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Alice Mae Kaminky was born on 9 Jun 1917 in Alice, ColoradoG.^4,5,6 She was named for the town in which she was born, which is on the side of a mountain.⁷
     She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Alice, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, G in the household of her parents, John Frederick Kaminky and Ethel Amelia Wright.⁹
     Alice won the Colorado state spelling bee when she was in the second or third grade, and appeared on the front page of the Scripps newspaper in Colorado.⁷
     She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Alice, Clear Creek Co., Colorado G, in the household of her parents.¹⁰
     She graduated from Idaho Springs High SchoolG in 1933.³
     Alice appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Denver, Colorado G, enumerated 8 Apr 1940. She was one of 57 people, including a few married couples, rooming at the Shasta Hotel at the 429 15th St.¹¹
     She worked as a secretary in Denver, ColoradoG, for several years, at least part of that time at a brokerage firm. In 1940 she reported she had worked 48 hours the last week of March, and had worked 40 weeks the prior year, earning $560.^3,7,12
     She joined the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve as a nurse during World War II. She appears as a private on the muster roll of the MCWR Schools at Camp Lejeune, North CarolinaG, in Apr 1944.^3,13,14
     Alice married first Murdock Mackenzie McLean, son of Hugh McLean and Marion, in 1944 in Rockville, Montgomery Co., MarylandG.⁷
     Alice moved to Oak RidgeG in 1944 where she worked at Tri State Homes and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. She later worked as the secretary to the director of the Oak Ridge Hospital before going to work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1959, where she worked until her retirement in 1980.³
     Alice and Murdock were divorced in 1946 in Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., TennesseeG.⁷
     Alice married second William Gordon Cobb, son of Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr. and Ledley Lena Logan, on 25 Nov 1967 in First United Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., TennesseeG, with Rev. Alexander M. Stuart officiating.⁸
     Her second husband died on 18 Jul 1998 in Oak Ridge, Anderson Co., TennesseeG.¹⁵
     Alice died on 11 Dec 2006 in Oak Ridge, TennesseeG, at age 89.³ She was buried on 18 Dec 2006 in Oak Ridge Memorial Park, Oak Ridge, TennesseeG.³

Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr. was born on 27 Apr 1882 in Little Rock, Pulaski Co., ArkansasG.^4,5,6
     Robert apparently moved to San Antonio, TexasG, in the fall of 1885 with his mother, who went there for her health.^17,18,19
     His mother died on 17 May 1886, when Robert was 4 years old.^20,21

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     After his mother died he was taken to live with his aunt, Elizabeth Mariah Tuck, and her husband.^22,23
     His father died on 2 Jun 1895, when Robert was 13 years old.^24,25,26
     After the death of his father his uncle Thomas Herbert Elliott, husband of his mother's sister, became his legal guardian. A total of $19,000 was deposited with Thomas between 30 Aug and 15 Oct 1895. With interest earned of $8,217.30, less expenses of $8,223.98, Robert received $18,993.32 when he achieved age 21 on 27 Apr 1903.^27,23 In addition to board and tuition, his guardian disbursed cash to him regularly, typically two to five dollars a month at age 13 and growing to ten dollars and often more as he approached age 21. He also had accounts with various merchants, with charges averaging over ten dollars a month, growing as he grew older. But he was not wasteful – in May 1896 he paid 50¢ to have his gum boots repaired.²⁷

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      His early schooling was at Vanderbilt Training School, Elkton, KentuckyG. Family lore has him attending there at a young age. The school opened in 1892, and earliest records of his guardian include payments for tuition to that school as well as for board in 1895, though he may have attended earlier. For the 1895-96 term a Prof. Graham received $15 a month for board, and after that a Mrs. Briston received $12 a month. Tuition was $35.00 per term, dropped to $32.50 starting in fall 1898. He graduated in 1901.^28,29,30
     No details of the school's program have been found, but 1922 catalog of the Morton-Elliott Junior College, the successor to Vanderbilt Training School, is probably illustrative. The college included a four-year academy which was the equivalent of a high school, and was no doubt similar to Vanderbilt Training School at the time that Robert attended. Its focus reflected the sponsorship by the Methodist Church. In addition to the expected courses in English, algebra, Latin, science, and history, four years of Bible study was offered, with at least one year required for graduation. Students were required to attend chapel daily, to attend Sunday services at a church of their parents' choosing in town, and Sunday afternoon vesper service at the school. Students were expected to apply themselves: "If a son has never done anything but loaf, don't send him to us, for he will not be tolerated."³¹
     Robert apparently returned home with his aunt and uncle over the Christmas holiday, and for the summer months.³² He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky, G in the household of Thomas Herbert Elliott and Elizabeth Mariah Tuck, his late mother's sister and her husband, his legal guardian.³³
     It appears that he traveled during the summers. He seems to have spent the summer of 1897 in Memphis; attended "Dewey Day" parades in 1899 celebrating Admiral Dewey's arrival in New York after his success in the Spanish-American War; gone to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in Jul 1901 (before President McKinley was fatally shot there on 6 Sep); and traveled to Texas in Jun 1902.^34,35,36
     Robert married first Mary Louisa Logan, daughter of Benjamin Harrison Logan and Sallie Watson Barker, on 28 Dec 1903 in Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, with Rev. Robert Lord Cave officiating.^7,8,9
     Robert attended in Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TennesseeG, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He graduated in 1906.³⁷ After graduation, he practiced medicine and farmed in Trenton, KentuckyG, remaining there until 1929.^38,39,40

