Davis Weaver Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16629, (1843 - 1913)
FatherJohn Cobb4,5,2,3 (10 Jun 1809 - 15 Jun 1895)
MotherMaria Caffyn4,5,2,6 (13 Jul 1816 - 19 Aug 1901)

Key Events:

Birth: 9 Apr 1843, Aurora, Indiana7,8,9
Death: 29 May 1913, 2521 Chestnut St., Indianapolis, Indiana10
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Aurora, Indiana11,12
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Davis Weaver Cobb was born on 9 Apr 1843 in Aurora, Indiana.7,8,9
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana, in the household of his parents, John Cobb and Maria Caffyn.13 He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana, in the household of his parents.14
     Davis registered for the draft for the Civil War, appearing on the register dated in Jun 1863, while living in Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana, reporting he was employed as a clerk.15
     He has not been found in the 1870 census. By 1880 he had moved to Illinois. He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Crane Creek Twp., Mason Co., Illinois, enumerated 5 Jun 1880. Four farm laborers, list a hands, and 19-year-old servant were also listed in the household.16
     Davis moved to Kansas by 1895. He appeared on the 1895 State Census of Pawnee Twp., Bourbon Co., Kansas, reporting he had moved there from Illinois.17
     Davis appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Pawnee Twp., Bourbon Co., Kansas, at 75, enumerated 16 Jun 1900, listed as one of two boarders in the household of Mathew McNerney, his wife, and four children.16
     He was a farmer in Illinois, and later in Kansas.18,19,20 He was at some point engaged in a mining venture. While details have not been found, according to his obituary, it left him financially ruined.3
     Davis returned to Aurora before 1910, suffering for serious physical aliments. His brother Thomas kept him in thee family home for several years.21,22 He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana, on George St., enumerated 30 Apr 1910, reporting he owned his home. Having some of the same neighbors as listed near their mother in 1900, this was clearly the family home. But Thomas was not listed there, nor has he been found elsewhere, suggesting he was omitted in error.23
     Davis was then moved to the Hartwig Kalley Assembly Home for Age and Incurable People in Indianapolis. A short time before his death he wrote a note to his brother expressing his suffering, and ending "Good bye, dear Tom, you have been good to me."3
     Davis died on 29 May 1913 in 2521 Chestnut St., Indianapolis, Indiana, at age 70, at the Hartwig Kalley Home, of suicide.10 He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Aurora, Indiana.11,12

Citations

  1. [S1554] John Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows name as Davis W. Cobb.
  2. [S11297] Davis W. Cobb, Certificate of Death.
  3. [S11303] Davis Weaver Cobb obituary, The Aurora Bulletin.
  4. [S1554] John Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S1123] John Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S4079] The William Crawford Memorial, pg 288.
  7. [S1554] John Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows age 8 and state.
  8. [S11297] Davis W. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  9. [S4079] The William Crawford Memorial, pg 288, shows date, with year as 1843.
  10. [S11297] Davis W. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date, address, city, county, state, and cause.
  11. [S11297] Davis W. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date, as 30th, city, and state.
  12. [S1097] Campbell, "Descendants of Henry Cobb", shows cemetery.
  13. [S1554] John Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana.
  14. [S1123] John Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana.
  15. [S11298] Davis W Cobb, Civil War Draft Registrations Records.
  16. [S11301] Mathew Mc Nerney household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas.
  17. [S11299] D. W. Cobb household, 1895 Kansas Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, Pawnee Twp.
  18. [S11302] David W. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Mason Co., Illinois, shows occupation as farmer.
  19. [S11301] Mathew Mc Nerney household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bourbon Co., Kansas, shows occupation as farmer.
  20. [S11297] Davis W. Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows occupation as farmer.
  21. [S11303] Davis Weaver Cobb obituary, The Aurora Bulletin, shows he had extreme physical suffering, lived with Thomas at the family home.
  22. [S11300] David Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows occupation as none.
  23. [S11300] David Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana.