Dr. James CLARK & Mary Willard COBB

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Dr. James CLARK
Mary Willard COBB

Husband: James CLARK
Birth: 1800, VA [possibly now WV]
Occupation: physician

Marriage: 10 Sep 1829, Caldwell Co., KY

Wife: Mary Willard COBB
Birth: 1810, KY
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Gideon Dyer COBB
Mother: Modena Chittenden CLARK

Children — born in Caldwell Co., KY:

1. (Son A) CLARK, b. 1829/30
2. (Son B) CLARK, b. 1830-35
3. Elizabeth CLARK, b. 1832/3
4. (Son C) CLARK, b. 1835-40
5. Modena CLARK, b. 1839/40
6. Henry CLARK, b. 1841/2
7. Giles CLARK, b. 1843/4

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia

Sources:

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

Clark, James Cobb, Mary W. 10 Sep 1829 Caldwell Co.

2a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830 Clark, James KY Caldwell Co. p. 162

2b. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #49-50 of 88; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Caldwell Co. Eddyville pp. 161B-162A James Clark 100 010 - 000 010 000 000 - 000 100

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Son A

1 white male 20-29 1800-1810 = James (b. 1800)

1 white female 20-29 1800-1810 = Mary (b. 1810)

1 female slave 36-54 1775-1794 = ?

Listed nine lines below John COBB, who is listed four lines below Mary's father, Gideon COBB.

3a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

1840 Clark, James KY Caldwell Co. p. 17

3b. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #31-32 of 94; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Caldwell Co. pp. 16B-17A Clark James 111 011 - 010 011 000 000 - 010 000 0100002

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Son C

1 white male 5-9 1830-1835 = Son B

1 white male 10-14 1825-1830 = Son A

1 white male 20-29 1810-1820 = ?

1 white male 30-39 1800-1810 = James (b. 1800)

1 white female 5-9 1830-1835 = Elizabeth (b. 1832/3)

1 white female 20-29 1810-1820 = ?

1 white female 30-39 1800-1810 = Mary (b. 1810)

1 female slave 10-23 1816-1830 = ?

1 persons employed in agriculture

2 persons employed in learned professions and engineering

The male and female in their 20s were not in the household in 1830, so they cannot be James's children (from a former marriage). Judging from the occupations, James has either a nurse or phycisian's assistant, and someone is engaged in farming.

4. 1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com): Second District, Caldwell Co., KY, p. 393B, 788/788, enumerated 2 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

James Clark 50 M Phycician 1000 Virginia

Mary W    " 40 F Kentucky

Elizabeth " 17 F "

Modena    " 10 F "

Henry     " 8 M "

Giles     " 6 M "

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