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     Robert and Mary appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky G, enumerated 27 Apr 1910, reporting that the family owned its farm, mortgage free. Their children Virginia, Ledley, and Martha were listed as living with them.⁴¹
     His wife died on 3 Jul 1913 in Trenton, Todd Co., KentuckyG.^42,43
     Robert married second the sister of his first wife, Ledley Lena Logan, daughter of Benjamin Harrison Logan and Sallie Watson Barker, on 7 Apr 1915 in Trenton, Todd Co., KentuckyG.^10,11,12
     The Cobb home was described in a 1991 article by Mary Charity (Smith) Alley, recalling her first visit to the Cobb home in 1916 at age 6. Her family had just moved to Trenton, and they went calling on their nearest neighbors. Her first impression was the cleared lane to the house, as contrasted to the overgrown "main road," where a hanging limb had snatched her grandmother's gold brooch, leaving it lost forever. The house was white frame, with a veranda on the front and continuing around the north side. Mrs. Cobb had her sewing machine on the north veranda, making a dress. Six-week-old Will was in a bassinet covered with mosquito netting. Six-year-old Martha and four-year-old Robert came around a corner in a wagon pulled by two Black children. Older sisters Virginia and Ledley were upstairs in school with their governess, Miss Maggie Neblett. Outside Dr. and Miss Ledley's bedroom on the south side was a flower garden with a Silver Moon rosebush. At the back of the flower garden was Dr. Cobb's office – all doctors practiced at their home at the time. Dr. Cobb had a telephone, the only one in the neighborhood. They did not become common in homes until about 1939.
     There was a place for the wash kettle, which was also used to make soap, and for rendering the lard at "hog killing time." Behind all this stood the "garden house," a coal house, to hold coal for the grates, kitchen range, and a "Home Comfort" stove. Near the kitchen was the big farm bell to ring for the field hands to come for dinner. There was also a "buggy shed," an ice house where they cut the ice off the pond in winter and stored it in sawdust for use in the summer, a stable for the mules, and a milk shed for the cows. At the back of the stable was the stock pond for watering the livestock. To the delight of children, it was full of perch, which made good fishing and eating, and an island where the Canada geese nested. Spring seemed to be "busting out all over" and there was even a croquet court set up waiting for a game.⁴⁴
     Robert registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at Trenton, Todd Co., KentuckyG, reporting he was self-employed as a farmer.⁴⁵
     Robert and Ledley appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of outside of Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky G, enumerated 13 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their home, which was mortgaged. Their son William, and his children by his fist wife, Virginia, Martha, and Ledley, was listed as living with them.⁴⁶

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     After taking a special course at Vanderbilt to train for the position, Robert joined the Tennessee Department of Public Health.³⁸
     Robert and Ledley moved to Bolivar, Tennessee G on 1 Jan 1930, where he established the first health unit in Hardeman Co.³⁸ His work was received with scant respect at first but he has been described as a man dedicated and determined. He loved and understood children and felt every child should have the opportunity of a healthy and happy future. He threw himself wholeheartedly and enthusiastically into a program of early and continual preventive medicine and health education in all the schools throughout the county. He battled constantly for improved sanitary conditions, drainage of mosquito infested territories, proper diet to prevent pellagra, rabies control, and recognition of the importance of vital statistics. He made every effort to educate all the public to provide the means with which the county was nearly completely rid of malaria, typhoid, tuberculosis, diphtheria, venereal disease, polio and other communicable diseases.
His compassion led him to seek throughout the county those who were crippled or sick and had special needs. There were few people in Hardeman County Dr. Cobb could not call by name or road too rough or narrow for his car. His design for a portable dental chair to be used in rural schools and the bed which would permit an arthritic patient to be raised to a standing position were never patented, but the children did have dental care and arthritic sufferers made more comfortable.^38,47,48
     Robert and Ledley appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, at 218 Main G, enumerated 5 Apr 1930, shown as renting, for $20 per month, space from James and Jessie Doyle, who lived at the same address. The Cobbs owned a radio set. Their children William and Bettie were listed as living with them.⁴⁹
     Robert and Ledley appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, at Jefferson G, enumerated 20 Apr 1940, reporting that they were renting their home, for $18 per month, and had lived in the same town in 1935. Their daughter Bettie was listed as living with them.⁵⁰
     In 1940 he reported he had worked 75 hours the last week of March, and had worked 52 weeks the previous year, earning $3,000.⁵⁰
     His second wife died on 1 Oct 1954 in Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TennesseeG.^51,52
     He enjoyed hunting and fishing, all high school sports, and probably most of all he enjoyed conversation. He was a member of the Tennessee Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He was a member of the Bolivar Methodist Church and taught the Men's Sunday School class for over eighteen years. In March, 1959, a new Health Center was completed in Bolivar and named the "R. L. Cobb Health Center" in his honor.⁵³
     Robert died on 16 Nov 1960 in Gallatin, Sumner Co., TennesseeG, at age 78.^13,14,15 He was buried on 18 Nov 1960 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, TennesseeG, in the family lot.^16,1

Ledley Lena Logan was born on 5 Apr 1882 in Shelby Co., KentuckyG.^4,5,6,7
     Her father died on 4 Sep 1888, when Ledley was 6 years old.^5,13,14
     She moved to Christian Co. with her mother and siblings after the death of her father.¹⁵
     Peter Meriwether Barker, her mother's brother, became her guardian and guardian of her five siblings. He received $237.34 on their account 7 Jun 1892. With interest, less expenses and the shares paid to Lizzie and Mary when they reached age 21, the balance for the remaining four siblings was $251.46 as of 11 Jun 1904.¹⁶
     She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census Kentucky in the household of her mother.¹⁵
     Ledley married Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr., son of Capt. Robert Linah Cobb and Virginia A. Tuck, on 7 Apr 1915 in Trenton, Todd Co., KentuckyG, the sister of his first wife.^8,9,10
     Ledley and Robert appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of outside of Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky G, enumerated 13 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their home, which was mortgaged. Their son William, and his children by his fist wife, Virginia, Martha, and Ledley, was listed as living with them.¹⁷
     Ledley and Robert moved to Bolivar, Tennessee G on 1 Jan 1930, where he established the first health unit in Hardeman Co.¹⁸ They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, at 218 Main G, enumerated 5 Apr 1930, shown as renting, for $20 per month, space from James and Jessie Doyle, who lived at the same address. The Cobbs owned a radio set. Their children William and Bettie were listed as living with them.¹⁹
     Ledley and Robert appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, at Jefferson G, enumerated 20 Apr 1940, reporting that they were renting their home, for $18 per month, and had lived in the same town in 1935. Their daughter Bettie was listed as living with them.²⁰
     Ledley was very proper in her manner and attire. Grace McLin, her daughter-in-law, remembered that Ledley wore white gloves in public at all times and was appalled to see women wearing pants.²¹ Martha Cobb Fenker wrote of her stepmother in 1979 that "she was a loyal help-mate, mother and step-mother, good neighbor, grower of beautiful flowers to share with others, Sunday school teacher, visitor to the sick, the old, the needy. She was a delightful lady with her quick wit and vast knowledge. Ledley Cobb worked untiringly alongside her husband to promote health work in Hardeman County."²²
     Ledley died on 1 Oct 1954 in Bolivar, Hardeman Co., TennesseeG, at age 72.^11,7 She was buried on 2 Oct 1954 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, TennesseeG, in the Cobb family lot.^11,12

