Persis Clark Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 1512, (1815 - bef 1864)
FatherGideon Dyer Cobb4,5 (11 Sep 1773 - 1 Mar 1834)
MotherModena Chittenden Clark4,5 (4 Oct 1779 - 7 Oct 1837)

Key Events:

Birth: 23 Nov 1815, Kentucky6,7,8
Marriage: 11 Feb 1834, Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, George M. Marshall (1812 - 1871)9,10,11,12
Death: before 186413
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     Persis Clark Cobb was born on 23 Nov 1815 in Kentucky.6,7,8
     She was probably one of the two females age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her father, Gideon Dyer Cobb, in the 1830 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.14
     Persis married George M. Marshall, son of George Marshall and Ann Rosewell, on 11 Feb 1834 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, with Rev. John Johnson officiating.9,10,11,12
     She was probably one of the two females age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband George in the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.15
     Persis and George appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Crittenden Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Aug 1850, apparently living next door to where her brothers Gideon and Caleb lived when in the area to tend to their iron business. Their children John, Edwin, Ellen, Gideon, Henry, Mary and Charles were listed as living with them, as was one slave, a 47 year-old female.16,17
     On 16 Aug 1851 Persis' brother Gideon gave her and her children John, Edwin, Ellen, Gideon, Henry, Mary and Charles the 185-acre parcel on the waters of Livingston Creek and the Cumberland River in Crittenden Co. that he had purchased from Theophilus Killen and his wife Malinda on 2 Dec 1850, for which he had paid $550.18
     Persis and George appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Dycusburg, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, enumerated 16 Jul 1860, reporting real estate valued at $4,000, and personal estate valued at $1,000. Their children Gideon, Henry, Mary, Charles and Fanny were listed as living with them.19
     Persis apparently died in or before 1864, as her husband re-married in December of that year.13

Children:
     Children with George M. Marshall:

  • John C. Marshall20,21,22 (abt 1834 - )
  • Edwin M. Marshall20,22 (abt 1837 - )
  • Ellen A. Marshall20,22 (abt 1839 - )
  • Gideon D. Marshall20,22,23 (1840 - )
  • Henry B. Marshall20,22,23 (abt 1845 - abt 1879)
  • Mary E. Marshall20,22,23 (abt 1846 - )
  • Charles W. Marshall5,22,23 (abt 1848 - )
  • Fanny C. Marshall23 (abt 1855 - )
  • George F. Marshall24,25 (13 Apr 1856 - 30 Jan 1858)

Citations

  1. [S2303] Kilbury-Cobb, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, granddaughter of Joshua Cobb, with notarized statement 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, that they were from a Bible in her possession, shows name as Persis Clark Cobb.
  2. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for George M. Marshall and Miss Persis Cobb, 11 Feb 1834.
  3. [S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, George M. Marshall to Persis Cobb, 16 Feb 1834 (register date partly obscured, appears to be 16 Feb).
  4. [S2303] Kilbury-Cobb, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania.
  5. [S2793] Deeds, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, B:893-4, Gideon D. Cobb to Persus C. Marshall & her children John C. Marshall, Edwin M. Marshall, Ellen A. Marshall, Gideon D. Marshall, Henry B. Marshall, Mary E. Marshall & Charles U. Marshall, 15 Dec 1851, grantor states that Persus was his sister.
  6. [S2303] Kilbury-Cobb, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, shows date.
  7. [S1783] George M. Marshal household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 37 and state.
  8. [S1698] George M. Marshall household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 47 and state.
  9. [S726] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, George M. Marshall to Persis Cobb, 16 Feb 1834 (register date partly obscured, appears to be 16 Feb), return shows date of marriage as 11 Feb 1834.
  10. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for George M. Marshall and Miss Persis Cobb, 11 Feb 1834, return of minister shows solemnized same date.
  11. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as 11 Feb 1834, town, county, and state.
  12. [S1783] George M. Marshal household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows both in household, apparently living as husband and wife.
  13. [S8605] Marriage Register, Livingston Co., Kentucky, 1A:212, George M. Marshall and Miss Emelline Green, shows married 22 Dec 1864.
  14. [S1789] Gideon Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S1802] Geo. M. Marshall household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S1783] George M. Marshal household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S840] George M. Marshall, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  18. [S2793] Deeds, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, B:754-5, Theophilus Killen & wife to Gideon D. Cobb, 29 May 1851; and B:893-4, Gideon D. Cobb to Persus C. Marshall & her children John C. Marshall, Edwin M. Marshall, Ellen A. Marshall, Gideon D. Marshall, Henry B. Marshall, Mary E. Marshall & Charles U. Marshall, 15 Dec 1851.
  19. [S1698] George M. Marshall household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky.
  20. [S2793] Deeds, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, B:893-4, Gideon D. Cobb to Persus C. Marshall & her children John C. Marshall, Edwin M. Marshall, Ellen A. Marshall, Gideon D. Marshall, Henry B. Marshall, Mary E. Marshall & Charles U. Marshall, 15 Dec 1851.
  21. [S2976] "Dycusburg Cemetery", shows him as John C. Marshall s/o of G. M. & P. C.
  22. [S1783] George M. Marshal household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows both in household apparently as parent and child.
  23. [S1698] George M. Marshall household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows them living apparently as parent and child.
  24. [S2774] Geo F. Marshall, birth register.
  25. [S2976] "Dycusburg Cemetery", shows him as George Lmore Marshall s/o of G. M. & P. C.