Sophia W. Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 23697, (1824 - 1906)
FatherJames Dyer Cobb4 (24 Sep 1789 - bef 1870)
MotherRachael Isaacs Jones5 (30 Jan 1790 - bef 1870)

Key Events:

Birth: Aug 1824, Maryland6,7,8
Marriage: 11 Jan 1848, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, William H. Crabtree (about 1806 - about 1891)9,10,11
Death: 26 Feb 1906, Texarkana, Arkansas12
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     Sophia W. Cobb was born in Aug 1824 in Maryland.6,7,8
     She moved to Ohio with her parents by 1830. She was probably one of the two females age 5 to 10 listed in the household of her father, James Dyer Cobb, in the 1830 Federal Census of Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio.13
     She moved to Indiana with her parents by about 1835, then back to Ohio by 1840. She was probably the female age 15 to 20 listed in the household of her father in the 1840 Federal Census of Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio.14
     Sophia married William H. Crabtree, father of the woman her younger brother James had married the previous fall, on 11 Jan 1848 in Hempstead Co., Arkansas, with John D. Trimble, presiding judge of county court, offciating.9,10,11
     Sophia and William appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Mine Creek Twp., Hempstead Co., Arkansas, enumerated 24 Dec 1850, reporting real estate valued at $2,200. Their daughter Rachael was listed as living with them, as was John Brady, age 16, and 14 slaves.15,16
     Sophia and William appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Saline Twp., Hempstead Co., Arkansas, reporting real estate valued at $16,000 and personal estate of $68,500. Their children Rachael, Lizza, James and Emma, and his sons by his prior marriage, Thomas and George, were listed as living with them, as were her father, her sister Alice, and 12 slaves.17,18
     Sophia and William moved to his plantation to Lafayette Co. before 1870. They appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Roane Twp., Lafayette Co., Arkansas, enumerated 15 Jun 1870, reporting real estate valued at $12,000 and personal estate of $1,366. Their children James, Emma, George and Joseph were listed as living with them, as was her sister, Caroline.19
     Sophia and William appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Roane Twp., Lafayette Co., Arkansas, enumerated 23 Jun 1880. Their daughter Emma was listed as living with them, as was her daughter Pearl.20
     Her husband died about 1891.21
     Sophia appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Garland, Miller Co., Arkansas, in the household of her daughter Emma and her husband, Benedick M. Hendricks.22
     Sophia made a claim for $160,000 against the Federal Government for cotton taken from her plantation during or just after the war, which remained unsettled at her death.3
     Sophia died on 26 Feb 1906, at the home of her son-in-law, Ben Hendricks, eight miles east of, Texarkana, Arkansas, at age 81.12

Children:
     Children with William H. Crabtree

Rachael and Lizza appear with their parents in the 1860 census, but no further record of either has been found.

Citations

  1. [S11926] Marriages certificates, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, William Crabtree and Sophia W. Cobb, 11 Jan 1848.
  2. [S11928] William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows name as Sophia W. Crabtree.
  3. [S11927] Sophia W. Crabtree obituary, The Arkansas Gazette.
  4. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows him living with her and her husband as if an aged parent, with her sister also in the household.
  5. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows Martha's husband living with Sophia and her husband as if an aged parent, with her sister also in the household.
  6. [S11928] William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows age 26 and place, as D. Columbia.
  7. [S11929] Wm Crabtree household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows age 45 and state, as Maryland.
  8. [S11939] Benjima M. Hendrix household, 1900 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas, shows month, year, age 75, and state, as Maryland.
  9. [S11926] Marriages certificates, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, William Crabtree and Sophia W. Cobb, 11 Jan 1848, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  10. [S11928] William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  11. [S11927] Sophia W. Crabtree obituary, The Arkansas Gazette, shows her as his widow.
  12. [S11927] Sophia W. Crabtree obituary, The Arkansas Gazette, in article dateline Texarkana, 27 Feb, shows died yesterday, home of son-in-law, name, and 8 miles east of here.
  13. [S2216] James D. Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Warren Co., Ohio.
  14. [S2215] James D. Cobb household, 1840 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Ohio.
  15. [S11946] Wm Crabtree, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, slave schedule.
  16. [S11928] William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas.
  17. [S11947] Wm Crabtree, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, slave schedule.
  18. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas.
  19. [S11929] Wm Crabtree household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas.
  20. [S11937] Wm. Crabtree household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas.
  21. [S11927] Sophia W. Crabtree obituary, The Arkansas Gazette, shows he died about 15 years before.
  22. [S11939] Benjima M. Hendrix household, 1900 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas.
  23. [S11928] William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  24. [S11924] Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  25. [S11929] Wm Crabtree household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  26. [S12017] "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for James Dunkson Crabtree, citing Certificate No. 670, shows mother's name as Cobbs.
  27. [S11937] Wm. Crabtree household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows the girl as daughter of Sophia's husband.