Capt. Robert Linah Cobb was born at 5 Mar 1840 at Cumberland Iron Works, Stewart Co., TennesseeG.^5,6,7
     He was probably the male under age 5 listed in the household of his father, Dr. Joshua Cobb, in the 1840 Federal Census of Stewart Co., TennesseeG.¹⁷
     His mother died on 11 Sep 1841, when Robert was 1 year old.^18,19
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Stewart Co., TennesseeG, in the household of his father and stepmother, Marina Turner Bryan.^20,21
     He moved to ClarksvilleG with his father and stepmother in 1851.^22,23,24

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     Robert attended local schools, then Stewart College, on the site now occupied by Austin Peay State University, ClarksvilleG, in 1854-6. That school, after several name changes and reorganizations, moved to Memphis in 1925 and is now known as Rhodes College.^25,26,27
     After completion of his schooling, he became a rodman on the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad. He soon became assistant engineer on that road. In 1859 and 1860 he was City Engineer of ClarksvilleG.²⁵

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      With the outbreak of the Civil War, Robert joined the Confederate Army. He mustered in 12 Aug 1861 at Clarksville, TennesseeG, as a private in Captain T. W. Beaumont's Company.²⁸ In the fall of 1861 this company, among others, assembled at Fort DonelsonG, on the Cumberland River about thirty miles below Clarksville.^29,30 On 10 Nov 1861 he was detached from the company by order of Liet. Col. R. W. McGavock, commander of Fort Donelson, and placed in charge of ordnance and stores at the post. When Gen. Tilghman assumed command 23 Dec 1861 Robert was appointed by him as Ordnance Officer to his command.^31,32
      Robert's status during this period was irregular, at least. On Christmas Day, 1861, the companies at Fort Donelson organized into a regiment, the 50th Tennessee Infantry. Capt. Beaumont's company became Company A in the new regiment. By this time Robert had been detached to the Ordnance Department, but he continued to be carried on the muster rolls of the 50th Tennessee, marked as "absent, assigned to duty in Ordnance Dept.," initially showing his rank as private and later as 2nd lieutenant. Two different officers, in their reports of the battle Fort Donelson, commended him, addressing him as "Lieutenant Cobb, of the Ordnance Department" in one case and "Lieut. Robert Cobb, of Tennessee, ordnance officer" in the other. During his time at Fort Donelson he signed receipts and requisitions as "Act. Ordnance Officer." But he never actually received a commission as an officer.^33,34,35,36
      Fort Donelson was reached by Union forces under Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on 12 Feb 1862. Over the following three days the Union forces surrounded the fort and pressed their attack, aided by gunboats coming up the river. In the early morning hours of 16 Feb, Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, seeing the situation as hopeless, turned over command to Brig. Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow, who turned command over to Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, leaving him to surrender the fort while they escaped. With no white flag available, Robert, as ordnance officer, produced a white bedsheet which was run up at daylight. Many men escaped, including Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest and 700 of his cavalrymen, and nearly half of the 50th Tennessee, including Robert.^37,38,39,40

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      After his escape from Fort Donelson Robert made his way to Murfreesboro, TennesseeG, and reported for duty to Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston there. On 22 Feb 1862 he was assigned as Junior 1^st Lieut. in R. Cobb's Battalion (Maj. Robert H. Cobb, commander of that unit, was his double cousin, son of father's brother and his mother's sister). He remained in the battalion until after the Battle of Shiloh, which occurred 6 Apr 1862.^41,42
      There is no record of his duties while serving in Cobb's Battery. However his short time there probably contributed to confusion between him and his cousin during the war and afterwards, continuing among Civil War buffs today.^43,44,45

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      He was assigned by Gen. Beauregard to report to the Chief of Ordinance of the Western Department, and reported there 13 Apr 1862, at Corinth, MississippiG.⁴⁶ On 28 Apr 1862 he was requested to go to Mobile, AlabamaG, to collect ordnance stores there and bring them to Corinth.⁴⁷
      By 28 Jun 1862 he was Ordinance Officer of Artillery at the Verona, MississippiG, Depot.⁴⁸ By 15 Dec 1862 he was Ordinance Officer at Tullahoma, TennesseeG. Records are unclear as to when he was assigned there.⁴⁹ By 25 Aug 1862 he was Ordnance Officer in Chattanooga, TennesseeG, in charge of a train of ordnance that accompanied Gen. Wilther's division.⁵⁰

