Maria Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10115, (1830 - 1919)
FatherGideon Cobb4,1,5 (26 Jun 1791 - Aug 1864)
MotherRoxana Worden4,1,5 (4 Mar 1794 - 21 Apr 1863)

Key Events:

Birth: 16 Dec 1830, New York6,7,8
Marriage: 6 Jun 1854, Rochester, New York, Liberty Hall (27 Jul 1826 - 21 Jun 1891)9,10,11
Death: 10 Apr 1919, 3904 McGee, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri4
Burial: 13 Apr 1919, Forest Hill Cemetery4
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     
Maria Cobb
courtesy of the McLeod Historical Society
1 Maria Cobb was born on 16 Dec 1830 in New York.6,7,8
     She was probably the female age 5 to 10 listed in the household of her father, Gideon Cobb, in the 1840 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York.12 She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York, in the household of her parents, Gideon Cobb and Roxana Worden.2
     Maria married Liberty Hall, son of Jeremiah Hall and Sarah Knight, on 6 Jun 1854 in Rochester, New York.9,10,11
     After their marriage, Maria and Liberty Hall lived for a time at his father's home in Concord, New Hampshire.13 They returned to Rochester in 1856.13 They appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, enumerated 25 Jun 1860, reporting real estate valued at $2,700. Their children Clifford and Charles were listed as living with them, as was Ann Gallagher, an 18-year-old domestic from Ireland.14
     Maria and Liberty and their two surviving sons moved to Glencoe, Minnesota, in the fall of 1868, with his brother Virgil and his family. His parents followed them in 1870.15,16 Maria and Liberty appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Helen, McLeod Co., Minnesota, enumerated 11 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate of $1,000. Their children Clifford, Harry and Weenona were listed as living with them.17
     Maria and Liberty appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Glencoe, McLeod Co., Minnesota, enumerated 12 Jun 1880. Their children Clifford, Harry and Weenona were listed as living with them. Also listed were his parents, Jeremiah Hall and Sarah Knight, her cousin Willard G. Cobb, son of her brother Gideon, and Jerimmie Ebbert, a 20-year-old German servant.18
     Failing health prompted Liberty to seek a warmer climate, so in 1887 he and Maria joined their sons Clifford and Harry in Kansas City, Missouri. His mother, now widowed, moved there with them.19
     Her husband died on 21 Jun 1891 in Denver, Colorado.20,21
     Her brother James's will, which left all his property to his family's long-time housekeeper, was filed for probate 20 Mar 1899. Maria and her sister Frances filed to contest the will.22,23 Their contest was rejected by the judge 6 Sep 1899, and ordered them to pay costs.24
     Maria appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, in the household of her daughter Weenona and her husband, Philip Sheriden Creager.25 Maria appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, in the household of her daughter Weenona, now widowed.26
     Maria died on 10 Apr 1919 at 3904 McGee, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, at age 88, her daughter's home.4 She was buried on 13 Apr 1919 in Forest Hill Cemetery.4

Children:
     Children with Liberty Hall:

  • Clifford Flavial Hall27,28,29 (20 May 1855 - 12 Mar 1918)
  • Charles G. Hall27,28 (25 Jun 1857 - 3 Jul 1867)
  • Lillis Lenora Hall27 (2 Apr 1861 - 25 Dec 1863)
  • Harry Liberty Hall27,29,30 (2 Oct 1864 - 27 Oct 1933)
  • Weenona Maria Hall27,19,29 (8 Sep 1868 - 22 Mar 1936)

Citations

  1. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 46.
  2. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  3. [S2467] Kling, "Gideon Cobb (1791-1864)," shows two daughters named Maria, on who died young.
  4. [S4290] Maria Cobb Hall, Certificate of Death.
  5. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S4290] Maria Cobb Hall, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  7. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 46, shows year.
  8. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows age 19 and state.
  9. [S4288] Turner, History of Peru, pg 155, shows date, with year as 1851, city, and state; pg 163, shows date, with year as 1854.
  10. [S4285] Whitney, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History, pg 211, shows year, as 1854, city, and state.
  11. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 46, shows married.
  12. [S2459] Curtis P. Buckland household, 1840 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  13. [S4288] Turner, History of Peru, pg 163.
  14. [S4286] Liberty Hall household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  15. [S4288] Turner, History of Peru, pg 164.
  16. [S4285] Whitney, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History, pg 211, shows he lived 25 years in Minnesota before moving to Kansas City in 1887.
  17. [S4287] Liberty Hall household, 1870 U.S. Census, McLeod Co., Minnesota.
  18. [S4289] Liberty Hall household, 1880 U.S. Census, McLeod Co., Minnesota.
  19. [S4285] Whitney, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History, pg 211.
  20. [S4285] Whitney, Kansas City, Missouri: Its History, pg 211, shows year and city; pg 164 shows he wrote a letter to his wife 23 Jun 1891, then "died soon June 21, 1891."
  21. [S4302] "The Funeral of Liberty Hall," Kansas City Star, 26 Jun 1891, shows body arrived here "this morning" from Denver.
  22. [S4283] "Consumed Much Whisky," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 4 May 1899.
  23. [S4284] "Housekeeper Gets All," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 7 Sep 1899, shows date of probate.
  24. [S4284] "Housekeeper Gets All," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 7 Sep 1899.
  25. [S4291] Phil S. Creager household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri.
  26. [S4292] Weenona H. Creager household, 1910 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Missouri.
  27. [S4288] Turner, History of Peru, pg 155.
  28. [S4286] Liberty Hall household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  29. [S4287] Liberty Hall household, 1870 U.S. Census, McLeod Co., Minnesota, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  30. [S4289] Liberty Hall household, 1880 U.S. Census, McLeod Co., Minnesota, shows him as the son of her husband.