Marion Catlett1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 1553, (1828 - 1912)
FatherThomas Washington Catlett4,5 (27 Sep 1799 - 28 Apr 1880)
MotherIsabella Field Helm6,5 ( - btn 1834 - 1840)

Key Events:

Birth: Dec 1828, Kentucky7,8,9
Marriage: 15 Jan 1850, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Giles Lyon Cobb (5 Dec 1820 - 4 Oct 1867)10,11,12
Death: 9 Apr 1912, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky13,14
Burial: 10 Apr 1912, Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky15,16
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

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Narrative:

     Marion Catlett was born in Dec 1828 in Kentucky.7,8,9
     She was probably the female under age 5 listed in the household of her father, Thomas Washington Catlett, in the 1830 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky.17
     Her mother died between 1834 and 1840, when Marion was around 9 years old.18,19,20 She moved to Caldwell Co. with her father before 1840. She was probably the female age 10 to 15 listed in the household of her father in the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.21
     Marion married Giles Lyon Cobb, son of Gideon Dyer Cobb and Modena Chittenden Clark, on 15 Jan 1850 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.10,11,12
     Marion and Giles settled in Dycusburg after their marriage. The town had been incorporated 1844.22 They appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Crittenden Co., Kentucky, enumerated 28 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $600. His late sister's son James G. Hallick, and James Redford, an 18-year-old clerk, were listed as living with them. There were also two female slaves, one aged 15 and one 45.23,24
     It appears that Giles and Marion moved back to Eddyville by 1855.25 They appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 11 Aug 1860, reporting $2,800 in real estate, $12,000 of personal estate. Her brother Malcom, James Murphy and Barclay Arney James, both clerks, and one female slave, age 53, were also listed in the household.26,27
     Giles moved to New Orleans at some point after the War. It is unclear just when, or whether Marion joined him.28
     Her husband died on 4 Oct 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana.29,30,31 Marion has not been found in the 1870 census. Whether or not she had moved to New Orleans, she was in Kentucky by later that year.
     After her husband's death Marion bought lot no. 2 in Eddyville, on Water St., facing the Cumberland River. She bought if from John W. Clark for $250, on 19 Nov 1870, with the seller reserving the right to remove the buildings. If he did, she built a home there as she was living there when she sold the property to the State in 1884.32
     Marion was named an heir in the will of her father, dated 11 Nov 1876, in which he left her an equal share with her siblings of the proceeds of the sale of his two storehouses in Eddyville, his 763-acre farm after the lease to his two youngest sons expired 1 Jan 1882, and his home and lots, after the death of his wife. The shares were to be adjusted for prior gifts, which he listed. He listed for her a wardrobe, bedstead, and press valued at $41 and a slave named Patty, valued at $650, given about 1853.33
     Marion appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Jun 1880, with a 21-year old servant, Delia Boone, living with her.34
     The State bought her home 3 Sep 1884, along with most of the others on the west side of town, to construct the Branch Penitentiary there. The State paid $670 for the land, and her brother-in-law, Frederick Henry Skinner, paid an additional $530 for the buildings.35 (For details of all deeds involving the prison, see the extracted Lyon Co. Deeds.)
     Marion apparently lived in St. Louis, Missouri, for a time after selling her home in Eddyville. She was likely there with her sister Helen, who moved there after her husband died to live with her daughter. Marion had moved back to Eddyville by 1900.36 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of John H. Hussey and Belle S. Pinner, her sister Letitia's daughter and her husband. Letitia and their brother James were also listed in the household.37 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in the household of John and Belle.38
     Marion died on 9 Apr 1912 in Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, at age 83.13,14 She was buried on 10 Apr 1912 in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, in her family's plot.15,16

Children:
     There were no children with Giles Lyon Cobb

Citations

  1. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 195, Giles L. Cobb to Miss Marion Catlett, 14 Jan 1850.
  2. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows name as Mrs. Marian Cobb and her as his daughter.
  3. [S1063] Marion C. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Catlett.
  4. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows her as his daughter.
  5. [S1063] Marion C. Cobb, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows Marion as his daughter.
  7. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 277, record for Marion Cobb, shows year, as 1827.
  8. [S1782] Giles L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 20 and state.
  9. [S3080] John H. Haissey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows month, year, as 1828, age 71, and state.
  10. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 195, Giles L. Cobb to Miss Marion Catlett, 14 Jan 1850, return shows date as 15th.
  11. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows her name as Mrs. Marian Cobb.
  12. [S1782] Giles L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows apparently living as husband and wife, and both married within the year.
  13. [S1063] Marion C. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date, town, and county.
  14. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 277, record for Marion Cobb, shows year.
  15. [S1063] Marion C. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date and buried in Eddyville.
  16. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 277, record for Marion Cobb, shows her near other members of the Catlett famliy.
  17. [S3072] Thomas W. Catlett household, 1830 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  18. [S3071] Thos W. Catlett household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows no female near her age.
  19. [S3070] Thomas W. Catlett household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, does not show her in the household.
  20. [S2311] Marriages, Kentucky, state copy, 1859, Union Co., Thomas W. Catlett and Maria L. Clark, shows her husband as a widower.
  21. [S3071] Thos W. Catlett household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  22. [S3055] Travis, "A Thriving Town in the 1800s", shows date of incorporation2.
  23. [S1782] Giles L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky.
  24. [S1680] Giles B. Cobb, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  25. [S2793] Deeds, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, D:254-5, Isham Frost & Wm G. Priest to Giles L. Cobb of Lyon Co., 31 Jan 1856.
  26. [S1814] Giles L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  27. [S1677] Giles L. Cobb, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  28. [S8586] Giles Cobb obituary, Louisville Daily Courier, citing the Paducah Herald, shows him "formerly of Lyon county, Kentucky, but recently of New Orleans."
  29. [S8590] Girod Street Cemetery, burial records, entry for Giles L. Cobb, shows date and residence, as Kentucky.
  30. [S8589] "Mortuary Report," morning edition, The Daily Picayune, 13 Oct 1867, lists him among those who died of yellow fever from 6 am 5 Oct to 6 am 12 Oct, and lists death statistics.
  31. [S8586] Giles Cobb obituary, Louisville Daily Courier, citing the Paducah Herald, shows date, as 4th, and city.
  32. [S3152] Deeds, Lyon Co., Kentucky, D:274-5, John W. Clark and wife to Marion Cobb, 22 Nov 1870; and H:272-3, Mrs. Marion Cobb to Commonwealth of Kentucky, shows she was living on the lot, 10 Sep 1884.
  33. [S7590] Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880.
  34. [S845] Marion Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  35. [S3152] Deeds, Lyon Co., Kentucky, H:272-3, Mrs. Marion Cobb to Commonwealth of Kentucky, 10 Sep 1884.
  36. [S3152] Deeds, Lyon Co., Kentucky, H:472-3, J. N. Catlett & wife, M. G. Catlett & wife, and Mrs. Marion Cobb of St. Louis, Missouri to Commonwealth of Kentucky, 31 Jul 1885.
  37. [S3080] John H. Haissey household, 1900 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  38. [S3081] John H. Hussy household, 1910 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.