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      By mid-1862 his irregular status had become a serious issue for him: he could not collect any pay. When he finally got around to presenting his papers to his paymaster he was told that without a commission he could not be paid. He began collecting statements from his former commanding officers that documented his service as an ordnance officer. He wrote to his old family friend, Willis Benson Machen, 25 Aug 1862 requesting his help in obtaining a commission so he could collect his pay. He said he had been in the service 12 months, paying his own expenses and had not asked for pay until he arrived in Chattanooga. He said he had spent $200 raising Capt. Beaumont's Company, and was now out of funds. Col. Machen's response has not been found.⁵¹
      Robert wrote to headquarters 1 Oct 1862 from Bryansville, KentuckyG, about his pay as an Ordinance Officer. The response, dated 7 Nov 1862, stated it appears he had no appointment in the Army, and it was too late to confer an appointment except after examination, which has been ordered. On 30 Nov 1862 he requested, from Murfreesboro, to be examined for a position as 1^st Lieut. of Ordinance and Artillery. No record of him taking that examination has been found.⁵²
      His commanding officer wrote to headquarters in Richmond on 10 Dec 1862 seeking authority to pay him from 25 Dec 1861. Headquarters responded six days later authorizing payment at the rate for a Lieutenant for the time he was actually on ordnance duty. A voucher was issued to pay him $1,095 for the period 25 Dec 1861 to 1 Jan 1863.⁵³

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      On 1 Jan 1863 he was ordered to report for duty to Capt. E. B. Sayers, Chief Engineer in Lt. Gen. Polk's Corps, Army of Tennessee. He still had no commission, but was an acting 1st lieutenant. He was being paid at the rate of $100 per month.⁵⁴ On 13 Apr 1863 he again wrote to Col. Machen, from Shelbyville, TennesseeG. He was responding to a letter from him dated 14 Mar, and again asked for help in receiving a commission. It is not clear whether Machen was responsible, but several officers did write letters recommending Robert as 1st lieutenant in a company of sappers and miners then being formed in Lt. Gen. Polk's corps (sappers and miners are engineers who construct trenches and tunnels to aid in breaching defensive structures).⁵⁵
      Robert was appointed 17 Jun 1863 as commanding officer of company C in the 3rd Engineer Troops. While the company was known as Lieut. R. L. Cobb's Company, he remained an acting 1st lieutenant. No record has been found of his ever being commissioned as a lieutenant.⁵⁶ The newly formed 3rd Regiment of Engineer Troop including two companies of pontooniers, furnished with a train of boats and bridge material. Lt. Cobb was assigned to one of these. These units had sufficient boats to bridge small streams, but in order to put Gen. Hood across the Tennessee river at Florence, 30 Oct to 2 Nov 1863, they had to supplement the pontoons with a trestle bridge.⁵⁷
      He apparently grew impatient of receiving a commission as lieutenant and decided to pursue a captaincy. On 11 Dec 1863, from Dalton, GeorgiaG, he wrote to G. A. Henry, Confederate States Senator from Clarksville, Tennessee, seeking his support in obtaining a captaincy of his company. Senator Henry was well placed to help, having been a law school classmate of President Jefferson Davis, and a member of the finance and military committees in the Senate. The Senator did write a letter of recommendation 17 Dec 1893.^58,59
      Robert was appointed 30 Apr 1864 as Captain in Company G, 3rd Regiment of Engineers.⁶⁰ He was nominated as a Captain to the Confederate Congress on 24 May 1864 by President Jefferson Davis, to take that rank from 30 Apr 1864. The nomination was confirmed 6 Jun.^61,62 He was the youngest captain in that corps.^63,64
      After Gen. Hood's disastrous defeat at Nashville on 16 Dec 1864, the pontoon unit put him over the Duck River but had to abandon the cords and decking of the bridge. When Gen. Hood announced he would try to re-cross the Tennessee at Bainbridge Capt. Cobb was dispatched with a company, mounted on mules, to Decatur to bring down if possible several pontoon boats that had been captured there. The river was too deep to permit building a trestle bridge quickly, and there were about half enough boats to span the stream. With the sound of artillery in the distance as the rear guard was being pressed by the victorious foe, Cobb's unit appeared with the boats, having successfully navigated the hazardous shoals in high water, permitting Hood's army to cross.^65,66,67
      On 31 Dec 1864 a pontoon train under his command was captured near Nauvoo, AlabamaG, by Federal forces under Brig. Gen. W. D. Whipple's command. The train "extended for five miles, and consisted of 78 pontoon boats and about 200 wagons, with all the necessary accouterments, material, engineering instruments, etc." Gen. Whipple reported he would have been glad to bring the train back to Union lines, since it "was an exceedingly well appointed one." But the condition of the mules, the mountainous terrain, and the presence nearby of enemy cavalry of three times the strength of his forces prevented that. So he burned it. A few prisoners were captured but no mention was made of any officers.⁶⁸
      Gen. Hood resigned his command in Jan 1865, and the remains of his army were commanded briefly by Gen. Taylor, then by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, being transferred to the Carolinas. Robert was listed on the rolls of those Gen. Johnston surrendered a 26 Apr 1865 and paroled at Catawba Bridge, South CarolinaG, on 5 May 1865.⁶⁹

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     After the war, Robert returned to the practice of engineering. For a time, he engaged in a joint practice with his future brother-in-law, John Baker Tapscott, under the firm name of Cobb & Tapscott. In Oct 1865 they advertised their services as Civil and Topographical Engineers, Architects and Surveyors, in ClarksvilleG. They said they would "attend promptly to any business in their profession in this or the adjoining states. Special attention paid to surveying and mapping farms."⁷⁰
      Robert soon resumed his career with the railroads, returning to the Memphis, Clarksville, and Louisville Railroad as Division Engineer. In 1867 he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Winchester and Alabama Railroad, which also later became part of the Louisville and Nashville system. Two years later he became Assistant Engineer of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, then a Division Engineer with the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, where he remained until 1873, serving part of that time as Acting Chief Engineer.^71,72
     On 18 Feb 1873 Robert, together with Charles W. Tift, both shown as from Memphis, TennesseeG, filed an application for a patent on an improved fastening for joints between lengths of rail. The invention used a wedge bar instead of nuts to secure the bolts that hold the joint together. Their patent was issued 24 Mar 1874, number 149, 002.⁷³
     In 1873 he conducted mining operations at Kellogg, ArkansasG, and later in Mexico. He returned to railroad work in 1876 as a member of the engineering staff of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway.^71,74

