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James G. Clark^1,2,3

Key Events:

• Born: abt 1800 in Virginia.^4,5
• Married: Mary Willard Cobb on 10 Sep 1829 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^6,7,8,9
• Died: bef 1878.¹⁰

Citations

1. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, James Clark to Mary W. Cobb, 10 Sep 1829.
2. James Clark household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
3. Modena White, Modena, Certificate of Death, shows name as James G. Clark.
4. James Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 50 and state.
5. Gideon D. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 60 and state.
6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, city, county, and state.
7. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book A, James Clark to Mary W. Cobb, 10 Sep 1829, shows date.
8. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for James Clark and Mary W. Cobb, 11 Sep 1829, has return of minister on the reverse, showing married 10th.
9. James Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as husband and wife.
10. Register of Deaths, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1878, Caldwell Co., Clark, Mary W, shows her as single, apparently meaning widowed.

Giles Lyon Cobb^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 5 Dec 1820 in Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Married: Marion Catlett on 15 Jan 1850 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^7,8,9
• Died: on 4 Oct 1867 in New Orleans, Louisiana.^10,11,12
• Buried: on 5 Oct 1867 in Girod Street Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.^13,14,15

Citations

1. Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, granddaughter of Joshua Cobb, with notarized statement 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, that they were from a Bible in her possession, shows name as Giles Lyon Cobb.
2. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 195, Giles L. Cobb to Miss Marion Catlett, 14 Jan 1850.
3. Giles L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
4. Kilbury-Cobb, Judith, "RE: Cobb Ancestry," e-mail to author, 15 Jun 2001, citing hand-written pages titled "From Joshua Cobb's Family Bible," provided by Lillian W. Sprout, 5 Dec 1931, Montrose, Pennsylvania, shows date.
5. Giles L. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows age 37 and state.
6. Giles L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 27 and state.
7. Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 195, Giles L. Cobb to Miss Marion Catlett, 14 Jan 1850, return shows date as 15th.
8. Will Book, Lyon Co., Kentucky, 1:84-6, will of Thomas W. Catlett, 28 Jun 1880, shows her name as Mrs. Marian Cobb.
9. Giles L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows apparently living as husband and wife, and both married within the year.
10. Girod Street Cemetery, burial records, entry for Giles L. Cobb, shows date and residence, as Kentucky.
11. "Mortuary Report," morning edition, The Daily Picayune, 13 Oct 1867, lists him among those who died of yellow fever from 6 am 5 Oct to 6 am 12 Oct, and lists death statistics.
12. Giles Cobb, Giles obituary, Louisville Daily Courier, citing the Paducah Herald, shows date, as 4th, and city.
13. "Mortuary Report," The New Orleans Crescent, 8 Oct 1867, shows cemetery.
14. "Daily Mortuary Report," afternoon edition, The Daily Picayune, 7 Oct 1867, shows buried Saturday.
15. Girod Street Cemetery, burial records, entry for Giles L. Cobb.