Gideon Clark Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 73, (abt 1851 - 1860)
FatherDr. Joshua Cobb4,1,5 (19 Apr 1809 - 7 Apr 1879)
MotherMarina Turner Bryan4,1,5 (18 Mar 1811 - 7 Dec 1890)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1851, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee6,7
Death: 19 Dec 1860, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee1
Burial: City Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee2
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

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Narrative:

     
Clark Cobb's Tombstone
photo by authors
Gideon Clark Cobb was born about 1851 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.6,7
     He was known to family as Clark, his middle name.8,2
     He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in the household of his parents, Dr. Joshua Cobb and Marina Turner Bryan.9,10
     Gideon died on 19 Dec 1860 in Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, at his father's home.1 He was buried in City Cemetery, later known as Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, in his father's plot.2

Citations

  1. [S10062] Gideon Clark Cobb obituary, Clarksville Chronicle.
  2. [S3362] G. Clark Cobb grave marker, Riverside Cemetery.
  3. [S640] Joshua Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows name as C. D. Cobb.
  4. [S640] Joshua Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows them in same household, apparently as parent and child.
  5. [S1015] "Death of Dr. Cobb," The Chronicle, 12 Apr 1879, shows Joshua and Marina were the parents of a son who died in childhood.
  6. [S640] Joshua Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, shows age 8 and state.
  7. [S10062] Gideon Clark Cobb obituary, Clarksville Chronicle, shows he was a few months over nine years old at death 19 Dec 1860.
  8. [S944] Davis, Folk Finders, "Death Notices" section, entry for Gideon Clark Cobb, citing Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, 4 Jan 1861, shows full name then refers to him as "Clark" in text.
  9. [S640] Joshua Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  10. [S641] Joshua Cobb, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, slave schedule.