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     Robert married Virginia A. Tuck, daughter of Dr. Davis Green Tuck and Elizabeth M. Toot, on 3 Jan 1877, at the residence of her sister Sarah, on Poplar Blvd., Shelby Co., TennesseeG, with Rev. S. B. Surratt officiating.^8,9,10,11
     Robert and Jennie settled in Little Rock, ArkansasG, after their marriage.⁷⁵ They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas G, at the Capital Hotel, enumerated 8 Jun 1880. Their daughter Irene was listed as living with them.⁴
     He was the Chief Engineer of the Texas and St. Louis Railway, later the St. Louis, Arkansas, and Texas, in 1881 and 1882. He then spent four years manufacturing machinery at Little Rock, ArkansasG.⁷¹ JulianG, six miles west of Hopkinsville, was established in 1888.
     His wife, with their daughter and presumably their young son, moved to San Antonio, TexasG, in the fall of 1885 in hopes that the climate there would improve her health.^76,77,78
     On the evening of 24 Apr 1886 Robert received a telegram that his daughter Irene was dangerously ill. He took the first train to go to her and arrived just an hour before she died.⁷⁹
     His wife died on 17 May 1886 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, at the home of his sister, where she had been staying since the burial of their daughter two weeks before.^80,81
     In 1886 he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Indiana, Alabama and Texas Railroad. When that line was absorbed by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1887 he became the Chief Engineer of construction for the line.^71,82,83
     In 1890 he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Clarksville Mineral Railroad.⁷¹ In 1892 he became Chief Engineer the Ohio and Southern Railroad, taking charge of the engineering department, headquartered in Cleveland, OhioG.^71,84,85 While he was there he boarded at the Arcade Hotel. He suffered "an attack of grip" (apparently grippe, a term for several flu-like diseases) in the winter of 1894 from which he never recovered, and returned to Clarksville in May 1895.^86,87
     He was a member of the Knights of Pythias of Little Rock, the Royal Arcanum, one of the oldest fraternal benefit societies in the United States, and Forbes Bivouac, an association of Confederate veterans.⁸⁸ He elected as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on 2 Jan 1890.⁷¹
     Robert died on 2 Jun 1895 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, at age 55, at the residence of his sister Irene, after having contacted what was then reported to be diphtheria, in Cleveland in March.^12,13,14
     His funeral services were at the Trinity Church (Episcopal)G, conducted by Rev. R. E. L. Craig. There was a "profusion of floral offerings of the most appropriate and costly designs." The cemetery procession and services were conducted by Forbes Bivouac.⁸⁹ He was buried on 4 Jun 1895 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, TennesseeG, in the Cobb family lot.^15,16

Virginia A. Tuck was born on 14 Nov 1848 in Lafayette, Christian Co., KentuckyG.^4,5,6 She was known almost universally as Jennie, with that name even on her marriage record and her tombstone.^14,15,16 Several online trees and other records show her middle name as Adelaide, but without documenation. No original record found shows that name, though several show the initial A. The name Adelaide has not been found among any of her ancestors, so if it is correct its origin is unknown.¹⁷
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Christian Co., KentuckyG, in the household of her parents, Dr. Davis Green Tuck and Elizabeth M. Toot.^18,19 She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KentuckyG, in the household of her parents.^20,21
     Jennie was named an heir in the will of her father, dated 25 Mar 1861, to receive $8,000.²²

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     Her father died on 3 Feb 1863, when Virginia was 14 years old.^23,24,25 After the death of her father Thomas Herbert Elliott, the husband of her older sister Elizabeth, became her legal guardian. He received $4,500 from her father's estate 18 Apr 1868, $2,000 from her mother 1 Apr 1869, and an additional $1,500 from her 1 Jun 1870. He purchased four $1,000 U.S. bonds for her account, and two more 1 Sep 1896. She received $555 for expenses over the two years until she reached age 21, most paid in Memphis, suggesting she was spending time with her two older sisters who lived there. Virtually all of the remaining cash and interest earned went to legal expenses and taxes, so she apparently received only the $6,000 worth of bonds.²⁶
     On 12 Aug 1874 Virginia sold her interest in her father's estate, consisting mainly in her one-sixth share in his 1,000-acre farm, to her brother-in-law and former guardian, Thomas Herbert Elliott, for $3,100.²⁷
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KentuckyG, in the household of her mother.²⁸

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     Virginia married Capt. Robert Linah Cobb, son of Dr. Joshua Cobb and Julia Ann Mims, on 3 Jan 1877, at the residence of her sister Sarah, on Poplar Blvd., Shelby Co., TennesseeG, with Rev. S. B. Surratt officiating.^7,8,9,10
     Jennie and Robert settled in Little Rock, ArkansasG, after their marriage.²⁹ They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas G, at the Capital Hotel, enumerated 8 Jun 1880. Their daughter Irene was listed as living with them.³⁰
     When her eldest sister, Sarah, was very ill and close to death, Virginia traveled to Memphis to see her. Her two young children, the baby just six months old, traveled with her. The children evidently disturbed Sarah, despite the fact that she was occupying the room on the northeast corner of the first floor, and they and their mother were staying in the southwest corner of the upper floor. She ordered them to leave, but the baby had become sick, so his mother asked Sarah's doctor if it was safe to go. He said it was not, and tried to convince Sarah to change her mind, but she did not, so Virginia and her children left that evening. We might speculate that they went next door to stay with her sister Martha.³¹
     The Cobbs seem to have become socially prominent in Little Rock. On 28 May 1884 their four-year old daughter Irene attended a "doll wedding" with about 50 other little girls and about half as many boys. The society page of the local newspaper described the event in a long, tongue-in-cheek, article, similar to those for real society weddings at the time. It described the apparel of the doll bride and groom, the music played by the band, and borrowing a phrase from grownup weddings, the "numerous and costly" gifts. They included four pairs vases, a French clock, and a gold set jewelry, complete.³²

