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Susan M. Ness^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: abt 1846 in Missouri.^4,5,6
• Married: Melville Willard Cobb on 8 Aug 1866 in Marion Co., Missouri.^7,8
• Died: apparently bef 1900.⁹

Citations

1. Robert Ness household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows name as Susan Ness.
2. Mellville H. Cobb and Susan M. Ness, marriage return.
3. M. W. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows name as Susan M. Cobb.
4. Robert Ness household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows age 14 and state.
5. M. W. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows age 24 and state.
6. Melville W. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows age 34 and state.
7. Mellville H. Cobb and Susan M. Ness, marriage return, shows date.
8. M. W. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
9. Melville Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows him as widowed.

John L. Gleason¹

Key Events:

• Born: in Aug 1849 in Vermont.²
• Married: Lois A. Cobb abt 1870.³

Citations

1. John L. Gleason household, 1900 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri.
2. John L. Gleason household, 1900 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows month, year, age 60, and state.
3. John L. Gleason household, 1900 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows married 30 years.

Melville Willard Cobb^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 14 Mar 1844 in Greensburg, Indiana.^4,5,6
• Married: Susan M. Ness on 8 Aug 1866 in Marion Co., Missouri.^7,8
• Died: on 27 Sep 1918 in 312 N. 5th St., Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri.⁹
• Buried: on 29 Sep 1918 in Riverside Cemetery, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri.¹⁰

Citations

1. Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows name as Melville W. Cobb.
2. R. P. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows name as Melville W. Cobb.
3. Melville Willard Cobb, Melville Willard, Certificate of Death.
4. Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 7 and state.
5. Melville Willard Cobb, Melville Willard, Certificate of Death, shows date and state.
6. Portrait & Biographical Album of Marion, Ralls and Pike Counties, Missouri, pg 514, shows date, with year as 1842, and city.
7. Mellville H. Cobb and Susan M. Ness, marriage return, shows date.
8. M. W. Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
9. Melville Willard Cobb, Melville Willard, Certificate of Death, shows date, address, city, county, and state.
10. Melville Willard Cobb, Melville Willard, Certificate of Death, shows date and cemetery.

Lois A. Cobb^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 4 Mar 1844 in Greensburg, Indiana.^4,5,6
• Married: John L. Gleason abt 1870.⁷
• Died: on 7 Aug 1923 in 5566 Clemens Ave., Hannibal, St. Louis Co., Missouri.⁸
• Buried: on 8 Aug 1923 in Hannibal, Missouri.⁸

Citations

1. Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows name as Loise A. Cobb.
2. R. P. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows name as Lois A. Cobb.
3. Lois A. Gleason, Lois A., Certificate of Death, shows father's surname as Cobb.
4. Royal P. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co., Indiana, shows age 6 and state.
5. John L. Gleason household, 1900 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows month, year, as 1846, age 54, and state, however earlier census suggest she was born a year or two earlier.
6. Lois A. Gleason, Lois A., Certificate of Death, shows date, with year as 1845, city, as Green Castle, and state.
7. John L. Gleason household, 1900 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, shows married 30 years.
8. Lois A. Gleason, Lois A., Certificate of Death.