Modena A. Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18539, (1827 - 1902)
FatherJohn Cobb1 (6 Apr 1786 - abt 1834)
MotherSarah Story Briscoe1 (17 Aug 1787 - 30 Nov 1843)

Key Events:

Birth: Oct 1827, Kentucky4,5,6
Marriage: 26 Oct 1847, Hickman Co., Kentucky, James Pembroke Walker (about 1824 - before 1880)2,7
Death: 1902, Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois1
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     8 Modena A. Cobb was born in Oct 1827 in Kentucky.4,5,6
     She was probably the female under age 5 listed in the household of her father, John Cobb, in the 1830 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.9
     Her father died about 1834, when Modena was about 7 years old.10
     Modena married James Pembroke Walker, son of Robert Walker and Elizabeth [surname unknown], on 26 Oct 1847 in Hickman Co., Kentucky.2,7
     Modena and James appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Hickman Co., Kentucky, enumerated 21 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $2,500. Their son Robert was listed as living with them, as were Robert K. Walker, age 24 and also a merchant, and Barns M. Walker, age 21 and a clerk, who would appear to have been his brothers. Elizabeth [surname unknown], age 54, was listed as living in the same dwelling, and seems likely to have been his mother.11
     Modena and James appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky, enumerated 3 Jul 1860, reporting real estate valued at $20,000 and personal estate of $10,000. Their children Robert, John, James, William and Burns were listed as living with them, as was Byron M Glenn, age 28, a merchant clerk.12
     Modena and James appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky, enumerated 6 Jun 1870, reporting no real estate but $500 in personal estate for him, and real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate of $500 for her. Their children Robert, John, James, William, Burns, Modena and Bessie were listed as living with them.13
     Her husband died before 1880.14
     Modena appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky, in the household of her son John.15
     Modena appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois, in the household of her daughter Modena and her husband, Jabish Hyacinth Woodward.16
     Modena died in 1902 in Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois.1

Children:
     Children with James Pembroke Walker

Robert, William, and Bessie all appear with the family in the 1870 census, but no subsequent record has been found of any of them.

Citations

  1. [S4098] Willoughby, "Smith Family of Between the Rivers, KY" family tree, Ancestry.com.
  2. [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for James P. Walker and Modena A. Cobb, citing FHL#321386 and pg 140, In16.
  3. [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows name as Modenia A. Walker.
  4. [S4104] J. H. Woodard household, 1900 U.S. Census, Alexander Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 72, and state.
  5. [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows age 21 and state.
  6. [S4101] J. P. Walker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows age 32 and state.
  7. [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  8. [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for James P. Walker and Modena A. Cobb.
  9. [S1787] John Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  10. [S4057] Caldwell Co. tax lists,, 1833, pg 10; 1834 book missing; not found in later books; 1833 showed no property that would have appeared in an executor's listing.
  11. [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
  12. [S4101] J. P. Walker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
  13. [S4102] Jas P. Walker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S4103] John M. Walker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows his wife as a widow.
  15. [S4103] John M. Walker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S4104] J. H. Woodard household, 1900 U.S. Census, Alexander Co., Illinois.
  17. [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  18. [S4101] J. P. Walker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  19. [S4102] Jas P. Walker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  20. [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1852, John Mercer Walker.
  21. [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1854, James P. Walker.
  22. [S4099] "Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Walker, citing FHL #216827.
  23. [S4099] "Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Mary Walker, citing FHL #216827.
  24. [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1859, Burns Walker.
  25. [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1861, Modena Carie Walker.
  26. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Modena Caroline Woodward, citing cert. no. 14543.