Ledley Lena Logan

Narrative:

     Ledley Lena Logan was born on 5 Apr 1882 in Shelby Co., Kentucky.^8,9,10,11
     Her father died on 4 Sep 1888, when Ledley was 6 years old.^9,16,17
     She moved to Christian Co. with her mother and siblings after the death of her father.⁷
     Peter Meriwether Barker, her mother's brother, became her guardian and guardian of her five siblings. He received $237.34 on their account 7 Jun 1892. With interest, less expenses and the shares paid to Lizzie and Mary when they reached age 21, the balance for the remaining four siblings was $251.46 as of 11 Jun 1904.¹⁸
     She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census Kentucky in the household of her mother.⁷
     Ledley married Dr. Robert Linah Cobb Jr., the husband of her deceased sister and son of Capt. Robert Linah Cobb and Virginia A. Tuck, on 7 Apr 1915 in Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky.^12,13,14
     Ledley and Robert appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of outside of Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky, enumerated 13 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their home, which was mortgaged. Their son William, and his children by his fist wife, Virginia, Martha and Ledley, was listed as living with them.¹⁹
     Ledley and Robert moved to Bolivar, Tennessee on 1 Jan 1930, where he established the first health unit in Hardeman Co.⁵ They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, at 218 Main, enumerated 5 Apr 1930, shown as renting, for $20 per month, space from James and Jessie Doyle, who lived at the same address. The Cobbs owned a radio set. Their children William and Bettie were listed as living with them.²⁰
     Ledley and Robert appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, at Jefferson, enumerated 20 Apr 1940, reporting that they were renting their home, for $18 per month, and had lived in the same town in 1935. Their daughter Bettie was listed as living with them.²¹
     Ledley was very proper in her manner and attire. Grace McLin, her daughter-in-law, remembered that Ledley wore white gloves in public at all times and was appalled to see women wearing pants.²² Martha Cobb Fenker wrote of her stepmother in 1979 that "she was a loyal help-mate, mother and step-mother, good neighbor, grower of beautiful flowers to share with others, Sunday school teacher, visitor to the sick, the old, the needy. She was a delightful lady with her quick wit and vast knowledge. Ledley Cobb worked untiringly alongside her husband to promote health work in Hardeman County."²³
     Ledley died on 1 Oct 1954 in Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, at age 72.^6,11 She was buried on 2 Oct 1954 in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee, in the Cobb family lot.^6,15