Geo. M. Marshall household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
George M. Marshal household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky.
Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of George M. Cobb and Reuben Bush, 11 Feb 1834, and license for George M. Marshall and Miss Persis Cobb, same date.
George M. Marshal household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 37 and state.
George M. Marshall household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 48 and state.
Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, George M. Marshall to Persis Cobb, 16 Feb 1834 (register date partly obscured, appears to be 16 Feb), return shows date of marriage as 11 Feb 1834.
Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for George M. Marshall and Miss Persis Cobb, 11 Feb 1834, return of minister shows solemnized same date.
Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as 11 Feb 1834, town, county, and state.
George M. Marshal household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows both in household, apparently living as husband and wife.
Marriage Register, Livingston Co., Kentucky, 1A:212, George M. Marshall and Miss Emelline Green.
Loose marriage records, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, Marshall, George M. and Miss Narcissa Avery marriage license and certificate, 19 Oct 1869, shows date, town, county, and officiant.
Geo.Marshall household, 1870 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living was husband and wife, and shows he was married the previous November.
Administrator, Executor and Curator Bonds, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, 1865-1876:117, estate of G. M. Marshall, 8 Jul 1871.
Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, Caleb C. Cobb to Mary W. Machen, 2 Dec 1822.
Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, consent of H. Machen to the marriage of his oldest daughter, 2 Dec 1822, shows name as Mary W. Machen.
Mary W. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
Ruth Garrett Cobb, Ruth Garrett, "Cobb-Garrett Family History", pg 7, citing "Machen Family Bible" in possession of Mrs. Grace Brown, Princeton, Kentucky, shows date.
Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, shows date and state.
Mary W. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows died 11 Oct 1835, age 31 yrs, 8 mo, 13 days.
Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of C. C. Cobb and John Long, 2 Dec 1822, shows intended to be married shortly.
Cobb, Marsha, "Jefferson Davis Cobb's family," e-mail to author, 23 Apr 2005, citing letter in 1930's from Ruth, wife of Frank A. Cobb, grandson of Thomas Jefferson Cobb, reporting she said Caleb married twice, first to Mary Machen.
Mary W. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows her as "consort of C. C. Cobb."
Mary W. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, shows date.
C. C. Cobb household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows no white women in the household.
Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
Findagrave.com, online, memorial #6656724, Mary W. Cobb.