Maria Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16619, (1812 - 1896)
FatherJoshua Cobb4,5,6 (27 May 1776 - 27 Aug 1860)
MotherNancy Crawford4,5,6 (6 Aug 1782 - 3 Aug 1864)

Key Events:

Birth: 5 Jun 1812, Pennsylvania7,8,9
Marriage: 15 May 1834, Decatur Co., Indiana, Churchill G. Christy (23 Mar 1812 - 20 Oct 1901)10,11,12
Death: 25 Jun 1896, Greensbrug, Indiana13,14
Burial: South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana15
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Maria Cobb was born on 5 Jun 1812 in Pennsylvania.7,8,9
     She moved down the Ohio River by flatboat to Dearborn Co., Indiana, with her parents in 1818.16,17,18 She was probably one of the two females under age 10 listed in the household of her father, Joshua Cobb, in the 1820 Federal Census of Laughery, Dearborn Co., Indiana.19
     She moved to Decatur Co. in 1821 with her parents.20,21,22 She was probably the female age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her father in the 1830 Federal Census of Decatur Co., Indiana.23

Marriage and Family --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     Maria married Churchill G. Christy, son of Samuel Christy and Mary Day, on 15 May 1834 in Decatur Co., Indiana, at the residence of her father with Daniel Stogsdell offciating.10,11,12
     She was probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband in the 1840 Federal Census of Decatur Co., Indiana.24
     Maria and Churchill moved to Dearborn Co. by 1850. They appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Center Twp., Dearborn Co., Indiana, enumerated 5 Aug 1850. Their children William, James, John, Joshua, Henry, Oliver, Martha, Nancy and Milton were listed as living with them, as was 18 year old Nancy Barnett.25
     Maria and Churchill returned to Decatur Co. by 1855. They appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Marion Twp., Decatur Co., Indiana, enumerated 9 Aug 1860, reporting real estate valued at $14,200 and $4,000 in personal estate. Their children James, Joshua, Henry, Oliver, Martha, Nancy, Milton, Oscar, Maria and Ella were listed as living with them, as were her parents and an 18-year-old schoolteacher, Nancy Corbel.26
     Maria and Churchill moved to Jackson Co. by 1870. They lived in the city of Seymour while their son Joshua and daugther Martha and their spouses were living on farms outside the city. They appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana, enumerated 11 Jun 1870. Their children Nancy, Maria and Ella were listed as living with them.27
     Maria and Churchill appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana, on West Tipton St., enumerated 7 Jun 1880. Their daughter Ella was listed as living with them.28
     Maria and Churchill returned to Greensbrug after 1880 with their youngest daughter, Ella, who lived their with them until her death in 1887.29
     Maria and Churchill moved to Ohio by 1890, probably living with one of their children who lived in Cincinnati and its suburbs. He later reported they "had a pretty hard time getting along" for many years and their children helped as much as they could.30

The Struggle for a Civil War Pension --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     Maria filed an application for a dependant's pension based on the Civil War service of her son Oliver 15 Jun 1891, while living on Ohio. The application was filed under the pension law of 27 Jun 1890, which somewhat expanded the terms for a parent's pension. Under this law, the parent had to be without means of support other than their manual labor or contributions by others not legally bound to support them when applying, not when the soldier died as under earlier law. The soldier must not have left a widow or minor children, and must have died from injury or disease originating during his service.31,32
     Relatives and acquaintances provided affidavits in Dec 1891 and Feb 1892 stating that Oliver was the son of her and her husband; that they had no personal or real property except a life estate in a house in Greensbrug, Indiana, which was valued at $700 to $800; no income other than $6 per month rental of that house; that they were 80 years old and unable to do physical work; and that Oliver had not married and had no widow or chidren.33 New affidavits were submitted in the fall of 1893 from comrades describing Oliver's illnesses while in the service, from relatives describing his disabilities after he returned from the War, and from his cousin Thomas J. Christy and an acquaintance in St. Louis about his being there before his death.34
     Maria and Churchill returned to Greensbrug in Nov 1893.35
     The family become frustrated by the lack of progress in approving the pension, and enlisted the aid of long-time Congressman from Dearborn Co., William Steele Holman. He called up the case on 28 Nov 1893.36 This prompted a letter from the Bureau of Pensions dated 8 Dec 1893, stating that the date and cause of Oliver's death needed to be resolved. Hospital records show the name as William alias Albert Christy, and his cousin and acquaintance in St. Louis have no personal knowledge of the date or cause of death. She responded 19 Jan 1894 that she had no further evidence to offer, and citing the hospital records and testimony of Oliver's cousin and acquaintance showing he was the one who died there, requested that claim be adjudicated based on the evidence filed.37
     Maria died on 25 Jun 1896, at her home, Greensbrug, Indiana, at age 84.13,14 She was buried in South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana.15
     The file indicates little action on the pension application until 5 Aug 1896, when the case was submitted to the Board of Review for a special examination.38

