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Melvilla Long1,2,3

#9261, (ca. 1816 - 1855)
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Parents

Key Events:

  • Melvilla Long was born ca. 1 Mar 1816 in Kentucky.4,5
  • Melvilla married William Snow on 28 Jan 1836 in Sangamon Co., Illinois.6,7,8
  • Melvilla died on 2 Jun 1855 at age ~39.9
  • She was buried in Weston Cemetery, Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois.10
Melvilla also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with William Snow:

  • Eliza J. Snow
  • Mary Ann Snow
  • Elizabeth Snow
  • John Snow
  • Annis M. Snow
  • Ginner Snow
  • Adeline Snow
  • Jack George Snow
  • Louisa Snow
  • Melvilla Snow

Citations

  1. Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, O:143-4, John Ball & wife Eliza and William Snow & wife Malvilla to Thomas Long, 17 Apr 1849, shows them as heirs of Griffing Long, decst.
  2. William Snow household, 1850 U.S. Census, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, shows name as Malvilla Snow.
  3. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #11396866, Melvilla Snow, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  4. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #11396866, Melvilla Snow, shows age 39 yrs, 3 mo, 1 day at death 2 Jun 1855, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  5. William Snow household, 1850 U.S. Census, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, shows age 33 and state.
  6. Springfield Chapter N. S. D. A. R., "Sangamon County Marriage Records", 2:1, record for William Snow and Melvilly Little, citing lic. no. 1481, shows date and officant.
  7. Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, O:143-4, John Ball & wife Eliza and William Snow & wife Malvilla to Thomas Long, 17 Apr 1849.
  8. William Snow household, 1850 U.S. Census, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #11396866, Melvilla Snow, shows date, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  10. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #11396866, Melvilla Snow, and includes tombstone photo.

Sarah Elizabeth Summers1,2,3

#9264, (1849 - 1866)
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Parents

  • Father: Joseph Summers
  • Mother: Evelina Haynes

Key Events:

  • Sarah Elizabeth Summers was born on 9 Aug 1849 in Salem, Livingston Co., Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Sarah married Gideon Berry Cobb, son of Caleb Clark Cobb and Louisa Berry Long, on 8 Nov 1865 in Livingston Co., Kentucky, at her father's home, with Collin Hodge officiating.7,8
  • Sarah died on 17 Nov 1866 in Livingston Co., Kentucky, at age 17.9,10,11
  • She was buried in Mills Cemetery, Salem, Livingston Co., Kentucky.2
Sarah also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Citations

  1. G. B. Cobb and Elizabeth Summers, marriage license and return.
  2. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #48048110, Sarah Elizabeth Cobb, citing Livingston County Cemeteries 1738-1976 (1977.)
  3. Joseph Summers household, 1860 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Kentucky, shows name as Elizabeth Summers.
  4. "International Genealogical Index," FamilySearch, record for Sarah Elizabeth Summers, source member submittal, shows date, as 9th, town, county, and state.
  5. Hodge, Marty K; Spencer, John E, Henry G. Hodge, shows date, as 8th, county, and state.
  6. Joseph Summers household, 1860 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Kentucky, shows age 12 and state.
  7. G. B. Cobb and Elizabeth Summers, marriage license and return, shows date, at Jos. Summers, county, and officant.
  8. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #48048110, Sarah Elizabeth Cobb, citing Livingston County Cemeteries 1738-1976 (1977), shows inscription "consort of Gideon B."
  9. "International Genealogical Index," FamilySearch, record for Sarah Elizabeth Summers, source member submittal, shows date, town, as Mills [which would appear to actually be the cemetery where she was buried], county, and state.
  10. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #48048110, Sarah Elizabeth Cobb, citing Livingston County Cemeteries 1738-1976 (1977), shows date.
  11. Hodge, Marty K; Spencer, John E, Henry G. Hodge, shows date, county, and state.

Gladys Caroline Voigt1,2,3

#9267, (1907 - ca. 1982)
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Parents

  • Father: Louis J. Voigt
  • Mother: Louise Baumer

Key Events:

Gladys also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Thomas Garrett Cobb:

  • William Francis Cobb
  • Bradford Louis Cobb

Citations

  1. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," FamilySearch.org, record for Gladys Caroline Voigt, citing cert. no. 83733.
  2. Louis Voigt household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows name as Gladys Voigt.
  3. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," FamilySearch.org, record for William Francis Cobb, citing cert. no. 18718, shows name as Gladys Caroline Voigt.
  4. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," FamilySearch.org, record for Gladys Caroline Voigt, citing cert. no. 83733, shows date, city, county, and state.
  5. Louis Voigt household, 1910 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows age 3 and state.
  6. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Gladys Cobb, Soc. Sec. No. 328-50-1368, shows date.
  7. Ruth Garrett Cobb, Ruth Garrett, "Cobb-Garrett Family History", pg 9, notes by the writer's daughter Margaret.
  8. Thomas G. Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Wayne Co., Michigan, shows married.
  9. Thomas Cobb household, 1940 U.S. Census, DuPage Co., Illinois, shows married.
  10. "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Gladys Cobb, Soc. Sec. No. 328-50-1368, shows month, year, and last residence of 60187 Wheaton, Du Page, Illinois.
  11. Gladys V. Cobb, Gladys V. obituary, Chicago Tribune, shows funeral 13 Apr 1982.
  12. Gladys V. Cobb, Gladys V. obituary, Chicago Tribune.

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