Modena A. Cobb1,2,3
ID# 18539, (1827 - 1902)
Father | John Cobb1 (6 Apr 1786 - abt 1834) |
Mother | Sarah Story Briscoe1 (17 Aug 1787 - 30 Nov 1843) |
Charts | Descendants of Gideon Cobb |
Ancestry | The Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont |
Narrative:
8 Modena A. Cobb was born in Oct 1827 in Kentucky
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

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

Modena and James appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Hickman Co., Kentucky

Modena and James appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky

Modena and James appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky

Her husband died before 1880.14
Modena appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Columbus, Hickman Co., Kentucky

Modena appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois

Modena died in 1902 in Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois

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.
- Robert Walker17,18,19 (abt Feb 1850 - )
- John Mercer Walker20,18,15 (27 May 1852 - 8 Mar 1907)
- James P. Walker21,18 (15 Mar 1854 - 15 Jul 1884)
- William J. Walker22,18,19 (29 Nov 1855 - )
- Mary Walker23 (15 Sep 1857 - bef 1860)
- Burns B. Walker24,18,19 (25 May 1860 - Mar 1880)
- Modena Caroline Walker25,19,26 (10 Aug 1861 - 21 Apr 1947)
- Bessie L. Walker19 (abt 1869 - )
Citations
- [S4098] Willoughby, "Smith Family of Between the Rivers, KY" family tree, Ancestry.com.
- [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for James P. Walker and Modena A. Cobb, citing FHL#321386 and pg 140, In16.
- [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows name as Modenia A. Walker.
- [S4104] J. H. Woodard household, 1900 U.S. Census, Alexander Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 72, and state.
- [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows age 21 and state.
- [S4101] J. P. Walker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows age 32 and state.
- [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
- [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for James P. Walker and Modena A. Cobb.
- [S1787] John Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
- [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.
- [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
- [S4101] J. P. Walker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
- [S4102] Jas P. Walker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
- [S4103] John M. Walker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows his wife as a widow.
- [S4103] John M. Walker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky.
- [S4104] J. H. Woodard household, 1900 U.S. Census, Alexander Co., Illinois.
- [S4100] James P. Walker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S4101] J. P. Walker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S4102] Jas P. Walker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Hickman Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
- [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1852, John Mercer Walker.
- [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1854, James P. Walker.
- [S4099] "Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Walker, citing FHL #216827.
- [S4099] "Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Mary Walker, citing FHL #216827.
- [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1859, Burns Walker.
- [S2922] Register of Births, Kentucky, Hickman Co., 1861, Modena Carie Walker.
- [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Modena Caroline Woodward, citing cert. no. 14543.