Children:
     Children with Churchill G. Christy:

Citations

  1. [S1938] Marriage Records, Decatur Co., Indiana, C:38, Churchill G. Christy and Maria Cobb.
  2. [S1122] Churchill J. Christie household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows name as Mariah L. Christie.
  3. [S1117] C. G. Christy household, 1860 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows name as Mariah Christy.
  4. [S1097] Campbell, "Descendants of Henry Cobb."
  5. [S1166] Kennedy, "Re: The Joshua Cobb Family," e-mail to author, 29 Jan 2007.
  6. [S4079] The William Crawford Memorial, pg 287.
  7. [S1122] Churchill J. Christie household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows age 38 and state.
  8. [S1117] C. G. Christy household, 1860 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 48 and state.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #37667847, Mary Maria Cobb Christy, shows date, as 5th, and state.
  10. [S1938] Marriage Records, Decatur Co., Indiana, C:38, Churchill G. Christy and Maria Cobb, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  11. [S1122] Churchill J. Christie household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  12. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, affidavit of Churchill G. Christy, 9 Mar 1897, shows date, county, and at her father's residence.
  13. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, affidavits of Churchill G. Christy, 9 Mar 1897, and Joshua S. Christy, 10 Mar 1897, show date, at her house, and city.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #37667847, Mary Maria Cobb Christy, shows date.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #37667847, Mary Maria Cobb Christy, and includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S4076] Harding, History of Decatur County Indiana, pg 640, shows they moved to Indiana in 1818.
  17. [S4077] Biographical History of Eminent and Self-made Men of the State of Indiana, pg 83, shows they moved to Indiana in 1819.
  18. [S1098] Campbell,[no subject] e-mail to author, 14 Feb 2006, states that a Dearborn Co. history book describes the move, in fall 1818.
  19. [S1173] Joshua Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana.
  20. [S4076] Harding, History of Decatur County Indiana, pg 640.
  21. [S4077] Biographical History of Eminent and Self-made Men of the State of Indiana, pg 83.
  22. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, affidavit of Churchill G. Christy, 9 Mar 1897, shows she lived in the county since the latter part of 1820.
  23. [S1100] Joshua Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
  24. [S1103] C. G. Christy household, 1840 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
  25. [S1122] Churchill J. Christie household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana.
  26. [S1117] C. G. Christy household, 1860 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
  27. [S1542] Cheril Christy household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  28. [S1545] Churchill Christy household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  29. [S11565] Ella Ann Christy obituary, Greensburg Standard, shows she was the only child remaining at the family home, was expecting to marry in a few weeks.
  30. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, Parent's Claim for Pension, 6 Jul 1891, shows living in Ohio, and affidavit of Churchill G. Christy, 9 Mar 1897.
  31. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, Parent's Claim for Pension, 6 Jul 1891.
  32. [S11504] Christy, Civil War Pension Index, shows date and application number, but no certificate number.
  33. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, affidavit of Dyer C. Elder and George W. Hightower, 5 Dec 1891, affidavit of Dyer C. Elder 6 Feb 1892; affidavit of Peter M McConnell, same date.
  34. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, affidavits of Jackson Chance 13 Sep 1893 and George S. Johnson 9 Nov 1893; Dyer C. Elder and John F. Hazelrigg 11 Sep 1893, Joshua S. Christy 20 Sep 1893; and Thomas J. Christy and Charles W. Balston, 17 Oct 1893.
  35. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, change of address card, stamped 15 Nov 1893.
  36. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, slip 28 Nov 1893.
  37. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, letter Deputy Commissioner to Maria 8 Dec 1893; affidavit of Maria Christy 19 Jan 1894.
  38. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, slip 5 Aug 1896.
  39. [S1122] Churchill J. Christie household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  40. [S1117] C. G. Christy household, 1860 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  41. [S11455] John W. Christy, Certificate of Death.
  42. [S1938] Marriage Records, Decatur Co., Indiana, 1:249, Joshua S. Christy and Elizabeth A. Wilson.
  43. [S6779] Report of Deaths, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 2:196, H. Newton Christy.
  44. [S11562] Oliver P. Christy, mother's pension and father's pension, National Archives and Records Administration, affidavit of Dyer C. Elder and George W. Hightower, 5 Dec 1891.
  45. [S1542] Cheril Christy household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  46. [S6779] Report of Deaths, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 2:60, Oscar A. Christy.
  47. [S11586] Zettie Christy obituary, Greensburg Standard.
  48. [S1545] Churchill Christy household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child, but the relationship fields were left blank.
  49. [S11565] Ella Ann Christy obituary, Greensburg Standard.