Sarah Jane Youtsey1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16723, (1831 - 1866)
FatherJohn Youtsey (abt 26 Aug 1798 - 6 Sep 1840)
MotherElizabeth Davis4 (abt 1800 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 22 Dec 1831, Kentucky5,6,7
Marriage: 6 Apr 1854, Jackson Co., Indiana, Elkanah Cobb (19 Oct 1819 - 4 Nov 1887)8,9,10
Death: 18 Jul 18667,11
Burial: City Cemetery, Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana12
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb

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Narrative:

     Sarah Jane Youtsey was born on 22 Dec 1831 in Kentucky.5,6,7
     She moved to Indiana with her parents by 1840. She was probably one of the two females age 5 to 10 listed in the household of his father, John Youtsey, in the 1840 Federal Census of Jackson Co., Indiana.13
     Her father died on 6 Sep 1840, when Sarah was 8 years old.14
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Hamilton Twp., Jackson Co., Indiana, in the household of her mother, Elizabeth Davis.15
     Sarah married Elkanah Cobb, son of Joshua Cobb and Nancy Crawford, on 6 Apr 1854 in Jackson Co., Indiana, with Rev. Orsamel Gilbert offciating.8,9,10
     Sarah and Elkanah appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana, enumerated 14 Jun 1860, reporting real estate valued at $20,000 and personal estate of $3000. Their children Nancy and John were listed as living with them, as were Susan Dutch, age 22, and Charles Ferguson, a laborer.16
     Sarah died on 18 Jul 1866 at age 34.7,11 She was buried in City Cemetery, Seymour, Jackson Co., Indiana.12

Children:
     Children with Elkanah Cobb:

Citations

  1. [S11580] Elizabeth Youtsey household, 1850 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows name as Sarah Youtsey.
  2. [S8231] Marriage Licenses, Jackson Co., Indiana, C:95, no. 665, Elkanah Cobb and Sarah Jane Youtsey.
  3. [S11602] Elkana Cobb obituary, The Seymour Weekly Democrat, shows name as Miss Sarah Youtsey.
  4. [S11580] Elizabeth Youtsey household, 1850 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S11580] Elizabeth Youtsey household, 1850 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows age 19 and state, as Kentucky.
  6. [S1137] Elkann Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows age 28 and state, as Indiana.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 64230417, Sarah Jane Youtsey Cobb, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  8. [S8231] Marriage Licenses, Jackson Co., Indiana, C:95, no. 665, Elkanah Cobb and Sarah Jane Youtsey, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  9. [S1137] Elkann Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S11602] Elkana Cobb obituary, The Seymour Weekly Democrat, shows date, as 5th.
  11. [S11602] Elkana Cobb obituary, The Seymour Weekly Democrat, shows date.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 64230417, Sarah Jane Youtsey Cobb, includes tombstone photo.
  13. [S11581] John Youtsey household, 1840 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 57761036, John Youtsey, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  15. [S11580] Elizabeth Youtsey household, 1850 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  16. [S1137] Elkann Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  17. [S1137] Elkann Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows Sarah J. living with Elkanah, apparently as husband and wife, and with John J., age 1, and Nancy E., age 3. John would appear to be her son, because there seems not enough time for a Elkanah to have remarried if he were by another mother. While it is possible that he could have married after the birth of Nancy, given the long gap after the birth William, it seems more likely she was also Sarah's child.
  18. [S11602] Elkana Cobb obituary, The Seymour Weekly Democrat.
  19. [S11576] (Mrs.) Nancy Cobb Phellens, Certificate of Death.
  20. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 127229882, Maria Cobb, includes tombstone photo which is difficult to read, but transcribed as d/o Elkona & Sarah J. Cobb.
  21. [S1137] Elkann Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows Sarah J. living with Elkanah, apparently as husband and wife, and with John J., age 1. John would appear to be her son, because there seems not enough time for a Elkanah to have remarried if he were by another mother.
  22. [S11579] John J. Cobb, Certificate of Death.
  23. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 64230448, Ella C Cobb, includes tombstone photo showing daut. of E. & S. J., Cobb.
  24. [S1132] Elkanah Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows Abraham apparently as Elkanah's son, but Lucy, his apparent wife, would appear to not be the mother, as she apparently has a daughter, Agnes Eliott, born in England about the same time.
  25. [S1131] Elkanah Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows him as the son of her husband.
  26. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 64230503, Abe Lincoln Cobb, includes tombstone photo showing son of E. & S. J., Cobb.