Robert Livingston COBB & Cornelia Rebecca MIMS

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Robert Livingston COBB
Cornelia Rebecca MIMS

Husband: Robert Livingston COBB
Birth: 1804/5, Livingston [then Caldwell, now Lyon] Co., KY
Occupation: merchant
Father: Gideon Dyer COBB
Mother: Modena Chittenden CLARK

Marriage: 13 May 1835, Caldwell Co., KY

Wife: Cornelia Rebecca MIMS
Birth: 1816/7, VA [now WV?]
Father: Col. Linah MIMS
Mother: Rebecca DAVIS

Children — born in Caldwell Co., KY:

1. Robertson H. COBB, b. 1835/6
2. Linah M. COBB, b. 1837/8
3. Joshua C. COBB, b. 1838/9
4. Samuel Glenn "Sam" COBB, b. 1845/6
5. Rebecca COBB, b. 1848/9

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Cobb, Robert C. [sic] Mims, Cornelia May 13, 1835 Caldwell Co.

2. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #29-30 of 94; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Caldwell Co. pp. 15B-16A Cobb R L 300 001 - 001 110 100 000 - 011 000 0010000

These data indicate:ernate

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 white males 4 or under 1835-1840 = Joshua (b. 1838/9)
= Linah (b. 1837/8)
= Robertson (b. 1835/6)

1 white male 30-39 1800-1810 = Robert (b. 1804/5)

1 white female 10-14 1825-1830 = Rebecca MITCHELL? (b. 1828/9)

1 white female 15-19 1820-1825 = ?

1 white female 20-29 1810-1820 = Cornelia (b. 1816/7)

1 male slave 9 or under 1830-1840 = ?

1 female slave 10-23 1816-1830 = ?

1 female slave 24-35 1804-1816 = ?

1 person employed in commerce

Robert is old enough to have fathered the two older girls, but I have found no earlier marriage for him. One of them could be Rebecca MITCHELL, who is living with them in the 1850 census. Listed one line above Thomas CRESAP, who is four lines above Hanson B. CRESAP.

3. 1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com) and 1850 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #96 of 124): District No. 1, Caldwell Co., KY, p. 326B, 692/692, enumerated 13 Sep 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Robert L. Cobb 45 M Merchant 10,600 Caldwell cty Ky

Cornelia R. " 33 F Virginia

Robertson H. " 14 M Caldwell cty Ky

Lina M.      " 12 M "

Joshua C.    " 11 M "

Sam Glenn    " 4 M "

Rebecca      " 1 F "

Gideon D.    " 30 M Merchant 1,600 "

O. M. Jenkins 26 M Merchants Clark Maryland

Rebecca C. Mitchell 21 F Christian cty Ky

4. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

5. Terry Reigel. Reigel Roots. [link died]

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