Person Page 178

Cornelia Barbour Mims^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: in 1816 in Richmond, Virginia.^4,5,6
• Married: Robert Livingston Cobb on 13 May 1835 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^7,8,9,10
• Died: on 31 May 1875 in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky.^11,12,13
• Buried: on 3 Jun 1875 in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.¹⁴

Citations:

1. "Commander of the Famous Cobb's Battery", pg 309, shows name as Cornelia Barbour (Mims) Cobb.
2. Obituary for Mrs. Cornelia B. Cobb, unknown newspaper, 2 Jun 1875, shows name as Mrs. Cornelia B. Cobb, relict of Robt. L. Cobb, and daughter of Col. Linah Mims.
3. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Robert L. Cobb and Fransis Hey Dallam, 12 May 1835, and License, dated same day, both show name as Miss Cornelia Mims.
4. Obituary for Mrs. Cornelia B. Cobb, unknown newspaper, 2 Jun 1875, shows year, city, and state.
5. Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 33, and state, as Virginia.
6. Battle, J. H.;Perrin, W. H.; Kniffin, G. C., Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 291, shows city and state, as Virginia.
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. Obituary for Mrs. Cornelia B. Cobb, unknown newspaper, 2 Jun 1875, shows date, as 31 May 1875, at her residence in "this city."
12. Register of Deaths, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1875, McCracken Co., Cobb, Mrs. Cornelia, shows date, as 29 May 1875, and town.
13. Connelley, William Elsey; Coulter, E. M., History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows year, as 1877, town, and county.
14. Obituary for Mrs. Cornelia B. Cobb, unknown newspaper, 2 Jun 1875, shows she will be buried in the old family burying ground at Eddyville, Ky, but no such cemetery is known. Three of her children who died young, as well as her husband's parents and many of their descendants, are buried in a family plot at Riverview Cemetery, and her brother John is buried in an adjacent plot.