Ruth Ann Howard1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16674, (1822 - 1877)
FatherJohn Howard4
MotherAnna Tate4 (abt 1785 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 1822, Ohio5,6,7
Marriage: 20 Dec 1842, Decatur Co., Indiana, Royal Pinkney Cobb (24 Jun 1815 - 4 May 1876)8,9
Death: 1877, Hannibal, Missouri7,10
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri11
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

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Narrative:

     12 Ruth Ann Howard was born in 1822 in Ohio.5,6,7
     Ruth married Royal Pinkney Cobb, son of Capt. Willard Cobb and Amy Allen, on 20 Dec 1842 in Decatur Co., Indiana, with Rev. Fernandes C. Holliday offciating.8,9
     Ruth and Royal appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Greensbrug, Decatur Co., Indiana, enumerated 21 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $4,000. Their children Melville, Lois, James and Wilbert were listed as living with them, as were her mother, E. Fletcher, age 24, a milliner, and John Kelly, age 24, a student.13
     Ruth and Royal moved to Missouri in 1858.14 They appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri, enumerated 9 Aug 1860, reporting real estate valued at $800 and personal estate of $300. Their children Melville, Lois, James and Wilbert were listed as living with them.15
     Ruth and Royal appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri, enumerated 7 Jun 1870, reporting that she owned real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate of $300. Their son Wilbert was listed as living with them.16
     Her husband died on 4 May 1876.17,18,19
     Ruth died in 1877 in Hannibal, Missouri.7,10 She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri.11

Children:
     Children with Royal Pinkney Cobb:

  • Lois A. Cobb20,21 (4 Mar 1844 - 7 Aug 1923)
  • Melville Willard Cobb20,21,22 (14 Mar 1844 - 27 Sep 1918)
  • James S. Cobb20,21 (1846 - 1867)
  • Wilbert Howard Cobb20,21,23 (abt 10 May 1848 - 22 Dec 1905)

Citations

  1. [S1938] Marriage Records, Decatur Co., Indiana, F:112, Royal P. Cobb and Ruth Ann Howard.
  2. [S2340] Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows name as Ruth A. Cobb.
  3. [S2729] Royal P. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows name as Ruth A. Cobb.
  4. [S11893] Portrait & Biographical Album of Marion, Ralls and Pike Counties, Missouri, pg 515.
  5. [S2340] Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 27 and state.
  6. [S1865] R. P. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows age 40 and state.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 56807897, Ruth Ann Howard Cobb, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  8. [S1938] Marriage Records, Decatur Co., Indiana, F:112, Royal P. Cobb and Ruth Ann Howard, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  9. [S2340] Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S11893] Portrait & Biographical Album of Marion, Ralls and Pike Counties, Missouri, pg 515, shows year, as 1880, and city.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 56807897, Ruth Ann Howard Cobb, includes tombstone photo.
  12. [S1105] "Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941," Ancestry.com, record for Royal P. Cobb and Ruth Ann Howard, citing FHL films #1516965 & 1516616, shows date and county.
  13. [S2340] Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana.
  14. [S11893] Portrait & Biographical Album of Marion, Ralls and Pike Counties, Missouri, pg 514, shows year.
  15. [S1865] R. P. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri.
  16. [S2729] Royal P. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 16809296, Royal Pinkney Cobb, shows year, as 1876, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  18. [S2380] Kennedy, "Re: The Cobb Family," e-mail to author, 17 Jan 2007, shows date, as 4 May 1874.
  19. [S11893] Portrait & Biographical Album of Marion, Ralls and Pike Counties, Missouri, pg 515, shows year, as 1878.
  20. [S2340] Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  21. [S1865] R. P. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  22. [S11891] Melville Willard Cobb, Certificate of Death.
  23. [S2729] Royal P. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as parent and child.