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Rachael Isaacs Jones1,2,3,4,5,6,7

ID# 17587, (1790 - bef 1870)
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Parents:

  • Father: Richard Jones
  • Mother: Mary Donaldson

Key Events:

  • Born: on 30 Jan 1790 in Maryland.8,9,10
  • Married First: Zephaniah Cecil on 27 Nov 1809 in Montgomery Co., Maryland.11,12
  • Married Second: James Dyer Cobb on 24 Apr 1817 in Prince George's Co., Maryland.13,14,15
  • Died: bef 1870.
Rachael also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about her.

Children with Zephaniah Cecil:

  • Martha I. Cecil
  • Joseph Cecil

Children with James Dyer Cobb:

Citations

  1. Register of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland, 1:237, christening record for Rachael Isaacs Jones, 28 Sep 1791.
  2. "Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850," Ancestry.com, record for Zephaniah Cissell and Rachel Jones.
  3. "Married," Daily National Intelligencer, 5 May 1817, shows name as Miss Rachel J. Cecil.
  4. Prince Georges Co. Marriage Licenses, pg 107, shows name as Rachel I or J Cicel.
  5. James D. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows name as Rachael I. Cobb.
  6. Henry Stubinger household, 1860 U.S. Census, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, shows name as Racheal Jones.
  7. Will Books, Prince George's Co., Maryland, WAJ no. 1, pp 188-9, will of Martha I. Chew, shows Rachel I. Cobb as her sister.
  8. Register of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland, 1:237, christening record for Rachael Isaacs Jones, 28 Sep 1791, shows date.
  9. James D. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows age 49 and state.
  10. Henry Stubinger household, 1860 U.S. Census, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, shows age 61 and state, as Indiana.
  11. "Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850," Ancestry.com, record for Zephaniah Cissell and Rachel Jones, shows date, county and state.
  12. Ball, Walter Vancion, The Cecil Family of Maryland, pg 28, shows year, citing marriage records.
  13. "Married," Daily National Intelligencer, 5 May 1817, shows date.
  14. Prince Georges Co. Marriage Licenses, pg 107, dated 8 Apr 1817.
  15. James D. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.

Dr. Joshua W. Cobb1,2,3

ID# 17589, (abt 1829 - 1867)
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Parents:

Key Events:

  • Born: abt 1829 in District of Columbia.4,5,6
  • Married: Mary Celeste Phelon in Dec 1858 in Shelby Co., Tennessee.7,8,9
  • Died: on 11 Sep 1867 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.10
  • Buried: on 12 Sep 1867.11
Joshua also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Mary Celeste Phelon:

Citations

  1. James D. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows name as Joshua W. Cobb.
  2. J. W. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
  3. Dr. J. W. Cobb, Dr. J. W. obituary, Public Ledger.
  4. James D. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows age 21 and "state."
  5. J. W. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows age 30 and "state."
  6. George Willard Cobb, George Willard, Certificate of Death, shows D.C.
  7. J. W. Cobb and M. C. Phelen, marriage register, shows bond dated 13 Dec 1858, with no return recorded.
  8. Shelby County - Marriage Records 1820-1920, online, record for J W Cobb and Miss M C Phelon, citing bk 2, pg 11, shows year.
  9. J. W. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Tennessee, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. Dr. J. W. Cobb, Dr. J. W. obituary, Public Ledger, shows died Wednesday.
  11. Dr. J. W. Cobb, Dr. J. W. obituary, Public Ledger, shows buried yesterday.

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