Emma C. Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10234, (abt 1841 - 1871)
FatherWillard Burr Cobb5 (19 Jan 1807 - 6 Sep 1849)
MotherSubmit S. Garlinghouse4 (abt 1814 - bef 1880)

Key Events:

Birth: about 15 Aug 1841, Indiana6,7,8
Marriage: 11 Apr 1861, Ripley Co., Indiana, John J. Morton (28 Oct 1834 - 11 May 1919)9,10,11
Death: 7 Dec 187112
Burial: Wesley Cemetery, Decatur Co., Indiana13
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Emma C. Cobb was born about 15 Aug 1841 in Indiana.6,7,8
     Her father died on 6 Sep 1849, when Emma was 8 years old.14,15
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana, in the household of her mother, Submit S. Garlinghouse.16
     Emma married John J. Morton on 11 Apr 1861 in Ripley Co., Indiana.9,10,11
     Emma and John appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Jackson Twp., Decatur Co., Indiana, enumerated 20 Jun 1870, reporting real estate valued at $1,200 and personal estate of $800. Their children James, Anna and Willard were listed as living with them, as were Henry Morton, age 18, an apprentice blacksmith, and Abram Lansbury, age 23, a blacksmith.17
     Emma died on 7 Dec 1871.12 She was buried in Wesley Cemetery, Decatur Co., Indiana.13

Children:
     Children with John J. Morton:

  • James B. Morton18 (21 Jul 1864 - 2 Aug 1901)
  • Anna Morton18 (Aug 1867 - aft 1920)
  • Willard B. Morton18,19 (7 Jul 1869 - 1 Apr 1896)
  • Emma C. Morton20 (Nov 1871 - 15 Feb 1930)

Citations

  1. [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows name as Emma C. Cobb.
  2. [S2979] "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for John J Morton and Emma Cobb.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 97048933, Emma C. Morton, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  4. [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows the child apparently living with his widow as mother and child.
  6. [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 8 and state.
  7. [S11742] John J. Morton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 28 and state.
  8. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 97048933, Emma C. Morton, includes tombstone photo showing age 30 yrs 3 mo 22 days at death 7 Dec 1871.
  9. [S2979] "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for John J Morton and Emma Cobb, shows date, county, and state.
  10. [S11742] John J. Morton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 97048933, Emma C. Morton, includes tombstone photo showing her as his wife.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 97048933, Emma C. Morton, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 97048933, Emma C. Morton, includes tombstone photo.
  14. [S1169] "U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index," Ancestry.com, record for Willard B. Cobb, 1850 census, shows month, county, and cause of death.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 16644686, Willard Burr Cobb, shows date and includes tombstone photo, but date is unreadable.
  16. [S2375] Submit S. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
  17. [S11742] John J. Morton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
  18. [S11742] John J. Morton household, 1870 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 29407866, Willard B. Morton, includes tombstone photo showing him as son of John J. & Emma C. Morton.
  20. [S11743] John J. Morton household, 1880 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows the girl as daughter of Emma's widowed husband.