Moving to Texas for Her Health --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Jennie moved to San Antonio, TexasG, in the fall of 1885, "for her health." It appears she was suffering from tuberculosis and that area was known for treatment of that disease.^33,34,35
     Jennie died on 17 May 1886 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, at age 37, at the home of her husband's sister Irene and her husband, Francis Patten Gracey, where she had been staying since the burial of her daughter two weeks before.^11,5 She was buried on 18 May 1886 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, in the Cobb family lot, following a funeral at the Methodist church.^12,13

Dr. Joshua Cobb was born on 19 Apr 1809 in Eddyville, Livingston Co., KentuckyG, which formally became part of Caldwell county two weeks later.^4,5,6
     He is probably one of the three males under age 10 listed in the household of his father, Gideon Dyer Cobb, in the 1810 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.^17,18 He was probably one of the two males age 10 to 16 listed in the household of his father in the 1820 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.¹⁹

Sent Off to School --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Joshua attended the Washington Literary, Scientific and Military Gymnasium in Georgetown, District of ColumbiaG, in 1827-28, studying arithmetic, algebra, geography, English, and French "with success and credit to himself," according to the Superintendent, his uncle, James Dyer Cobb.²⁰ His uncle taught in the science department and the English branches, and a Mr. Chauncy W. Fitch taught Greek, Latin, and French. Others give lectures in natural history, "chymistry" and mineralogy. Students were known as cadets, and required to dress in "uniforms of a military cut and fashion." The hours of instruction were from sunrise to sunset, with study and recitations for eight hours, and the remainder for military and gymnastic exercises. Parents were promised that "cadets are never to be out of the knowledge of the superintendent." Cadets from a distance, presumably including Joshua, could board with the superintendent's family, where they would pass their evenings with him "in a room for the purpose," and lodge in rooms adjoining his.^22,23

West Point and Medical School --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Joshua applied to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1828, sponsored by close family friend, Congressman Chittenden Lyon. The Congressman said he was "of strict moral character and possesses in a high degree the necessary qualifications" for admission. At that time, applicants had to be between 14 and 21 years of age, and "well versed in reading, writing, and arithmetic." Candidates were selected by the Secretary of War, customarily on the advice of Congressmen. He was admitted 1 Jul 1828.^24,25,26 He remained a cadet for three years, but, contrary to several published reports, did not graduate and left the Academy at the end of the 1830-31 term.^{26,27,28,29,30}
     Joshua reportedly studied medicine at Georgetown, District of ColumbiaG, and at Transylvania University at Lexington, Kentucky after leaving West Point. However, the only medical school then in the District, the Medical Department of Columbia College (later George Washington University), was not in Georgetown, then a separate city, but in Washington. There is no record of his attendance there.^31,32,33,34 Reports that he studied at Transylvania College, Lexington, KentuckyG, in 1834-35, have been confirmed. Transylvania, now a small liberal arts college, was founded in 1780, and the Medical Department in 1799. However, the reports that he graduated "with honors" have not been; no record of his graduation has yet been found.^35,36,37,38
     He was probably one of the seven males age 20 to 30 listed in the household of his father in the 1830 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.³⁹
     Joshua married first Julia Ann Mims, daughter of Linah Mims and Rebeccah Davis, on 23 Jun 1835 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.^7,8,9
     Joshua bought lot no. 29, on Second St. in EddyvilleG from his sister's husband, James G. Clark, on 27 Nov 1836, for $200.⁴⁰

Joining the Iron Works in Tennessee --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Joshua and Julia moved to Stewart Co., TennesseeG, about 1837 where he became resident physician at Cumberland Iron Works Company.^41,42,43 The firm operated three furnaces, at Bear Springs, Dover, and Bellwood, where it employed slave labor, and he was contracted to provide medical care to the slaves. He also soon built a practice in the surrounding county.^44,45,46,47
      On 23 Jan 1837 Joshua bought two half-acre lots in EddyvilleG from Hannah and John Hallick, his sister and her husband, for $147.⁴⁸
     Joshua appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Stewart Co., TennesseeG, with a household consisting of 1 white male under 5 (son Robert), 1 white male between 15 and 20 (perhaps a nephew), 1 white male between 30 and 40 (himself), 2 white females under 5 (daughters Irene, and perhaps Ione?), 1 white female between 20 and 30 (wife Julia), and a male and a female slave, both between 10 and 24. One person was recorded as employed in the "learned professions and engineering," no doubt Dr. Joshua.⁴⁹
     His wife died on 11 Sep 1841 at Cumberland Iron Works, Stewart Co., TennesseeG.^50,51
     On 18 Apr 1842 Joshua took a mortgage on a female Negro slave, Hanah, about 40 years of age, and her future increases from George M. Marshall, husband of his sister Persis, to secure a note for $200.⁵²
     Joshua married second Marina Turner Bryan, daughter of Col. Henry Hunter Bryan and Elizabeth Ann Averett, on 18 Jan 1843 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG.^10,11,12
     After the death of his first wife he gave up his medical practice and turned to the iron business. In partnership with Thomas W. Barksdale, Samuel Cooke, and William Bradley, he purchased a considerable number of tracts rich in iron ore and organized the Rough and Ready Furnace Company in 1845. They operated the Company successfully for a year, and then sold it for $65,000 to Barksdale, Johnson & Co. Joshua, D. N. Kennedy, and William Phillips then bought the Lagrange Furnace, operating under the name of Cobb, Phillips & Co. It became a very lucrative investment, and they built the Eclipse Furnace and bought the Clark Furnace and one-third of the Girard Furnace. But the property depreciated greatly during the Civil War. The business, previously valued at $250,000, was sold for $75,000, about the only iron company to salvage any value after the war.^53,54,55

