Cornelia Rebecca Mims1,2,3

F, (1816 - 1875), ID# 1780
Cornelia Rebecca Mims|b. 1816\nd. 31 May 1875|p1780.htm|Linah Mims|b. 14 Nov 1772\nd. bt 1847 - 1850|p475.htm|Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|John Mims|b. 1731|p16229.htm|Sarah Horn|||John Davis|b. abt 1754\nd. 1800|p13682.htm|Jane Clendenin|b. Jan 1758 or Feb 1758\nd. abt Aug 1824|p13683.htm|
  • Father: Linah Mims1,4,5 b. 14 Nov 1772, d. bt 1847 - 1850
  • Mother: Rebeccah Davis4 b. abt 1786, d. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830
  • Born: in 1816 in Richmond, Virginia.1,6,7
  • Married: Robert Livingston Cobb 13 May 1835 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.3,8,2,6
  • Died: 31 May 1875 in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky.1,9,5
  • Buried: 3 Jun 1875 in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.1
Cornelia also appears in our Narrative Site where there is much more information about her.

Children with Robert Livingston Cobb (1805 - abt 1873):

Citations:

  1. Obituary for Mrs. Cornelia B. Cobb. Unknown newpaper, apparently from Paducah, Kentucky.2 Jun 1875.
  2. Deborah Anne Cobb Freeman. Family file David and Deborah.GED, 31 Jul 1998, by e-mail 31 Jul 1998.
  3. 100 East Market Street, Princeton, Kentucky County Courthouse Marriage Records, loose papers.
  4. Christian Co., Kentucky. Recorder, Christian Co. Wills, 1824.
  5. William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter. History of Kentucky. 5 vols.. Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1922.
  6. Kentucky. Caldwell Co.. 1850 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication M432-194. Washington: National Archives.
  7. J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky - A History of the State: Embracing a Concise Account o f the Origin and Development of the Virginia Colony; its Expansion Westward, and the Settlement of the Frontier Beyond the Alleghanies; the Erection of Kentucky as an Independent State, and its Subsequent Development. Louisville, Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885. Reprint, Easly, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1979.
  8. 100 East Market Street, Princeton, Kentucky County Courthouse Marriage Bonds, Book A.
  9. Cornelia Cobb death register, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, copy found online on Ancestry.com, from Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), roll #994046.
  10. Kentucky. Lyon Co.. 1860 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication M653-383. Washington: National Archives.
  11. Eddyville, Kentucky. Eddyville Cemetery. Henry Cobb grave marker.
  12. Eddyville, Kentucky. Eddyville Cemetery. Sarah T. Cobb grave marker.
  13. Eddyville, Kentucky. Eddyville Cemetery. Gideon D. Cobb grave marker.
  14. Kentucky. McCracken Co.. 1870 U.S. Census, population schedule. Micropublication M593-487. Washington: National Archives.

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