Lillian Davis1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15579, (1902 - 1963)
FatherSam Houston Davis4,5 (18 Mar 1865 - 5 Jun 1957)
MotherMary Elizabeth Boase6,5 (22 Jan 1870 - 14 Jul 1933)

Key Events:

Birth: 12 Sep 1902, Coryell Co., Texas7,8,9
Marriage: 21 Oct 1922, Brown Co., Texas, Frank Akins Cobb (5 Dec 1898 - 2 Jan 1973)10,11
Death: 5 Jan 1963, San Saba, San Saba Co., Texas5
Burial: 6 Jan 1963, Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas5

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     12 Lillian Davis was born on 12 Sep 1902 in Coryell Co., Texas.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Coleman Co., Texas, in the household of her parents, Sam Houston Davis and Mary Elizabeth Boase.4 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas, in the household of her mother, Mary Elizabeth Boase.13
     Lillian married Frank Akins Cobb, son of Jefferson Davis Cobb and Mary Ellen Kinsolving, on 21 Oct 1922 in Brown Co., Texas, with Rev. L. J. Vann officiating.10,11
     Lillian and Frank appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas, on Hann Valley Rd., enumerated 29 Apr 1930, reporting that they rented their home, and owned a radio. Their children Frank, Mary and Jeff were listed as living with them.14
     Lillian and Frank appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas, on Jackson Crossing Rd., enumerated 15 Apr 1940, reporting that they were renting their home, for $5 per month, and that they had lived in the same house in 1935. Their five children were listed as living with them.15
     Lillian died on 5 Jan 1963 in San Saba, San Saba Co., Texas, at age 60.5 She was buried on 6 Jan 1963 in Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas.5

Children:
     Children with Frank Akins Cobb

The other child of Frank and Lillian is believed to still be living.
  • Frank William Cobb16,17,18 (11 May 1923 - 21 Feb 1968)
  • Mary R. Cobb19,20,21 (20 Jan 1925 - 3 Jun 1999)
  • Jeff Davis Cobb17,18,22 (8 Sep 1926 - 3 Dec 1999)
  • Margaret E. Cobb20 (6 Nov 1930 - 12 Sep 1998)

Citations

  1. [S10163] Sam H. Davis household, 1910 U.S. Census, Coleman Co., Texas, shows name as Lillie Davis.
  2. [S10161] Marriage Record, Brown Co., Texas, 9:524, no. 787, F. A. Cobb and Miss Lillian Davis.
  3. [S2819] Lillian Davis Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows her father's surname as Davis.
  4. [S10163] Sam H. Davis household, 1910 U.S. Census, Coleman Co., Texas.
  5. [S2819] Lillian Davis Cobb, Certificate of Death.
  6. [S10163] Sam H. Davis household, 1910 U.S. Census, Coleman Co., Texas, shows the girl as daughter of Mary's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S10163] Sam H. Davis household, 1910 U.S. Census, Coleman Co., Texas, shows age 7 and state.
  8. [S2820] Mary E. Davis household, 1920 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows age 17 and state.
  9. [S2819] Lillian Davis Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date, county, and state.
  10. [S10161] Marriage Record, Brown Co., Texas, 9:524, no. 787, F. A. Cobb and Miss Lillian Davis, shows date and officant.
  11. [S2818] Frank A. Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows married, with his first marriage at age 23 and hers at 19.
  12. [S820] Cobb, "Cobb connection," e-mail to author, 03 Apr 2005.
  13. [S2820] Mary E. Davis household, 1920 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  14. [S2818] Frank A. Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  15. [S5361] Frank A. Cobb household, 1940 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  16. [S2957] Frank William Cobb, Certificate of Death.
  17. [S2818] Frank A. Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows the boy as son of her husband.
  18. [S5361] Frank A. Cobb household, 1940 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows him as the son of her husband.
  19. [S2818] Frank A. Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows the girl as daughter of Lillian's husband.
  20. [S5361] Frank A. Cobb household, 1940 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows the girl as daughter of Lillian's husband.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 98904134, Mary R. Cobb Braley, includes transcription of obituary from an unidentified newspaper showing Lillian as her mother.
  22. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for J D Cobb, Soc. Sec. No. 455-28-6181.