William Henry Cobb1,2,3

M, ID# 10388, (1829 - 1904)
William Henry Cobb|b. Apr 1829\nd. 23 Oct 1904|p10388.htm|Gideon Cobb|b. 26 Jun 1791\nd. Aug 1864|p17632.htm|Roxana Worden|b. 4 Mar 1794\nd. 21 Apr 1863|p17649.htm|John Cobb|b. 21 Oct 1744\nd. 16 Dec 1815|p2228.htm|Mary Fuller|b. 25 Nov 1762\nd. 16 May 1849|p17629.htm|Ichabod Worden|b. abt 25 Jan 1761\nd. 1 Nov 1844|p10112.htm|Margaret Brown|b. abt 1763\nd. 6 Aug 1845|p10113.htm|

Father Gideon Cobb4,5,6 (1791-1864)

Mother Roxana Worden4,5,6 (1794-1863)

Charts
Descendants of Gideon Cobb

Family Background – see:

The Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont
     William Henry Cobb was born in Apr 1829 in New York.7,8,9 He married first Charlotte A. Hill.10 He married second Edna C. Buckland in 1855.11,12,13 He died on 23 Oct 1904 at age 75.14,15 He was buried on 26 Oct 1904 in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York, between his two wives, in his father's lot.16,17
     He was probably one of the two males under age 5 listed in the household of his father, Gideon Cobb, in the 1830 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York.18 He was probably one of the two males age 10 to15 listed in the household of his father in the 1840 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York.19
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York, in the household of his parents, Gideon Cobb and Roxana Worden.20
     William, his father Gideon, and other investors consolidated several small brickworks to form the Rochester Brick and Tile Manufacturing Company, incorporating it 7 Feb 1853. By 1855 it was producing over 12 million bricks per year, shipping them to many points in the U.S. and Canada.6
     William and Edna appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York, enumerated 3 Jan 1861, reporting $300 in personal property. Their children Willard and Charlotte were listed as living with them. Amal B. Buckland, age 55, who may well have been her father, and his children ages 17 to 5, are listed next in the census record.21
     William and Edna appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York, enumerated Jun 1870, reporting real estate valued ate $45,000 and personal estate of $3,025. Their children Willard, Charlotte and Margaret were listed as living with them, as were Lyman Worden, who is reported to have been his mother's brother, Eliza Hacman, age 19, a domestic, and two farm laborers.22
     William and Edna appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York, enumerated 29 Jun 1880. Their children Charlotte and Margaret were listed as living with them, as was Lenard Brown, a 25-year-old servant.23
     William and Edna appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Brighton, Monroe Co., New York, enumerated 9 Jun 1900, with Alice Hofeer, age 23, a servant from England also listed in the household. Their son Willard and his family were apparently living close by, as they are listed next in the census record.24 He was, in addition to his other ventures, a farmer.25,26,27,28

Children of William Henry Cobb and Edna C. Buckland

It seems questionable whether the infant born in 1895 was in fact the child of William and Edna, given their ages, and that their last previous child was born about 1867. The child is recorded on Mount Hope burial records as Wm H. Cobb's Inft" and is shown as buried in Gideon's lot, but does not appear on the plot plan for that lot. But there is no other William H. Cobb in the family living in the area at the time; William's cousin of the same name seems to have moved to Michigan decades before.
  • Willard G. Cobb4,29,30 b. Feb 1857, d. Dec 1927
  • Charlotte Mary Cobb4,29,30 b. abt Aug 1859
  • Margaret Sherill Cobb4,30,23 b. 1867
  • infant Cobb31 b. Nov 1895, d. Nov 1895

Citations

  1. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 46, shows name as William Henry Cobb.
  2. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery burial records, Jan 1893 to Dec 1906 - Coa, shows name as William H. Cobb.
  3. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows name as William H. Cobb.
  4. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 46.
  5. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S2467] Kling, "Gideon Cobb (1791-1864)."
  7. [S2496] William H. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows month, year, age 71 and state.
  8. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 46, shows year.
  9. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows age 21 and state.
  10. [S2445] "Tombstone Inscriptions from Sectin I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows her as wife of William H. Cobb.
  11. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 46, shows year and as his second marriage.
  12. [S2496] William H. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows married 44 years.
  13. [S2493] William H. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  14. [S2445] "Tombstone Inscriptions from Sectin I - Mt. Hope Cemetery," GenWeb Monroe County NY, shows date.
  15. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery burial records, Jan 1893 to Dec 1906 - Coa, shows he was interred 26 Oct 1904.
  16. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery burial records, Jan 1893 to Dec 1906 - Coa, shows date and lot.
  17. [S2489] Mount Hope Cemetery plot records, range I, lot 48, shows their graves as adjacent in lot purchased by Gideon Cobb 10 Mar 1845.
  18. [S2462] Gideon Cobb household, 1830 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  19. [S2459] Gideon Cobb household, 1840 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  20. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  21. [S2493] William H. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  22. [S2494] William Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  23. [S2495] William H. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  24. [S2496] William H. Cobb household, 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York.
  25. [S2458] Gideon Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows occupation as farmer.
  26. [S2493] William H. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows occupation as farmer.
  27. [S2494] William Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows occupation as farmer.
  28. [S2495] William H. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows occupation as farmer.
  29. [S2493] William H. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  30. [S2494] William Cobb household, 1870 U.S. Census, Monroe Co., New York, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  31. [S2444] Mount Hope Cemetery burial records, Jan 1893 to Dec 1906 - Coa, shows name as "Wm H Cobb's Inft."

 

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