun Connection," e-mail to author, 27 Jul 2008.

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