Ledley Logan Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 39, (1907 - 1953)
FatherDr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr.4,1,5 (27 Apr 1882 - 16 Nov 1960)
MotherMary Louisa Logan4,1,6 (30 Dec 1879 - 3 Jul 1913)

Key Events:

Birth: 23 Aug 1907, Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky7,8,9
Marriage: about 1929, Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky, Louis Montgomery Ussery (29 Apr 1897 - 21 Aug 1987)10,11,12
Death: 11 Jul 1953, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee13,14
Burial: 12 Jul 1953, Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee15,16
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont
The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family
The Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     17 Ledley Logan Cobb was born on 23 Aug 1907 in Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky.7,8,9 She was known to family as Cobba.17
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents, Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr. and Mary Louisa Logan.18
     Her mother died on 3 Jul 1913, when Ledley was 5 years old.19,20
     Ledley appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of outside of Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky, in the household of her father, Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr.21
     Ledley married Louis Montgomery Ussery, son of Sterling Samuel Ussery and Mary Elizabeth Harris, about 1929 in Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky.10,11,12
     Ledley and Louis appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household Sterling Samuel Ussery and Mary Elizabeth Harris, his parents.22
     Ledley and Louis appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee, on U.S. Highway 76, enumerated 16 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $6,000. Their children Robert and Virginia were listed as living with them, as was his father.23
     Ledley died on 11 Jul 1953 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at age 45.13,14 She was buried on 12 Jul 1953 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee, in the Cobb family lot.15,16

Children:
     Children with Louis Montgomery Ussery:

  • Robert Louis Ussery17,24 (10 May 1930 - 17 Dec 2000)
  • Virginia Ann Ussery17,25 (3 Sep 1933 - 14 Mar 1991)

Citations

  1. [S190] "Descendants of John Walton Barker and His First Wife Mary Meriwether", added by hand.
  2. [S2109] Robert L. Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, shows name as Ledley L. Cobb.
  3. [S3126] Ledley Cobb Ussery, Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Cobb.
  4. [S3126] Ledley Cobb Ussery, Certificate of Death.
  5. [S2109] Robert L. Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky.
  6. [S2109] Robert L. Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, shows the child as daughter of Mary's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S3126] Ledley Cobb Ussery, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
  8. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, city, county, and state.
  9. [S2109] Robert L. Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, shows age 3 and state.
  10. [S571] Sterling S. Ussery household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows he first married at age 31, and she at 21.
  11. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows city, county, and state.
  12. [S55] Hardeman County Historical Commission, Hardeman County Historical Sketches, pg. 101, shows married.
  13. [S3126] Ledley Cobb Ussery, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and county.
  14. [S4417] Ledley Cobb Ussery grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows date.
  15. [S3126] Ledley Cobb Ussery, Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.
  16. [S4417] Ledley Cobb Ussery grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery.
  17. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
  18. [S2109] Robert L. Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, date and place blank on this sheet, taken from previous page.
  19. [S1064] Mary Logan Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date, town, county, and state.
  20. [S4424] Mary Logan Cobb grave marker, Greenwood Cemetery, shows date.
  21. [S521] Robert L. Cobb household, 1920 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky.
  22. [S571] Sterling S. Ussery household, 1930 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  23. [S4367] Louis Ussery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  24. [S4367] Louis Ussery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows him as the son of her husband.
  25. [S4367] Louis Ussery household, 1940 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows the girl as daughter of Ledley's husband.