Martha Ella Trumbower1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16631, (1848 - 1944)
FatherJohn P. Trumbower4,5 (1822 - 1886)
MotherSarah Ann Patterson4,5 (1823 - 1870)

Key Events:

Birth: 5 Dec 1848, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio6,7,8,9
Marriage: 4 Nov 1869, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, James Alfred Cobb (10 Aug 1845 - 1 May 1927)10,11,12
Death: 21 Jun 1944, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California13,14
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California15,16
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

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Narrative:

     Martha Ella Trumbower was born on 5 Dec 1848 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio.6,7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents, John P. Trumbower and Sarah Ann Patterson.17
     She moved to Kentucky with her parents before 1860. She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Campbell Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents.18
     Martha married James Alfred Cobb, son of John Cobb and Maria Caffyn, on 4 Nov 1869 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio.10,11,12
     Martha and James appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana, in the household of his parents, John Cobb and Maria Caffyn.19
     Martha and James appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana, enumerated 3 Jun 1880. Their children Jesse, Grace and John were listed as living with them, as was her brother, Edwin Trumbower, age 14.20
     Martha was named an heir in the will of Maria Caffyn, mother of her husband, dated 3 Dec 1892 in Aurora, Dearborn Co., Indiana, in which she was to receive a 3/5 interest in a lot in Aurora and a strip of land from the home place. She also was to receive her choice of one of the four oil paintiing hanging in her mother-in-law's home.21
     Martha and James traveled over the western plains by covered wagon to Salt Lake City, Utah, with their three surviving childen. Their daughter Grace died there 13 Jan 1896.22,23
     They later moved on to California with their remaining two children.24 They appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 1847 E. 2nd St., enumerated 8 Jun 1900, reporting that they were renting their home. Their children Jesse and John were listed as living with them.25
     Martha and James appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 432 So. State St., enumerated 21 Apr 1910, reporting that they owned their home, free of mortgage. Listed as living with them was a lodger, Anna L. Williams, age 42.26
     Martha and James appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 432 State St., enumerated 8 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their home, free of mortgage.27
     Her husband died on 1 May 1927 in Los Angeles, California.28,29
     Martha applied for a widow's pension based on her late husband's Civil War service in May 1927, which was subsequently approved.30
     Martha appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 432 So. State St., enumerated 3 Apr 1930, reporting she owned a home valued at $4,500, and owned a radio. Her son Jesse was listed as living with her, as was his daughter Jessie.31
     Martha appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 432 So. State St., enumerated 18 Apr 1940, reporting she owned a home valued at $4,000, and that she had lived in the same house in 1935.32
     Martha died on 21 Jun 1944 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 95.13,14 She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., California.15,16

Children:
     Children with James Alfred Cobb:

  • Jesse Stanley Cobb33,34,31,35 (7 Aug 1870 - 18 Oct 1934)
  • Grace Alberta Cobb36,37 (27 Aug 1872 - 13 Jan 1896)
  • William Spencer Cobb35 (28 Oct 1874 - 22 Aug 1875)
  • John Walter Cobb33,34 (2 Apr 1880 - 12 Feb 1909)

Citations

  1. [S11308] John P. Trumbauer household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows name as Martha Trumbauer.
  2. [S11309] John P. Trumbouer household, 1860 U.S. Census, Campbell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Ella Trumbouer.
  3. [S11338] Will Book, Dearborn Co., Indiana, 11:80-2, Maria Cobb will, shows name as Martha Ella Cobb.
  4. [S11308] John P. Trumbauer household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S11309] John P. Trumbouer household, 1860 U.S. Census, Campbell Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S11308] John P. Trumbauer household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows age 2 and state.
  7. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Martha Ella Cobb, shows date, as 15th, and state.
  8. [S1097] Campbell, "Descendants of Henry Cobb", shows date, as 5th.
  9. [S11310] Martha Ella Cobb obituary, Long Beach Press-Telegram, shows age 95 at death 21 Jun 1944, city, and state.
  10. [S792] Restored Marriage Records, Hamilton Co. Probate Court, 1860-1869:, J. A. Cobb and Martha Trumbower, citing Cincinnati Volksblatt pg 4, shows date, as 7th.
  11. [S1124] John Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as husband and wife in his parent's household.
  12. [S11338] Will Book, Dearborn Co., Indiana, 11:80-2, Maria Cobb will, shows her as his wife.
  13. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Martha Ella Cobb, shows date and county.
  14. [S11310] Martha Ella Cobb obituary, Long Beach Press-Telegram, shows died last Wednesday and city.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 85367802, Martha Ella Trumbower Cobb, includes plaque photo.
  16. [S11310] Martha Ella Cobb obituary, Long Beach Press-Telegram, shows cemetery.
  17. [S11308] John P. Trumbauer household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  18. [S11309] John P. Trumbouer household, 1860 U.S. Census, Campbell Co., Kentucky.
  19. [S1124] John Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana.
  20. [S1550] James A. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana.
  21. [S11338] Will Book, Dearborn Co., Indiana, 11:80-2, Maria Cobb will.
  22. [S11310] Martha Ella Cobb obituary, Long Beach Press-Telegram, shows travel by covered wagon.
  23. [S8380] Death Register, Salt Lake Co., Utah, 1895-1908:22, Grace A. Cobb, shows date, city, county, and state.
  24. [S11310] Martha Ella Cobb obituary, Long Beach Press-Telegram, shows they later resided in Los Angeles after 1902.
  25. [S1128] James A. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  26. [S1129] James A. Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  27. [S1130] James A. Cobb household, 1920 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  28. [S4443] "California Death Index, 1905-1939," Ancestry.com, record for James A. Cobb, shows date, county, and state.
  29. [S11310] Martha Ella Cobb obituary, Long Beach Press-Telegram, shows date, as 30th, city, and cause.
  30. [S11304] Cobb, Civil War Pension Index, shows date, state, applicaition and certificate numbers.
  31. [S11306] Ella Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  32. [S11307] Martha Cobb household, 1940 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  33. [S1550] James A. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows him as the son of her husband.
  34. [S1128] James A. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  35. [S1097] Campbell, "Descendants of Henry Cobb."
  36. [S1550] James A. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Dearborn Co., Indiana, shows grace as the daughter of Martha's husband.
  37. [S8380] Death Register, Salt Lake Co., Utah, 1895-1908:22, line 831, Grace A. Cobb.