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Robert Livingston Cobb^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 6 Oct 1805 in Eddyville, Livingston Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Married: Cornelia Barbour Mims on 13 May 1835 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^7,8,9,10
• Died: in Jun 1873 in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky.^11,12,13

Citations:

1. Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, shows name as Robert L. Cobb.
2. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Robert L. Cobb and Fransis Hey Dallam, 12 May 1835, signed by him as Robt. L. Cobb; and License, dated same day, shows name as Robert L. Cobb.
3. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows full name.
4. Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, granddaughter of Joshua Cobb, with notarized statement 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, that they were from a Bible in her possession, shows date.
5. Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 45, county, and state.
6. Robert L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 56, and state.
7. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Robert L. Cobb and Francis Hey Dallam, 12 May 1835, shows intended to be married shortly, and License, dated same day, has return showing marriage solemnized 13 May 1835.
8. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, Robert G. Cobb to Miss Cornelia Mims, 13 May 1835, shows date.
9. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county, and state.
10. Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows both in household.
11. "Mr. Robert L. Cobb," Clarksville Chronicle, 21 Jun 1873, shows "a few days ago" and city.
12. Obituary for Mrs. Cornelia B. Cobb, unknown newspaper, 2 Jun 1875, shows he had died nearly two years before she did, 31 May 1875.
13. Connelley, William Elsey; Coulter, E. M., History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows year, as 1875, city, and state, and that his wife survived him only a few months and died in 1877.