His Support of Education --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     When the Clarksville Female Academy was opened across Madison St. from Joshua's home in 1846, he was among the major supporters, subscribing to 19 shares at $25 each. The school was occupied by both Confederate and Union troops during the war, but was repaired and reopened afterwards. He served on the Board of Trust for many years, and was it's President at the time of his death. When the state legislature granted authority in 1856 to incorporate Stewart College, he was one of the applicants, along with other prominent men in the community.^56,57,58,59
     Joshua and Marina appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Stewart Co., TennesseeG, enumerated 5 Dec 1850, reporting real estate valued at $5,000. Their children Edwin, Marina, Mary, Virginia, and Sallie were listed as living with them, as was his children by his prior marriage, Irene and Robert, and her sons by her prior marriage, George and William Dortch. He also reported owning 14 slaves, ranging in age from one to 30, of which four were males.^60,61

Moving to Clarksville --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Joshua and Marina moved their family to ClarksvilleG, in 1851, where he sold iron, bought iron-working supplies, and settled his accounts. He apparently also resumed his medical practice, as he is listed as a physician, at the southeast corner of 5th St. and Commerce St., in the 1859-60 Clarksville city directory. He retired from active business about 1866.^62,63,64
     He bought what became the Cobb homestead from Judge William Turner, who had moved to Nashville, Tennessee. The homestead consisted of four acres of forested hills and a small grove between Madison and Commerce and Fifth and Sixth Streets G on which was later located the homes of the Merritt, Pettus, and Bowling families in addition to the Cobb home. The home was built by Judge Turner and was not quite finished when Joshua bought it for $5,500.⁶⁵
     After a sufficient amount of stock in the Memphis, Clarksville, and Louisville Railroad had been sold to justify organizing the company, the commissioners met on 25 May 1853 in Clarksville and elected a board of directors. Joshua was elected president.⁶⁷
      On 26 Dec 1859 Joshua gave his recently married daughter Irene the lot in EddyvilleG that he had purchased from his brother-in-law, James G. Clark, in 1836, before he had moved to Steward Co., Tennessee.⁶⁸
     He was engaged in a partnership with George Pegram of St. Louis operating as commission merchants. They advertised in late 1860 and early 1861, soliciting orders "for the purchase of Flour, Corn, Bacon, &c." The Clarksville business was known as J. Cobb & Co. In St. Louis the business was known as Pegram & Cobb, operating at Main and Plum Sts. G.⁶⁶
     Joshua and Marina appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, enumerated 7 Sep 1860, reporting real estate of $30,500 and person estate of $15,000. Their children Edwin, Mary, Marina, Virginia, Sallie, and Gideon were listed as living with them. He also reported owning nine slaves ranging in age from 14 to 54, six males and three females, housed in two slave houses.^69,70

Supporting the War Effort --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

      As fear of conflict built in the months leading up to the Civil War, the local militia, which had fallen into disuse, was revived. The 25 May 1861 issue of the Clarksville newspaper reported that the Independent Guard, with Joshua as Captain, had been organized and were drilling every afternoon on the college campus.⁷¹ The 5 Jul 1861 issue of the newspaper announced a second company of home-guards had been organized under Capt. W. W. Valliant, known as the Clarksville Guards. It stated that their arms would be muskets, if they can be had, if not double-barrel shot guns.⁷² An article in the 14 Jul 1861 issue stated that the Independent Guards "will soon be equipped with a nice uniform. It is composed of fine sized, good looking men, whose appearance would put a legion of Yankees to flight; the only use they have for muskets is to shoot the enemy on the wing."⁷³
      On 10 Aug 1861 the Sheriff of Montgomery Co. announced that an election would be held to replace Col. Frank S. Beaumount of the 91st Regiment of Militia of the county, who had resigned. The issue of the local paper carrying this notice also included an article noting that no one had announced an interest in the office, and suggested Joshua for it. The paper said "Dr. Cobb is a regular graduate of West Point, is thoroughly "rubbed up" now, in military tactics, and fully imbued with the martial and patriotic spirit of the times. He is, we think, the very man for the place; and we respectfully urge the regimental voters to elect him."⁷⁴ Joshua was elected to the office. In the article announcing his election the newspaper said "...knowing his firmness and practical good sense, we hope for a speedy unravelling of the tangled web which the Home Guard of Minute Men system had prepared for him." The article continued, apparently addressing a common belief, "The Militia may discard the delusion that they can neither be drafted nor ordered out of the county because they belong to the Minute Men – a mere police system that never contemplated the enlistment of men beyond the number necessary for patrol duty."⁷⁵
      There were various reports of activities of the Regiment until 11 Dec 1861, when Joshua, as its commanding officer, issued Special Order No. 7. The order noted that more than half the men subject to militia duty had volunteered and mustered into the Confederate Provisional Army. So the order released all men in the Regiment.⁷⁶
     On 19 Feb 1862 the Federal gunboats Conestoga and Cairo steamed up the Cumberland River to Clarksville. At Fr. Defiance, near the city, they found a white flag flying and the fort deserted. Arriving at the city they found the Confederate soldiers, including those who had escapted after the surrender of Fr. Donelson, had left the city.⁷⁷
     The Confederate Army established a hospital at the Clarksville Female AcademyG early in the war. When Ft. Donelson was surrendered on 16 Feb 1862 Clarksville was quickly evacuated, leaving about 200 sick and wounded patients at the hospital. With no army medical personnel present to care for them, a citizen committee was organized, and Dr. Cobb was named chairman of that committee and surgeon in chief, to exercise general superintendence over the sanitary condition of the hospital, and to select or appoint aids to superintend the various departments. When Federal troops took possession of Clarksville, he was re-appointed surgeon in charge and general superintendent by Col. Crafts J. Wright, commandant of the post. The committee operated the hospital From 20 Feb to 20 Jun 1862, dependant largely on public contributions, and in the end sold supplies to pay its expenses.⁷⁸
     It has been reported that Joshua went to Virginia as a surgeon for the 14th Tennessee Regiment, in which his younger son Edwin was serving, and accompanied Edwin's body back to Clarksville after his death in May 1863. No mention of him being with the 14th has been found in any contemporary records, nor in any of the recollections of that unit published in subsequent years. He certainly didn't accompany the remains home at that time as they are not returned until eight years later.^79,80,81

