Lora Fitch Cobb1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 9468, (1824 - 1904)
FatherWilliam Cobb4,5 (25 Oct 1787 - 21 Sep 1826)
MotherLora Fitch4,5 (abt 1790 - 20 Dec 1871)

Key Events:

Birth: 11 Apr 1824, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York6,7,8
Death: Aug 19049
Burial: 25 Aug 1904, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York10
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Lora Fitch Cobb was born on 11 Apr 1824 in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York.6,7,8
     Her father died on 21 Sep 1826, when Lora was 2 years old.4,11,12
     Lora was probably one of the two females age 15 to 20 appearing on the 1840 Federal Census of Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, in the household of William Ingersol Hanford, husband of her sister Julia.13
     Lora appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, in the household of her William and Julia. Their mother was also living with them.14
     Lora moved to Buffalo, where her sister Wealthy and her family were living, between 1850 and 1855. She appeared on the 1855 State Census of Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, in the household of her sister Wealthy and her husband, Leonard White.15
     Lora moved to Michigan, where her sister Abigail and her family were living, between 1855 and 1860. Lora appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Monroe, Monroe Co., Michigan, in the household of her sister Abigail and her husband, Charles Greene Johnson.16
     Lora has not been found in the 1870 census, but moved back to Rochester about that time. She applied for a passport on 2 Aug 1873. In the application she said she was about to travel abroad, but provided no details.17
     Lora appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, in the household of her sister Julia and her husband, William Ingersol Hanford.18
     She was a teacher.19
     Lora died in Aug 1904 at age 80.9 She was buried on 25 Aug 1904 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York.10

Citations

  1. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45, shows name as Lora Fitch Cobb.
  2. [S7650] Wm. I. Hanford household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows name as Lora F. Cobb.
  3. [S7651] Leonard White household, 1855 New York State Census, Erie Co., New York, Buffalo, ward 9, shows name as Lora Fitch Cobb.
  4. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family, pg 185.
  5. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 45.
  6. [S7688] Lora F. Cobb, Passport Application (2 Aug 1873), shows date and city.
  7. [S7650] Wm. I. Hanford household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows age 26 and state.
  8. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, Jan 1893 to Dec 1906 - Coa, shows age 77 at death.
  9. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, Jan 1893 to Dec 1906 - Coa, shows burial 25 Aug 1904.
  10. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery, burial records, Jan 1893 to Dec 1906 - Coa.
  11. [S2446] "Died," The Rochester Telegraph, 17 Oct 1826, shows date, city, and state.
  12. [S2466] Peck, Semi-Centennial History of the City of Rochester, pg 383, shows he died in the summer of 1821. This seems to be in error, since a contemporary obituary shows his death in 1826, and pg 439 shows that William was involved in a land transaction on 27 Oct 1822.
  13. [S7673] William Hanford household, 1840 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  14. [S7650] Wm. I. Hanford household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  15. [S7651] Leonard White household, 1855 New York State Census, Erie Co., New York, Buffalo, ward 9.
  16. [S7693] Charles Johnson household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., Michigan.
  17. [S7688] Lora F. Cobb, Passport Application (2 Aug 1873).
  18. [S7677] William Hanford household, 1880 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  19. [S863] Cobb, History of the Cobb Family.