Paulina Elizabeth Cobb1,2,3
ID# 10233, (abt 1836 - )
Father | Willard Burr Cobb5 (19 Jan 1807 - 6 Sep 1849) |
Mother | Submit S. Garlinghouse4 (abt 1814 - bef 1880) |
Charts | Descendants of Gideon Cobb |
Ancestry | The Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont |
Narrative:
Paulina Elizabeth Cobb was born about 1836 in Indiana![](ml.png)
She was probably the female under age 5 listed in the household of her father, Willard Burr Cobb, in the 1840 Federal Census of Decatur Co., Indiana
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Her father died on 6 Sep 1849, when Paulina was about 13 years old.12,13
She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana
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Paulina married Francis C. Humphrey, son of John Humphrey and Clarissa [surname unknown], on 30 Jul 1857, with Samuel Pavy offciating.9,10
Paulina and Francis, and their children William and John, appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Cotton Twp., Switzerland Co., Indiana
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Paulina and Francis appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Cotton Twp., Switzerland Co., Indiana
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Paulina and Francis appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Oil Twp., Perry Co., Indiana
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No death record has been found for either Paulina or Francis. Un-sourced online trees report she died 12 Oct 1897 and he died 27 Apr 1898.
Children:
Children with Francis C. Humphrey:
- William Webster Humphrey18,19 (10 Apr 1858 - 3 Mar 1942)
- John Humphrey18 (abt Feb 1859 - bef 1870)
- Ann E. Humphrey19 (abt 1862 - )
- Philinda Humphrey19,20,21 (11 Sep 1864 - 21 Dec 1935)
- Ida Emma Humphrey19,20,22 (13 May 1870 - 29 Feb 1944)
- Martin Henry Humphrey23,24 (5 Sep 1872 - 21 Dec 1934)
- Hiram Francis Humphrey23 (10 May 1878 - 29 Sep 1967)
Citations
- [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows name as Perlina E. Cobb.
- [S8456] Marriage Record, Switzerland Co., Indiana, 1849-1858:488, Francis C. Humphrey and Elizabeth P. Cobb.
- [S11727] John Humphrey household, 1860 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana, shows name as Paulina Humphrey.
- [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows the child apparently living with his widow as mother and child.
- [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 14 and state.
- [S11727] John Humphrey household, 1860 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana, shows age 24 and state.
- [S11735] Francis Humphrey household, 1870 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana, shows age 34 and state.
- [S8456] Marriage Record, Switzerland Co., Indiana, 1849-1858:488, Francis C. Humphrey and Elizabeth P. Cobb, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
- [S11735] Francis Humphrey household, 1870 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
- [S1579] W. B. Cobb household, 1840 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
- [S1169] "U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index," Ancestry.com, record for Willard B. Cobb, 1850 census, shows month, county, and cause of death.
- [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 16644686, Willard Burr Cobb, shows date and includes tombstone photo, but date is unreadable.
- [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
- [S11727] John Humphrey household, 1860 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana.
- [S11735] Francis Humphrey household, 1870 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana.
- [S11738] Francis Humphrey household, 1880 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Indiana.
- [S11727] John Humphrey household, 1860 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S11735] Francis Humphrey household, 1870 U.S. Census, Switzerland Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S11738] Francis Humphrey household, 1880 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Indiana, shows the girl as daughter of Elizabeth's husband.
- [S11736] Pylinda Phylia Mingus, Certificate of Death.
- [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Ida Emma Westerfield, citing cert. no. 8910.
- [S11738] Francis Humphrey household, 1880 U.S. Census, Perry Co., Indiana, shows him as son of her husband.
- [S11739] Martin Henry Humphres, Certificate of Death.