Irene Gracey Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 11, (1879 - 1886)
FatherCapt. Robert Linah Cobb4,5 (5 Mar 1840 - 2 Jun 1895)
MotherVirginia A. Tuck4,6 (14 Nov 1848 - 17 May 1886)

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Sep 1879, Arkansas7,8
Death: 25 Apr 1886, San Antonio, Texas9,10,11
Burial: 2 May 1886, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee12,3
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont
The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family
The Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     
Irene Cobb
from painting by J. T. Poindexter
Irene Gracey Cobb was born on 17 Sep 1879 in Arkansas.7,8
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, in the household of her parents, Capt. Robert Linah Cobb and Virginia A. Tuck.5
     On 28 May 1884, at age 4, 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.13
     In 1885, a year before her death, James Thomas Poindexter, a noted portrait artist from Eddyville, Kentucky, her paternal grandfather's hometown, painted a full-length portrait of her.
     She moved to San Antonio, Texas, in the fall of 1885 with her mother, who went there for her health.14,15,16 Irene seems to have been less than thrilled with her new home. In Dec 1885 she was passing through Travis Park there, and asked "Is the best park in San Antonio? Now, we have a nicer park than this in Little Rock; nice green grass, pretty flowers, swings, and seats. Mamma, I want to go home; I don't want to play in a dirty old park like this."17
     Irene died on 25 Apr 1886 in San Antonio, Texas, at age 6.9,10,11 She was buried on 2 May 1886 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the Cobb family plot.12,3

Citations

  1. [S1018] "Local News," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 4 May 1886, shows name as Irene Gracey Cobb.
  2. [S390] R. L. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, shows name as Irene Cobb.
  3. [S8700] Irene G. Cobb grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery.
  4. [S1018] "Local News," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 4 May 1886.
  5. [S390] R. L. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pulaski Co., Arkansas.
  6. [S390] R. L. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, shows Irene as the daughter of Jennie's husband.
  7. [S390] R. L. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, shows age 9 months, born in Aug, and state.
  8. [S8700] Irene G. Cobb grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows date, with month as Sep.
  9. [S8703] Irene Cobb obituary, The Daily Democrat, shows died "yesterday," city, and state.
  10. [S1018] "Local News," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 4 May 1886, shows Sunday afternoon, 25 Apr, city, and state.
  11. [S8700] Irene G. Cobb grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows date.
  12. [S1018] "Local News," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 4 May 1886, shows sevices Sunday afternoon and cemetery.
  13. [S8701] "The Doll Wedding," The Daily Gazette, 1 Jun 1884.
  14. [S8703] Irene Cobb obituary, The Daily Democrat, shows Mrs. Cobb had been in Texas several months on account of her health.
  15. [S8702] "A Telling Criticism," The San Antonio Light, 4 Dec 1885, shows Irene as a new arrival.
  16. [S1020] "Local News," Semi-Weekly Tobacco Leaf, 18 May 1886, shows she died of consumption.
  17. [S8702] "A Telling Criticism," The San Antonio Light, 4 Dec 1885.