Belva May Chesser1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 9274, (1905 - 1990)
FatherBenjamin E. Chesser4,5 (4 Feb 1867 - 6 Jul 1938)
MotherMartha Louisa Ragsdale6,7 (7 Feb 1867 - 9 May 1959)

Key Events:

Birth: 23 May 1905, Texas8,9,10
Marriage: 30 Sep 1923, Mills Co., Texas, John Russell Cobb (15 Nov 1896 - 3 Nov 1963)11,12
Death: 24 Oct 1990, Mills Co., Texas10,13,14
Burial: Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas15

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Belva May Chesser was born on 23 May 1905 in Texas.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas, in the household of her parents, Benjamin E. Chesser and Martha Louisa Ragsdale.4 She appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Mullin, Mills Co., Texas, in the household of her parents.5
     Belva married John Russell Cobb, son of Jefferson Davis Cobb and Mary Ellen Kinsolving, on 30 Sep 1923 in Mills Co., Texas, with Rev. L. J. Vann officiating.11,12
     Belva and John appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas, in the household of Jefferson Davis Cobb and Mary Ellen Kinsolving, his parents.16
     Belva and John appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Mills Co., Texas, enumerated 23 Apr 1940, reporting that they were renting their home for $5 per month and had lived in the same place in 1935. His parents were listed as living with them.17
     Her husband died on 3 Nov 1963 in Mullin, Mills Co., Texas.18
     Belva died on 24 Oct 1990 in Mills Co., Texas, at age 85.10,13,14 She was buried in Oakview Cemetery, Mullin, Mills Co., Texas.15

Children:
     There were no children with John Russell Cobb

Citations

  1. [S10158] Benj'n. E. Chesser household, 1910 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows name as Belver M. Chesser.
  2. [S10160] Ben E. Chesser household, 1920 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows name as Belva M. Chesser.
  3. [S8541] Marriage Record, Mills Co., Texas, 5:69, Russell Cobb and Miss Belva Chesser.
  4. [S10158] Benj'n. E. Chesser household, 1910 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  5. [S10160] Ben E. Chesser household, 1920 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  6. [S10158] Benj'n. E. Chesser household, 1910 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows the girl as daughter of Martha's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S10160] Ben E. Chesser household, 1920 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows the girl as daughter of Martha's husband.
  8. [S10158] Benj'n. E. Chesser household, 1910 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows age 5 and state.
  9. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Belva Cobb, Soc. Sec. No. 459-56-9952, shows date.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 75853012, Belva M Chesser Cobb, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  11. [S8541] Marriage Record, Mills Co., Texas, 5:69, Russell Cobb and Miss Belva Chesser, shows date and officiant.
  12. [S2816] Jeff D. Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas, shows him as son, and her as daughter-in-law, of Jeff, with his first marriage at age 27 and hers at 18.
  13. [S868] "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," Ancestry.com, record for Belva Cobb.
  14. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Belva Cobb, Soc. Sec. No. 459-56-9952, shows date, and last residence as 76864 Mullin, Mills, Texas.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 75853012, Belva M Chesser Cobb, includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S2816] Jeff D. Cobb household, 1930 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  17. [S5350] John R. Cobb household, 1940 U.S. Census, Mills Co., Texas.
  18. [S2815] John Russell Cobb, Certificate of Death, shows date, town, county, and state.