First Mayor After the War --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     In 1865 Joshua Cobb became Clarksville's first mayor since the war began, serving until 1866, when he was succeeded by John Bailey for a year. Joshua was elected again in 1867 and served until 1869. According to one observer, "life was beginning to make sense again in the town."^82,83,84
      The County Court at that time was responsible for functions generally assigned to boards of commissioners or county supervisors today. An elected judge presided, and the magistrates decided issues by vote. Joshua was elected as a magistrate in 1869, and served until his death. He became regarded as the foremost member of the County Court, serving on important committees, and always filled the chair in the absence of the judge. In an obituary he was described as "a vigilant and careful director of the county business, and the sternest opponent of anything adverse in his judgment to the public interest." Another said "the sobriquet of 'the watch-dog of the public treasury' was frequently applied to him."^85,86,87
     Joshua and Marina appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, enumerated 28 Jun 1870, reporting that she owned $15,000 in real estate and $500 in personal property. Their daughter Sallie was listed as living with them, as were the widower of their daughter Mary Aurelle, John Baker Tapscott, and his daughter Mary. Also listed was her son Dr. George C. Dortch, his wife Elizabeth Jane Worden, and their daughters Susan, Mina, and Georgia.⁸⁸
     Joshua loaned $2,500 to his brother Gideon, apparently as the latter's business was failing in the late 1860s. It appears that the money was lost when Gideon filed for bankruptcy in Oct 1871.⁸⁹

A Dramatic Death --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     The quarterly meeting in which Joshua died was attended by 34 magistrates, an unusually large number. Matters before the Court that day included a proposal to exempt ministers from the poll tax, which Joshua "spoke earnestly in favor of." He read the report on appropriations, noting that the matter of perquisites received by the county judge had become the subject of legal proceedings, and thus was not addressed by the committee. After the proposed tax rates, excepting the courthouse tax, were approved, Judge Tyler called for discussion on funding the new Court House. He proposed to use the proceeds of a compromise he had reached in a suit by the County against the L. & N.R.R. to delay the need for a tax for several years. Dr. Cobb objected, contending earnestly that the proceeds were already appropriated by law for payment of the County's railroad debt, and could not be diverted. Further, he said the compromise damaged the interests of the County, and Judge Tyler was not authorized to agree to it. The Judge responded "with much energy." Dr. Cobb moved for a committee of three "to enquire into the circumstances of the compromise and the authority of the Judge to make it." While that motion was being discussed Joshua collapsed and died within a few minutes, stopping the proceedings.^90,91
     He was apparently a man of strong convictions. He was described as "a highly educated man... possessed of acute penetration as a business mind, and a most energetic asserter of his opinions, which, however, were generally well founded. In this connection his one infirmity was a highly irascible temperament, which was a source of trouble to him and with which he earnestly struggled. He was a man of strong religious convictions and recognized as high standard of moral responsibility, though he had not made a public profession of religion at his death."⁹²
     Joshua died on 7 Apr 1879 in the temporary County Court House (Baptist Church), Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, at age 69.^13,14,15
     The following article appeared Courier-Journal 8 Apr 1879:
He was buried City Cemetery, later known as Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TennesseeG, with his second wife, Marina, his daughter Mary Aurelle Cobb Tapscott, and his sons Gideon Clark Cobb and Edwin B. Cobb.¹⁶
     His funeral at the Methodist Church was "largely attended," as "large an audience as we remember ever to have seen there", with services conducted by Rev. R. K. Brown and W. Mooney.^94,95
     Joshua died intestate (without leaving a will) and letters of administration for his estate were issued on 30 Apr 1879 in Montgomery County CourtG to Marina Turner Bryan, his widow. She made a bond for $1,000, with her sons by her first marriage, William and Dr. George C. Dortch, as sureties. But no further record of the probate has been found.^96,97

Julia Ann Mims was born on 7 Jul 1812 in Richmond, VirginiaG.^4,5,6
     She moved to Christian Co., Kentucky, with her parents, Linah Mims and Rebeccah Davis, about 1817 or 1818.^12,13 She was probably one of the three females under age 10 listed in the household of her father, Linah Mims, in the 1820 Federal Census of Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KentuckyG.¹⁴
     She was named an heir in the will of her grandmother, Jane Clendenin, dated 10 Jul 1824. She was to receive a child of a young slave given to her brother Davis.¹⁵
     Her mother died between 1828 and Jun 1830, when Julia was about 17 years old.^16,17,18,19 She was probably the female age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her father in the 1830 Federal Census of Christian Co., KentuckyG.²⁰
     Julia apparently moved to Caldwell Co.G, were her older brother, John, was living. He had moved there before 1830, and had prospered there. It seems likely that she and all her surviving siblings moved to brother John's household not long after 1830, perhaps after he married in the fall of 1831.^20,21
     Julia married Dr. Joshua Cobb, son of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, on 23 Jun 1835 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.^7,8,9
     Julia and Joshua moved to Stewart Co., TennesseeG, about 1837 where he became resident physician at Cumberland Iron Works Company.^22,23,24 She was probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband, Joshua, in the 1840 Federal Census of Stewart Co., TennesseeG.²⁵
     Julia died on 11 Sep 1841 in Cumberland Iron Works, Stewart Co., TennesseeG, at age 29.^4,10 She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, in the Cobb family plot, with her infant daughter, Ione.¹¹