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Modena Chittenden Clark1,2,3

#1042, (1779 - 1837)

Parents

Key Events:

  • Modena Chittenden Clark was born on 4 Oct 1779 in Ira, Vermont.4,5
  • Modena married Gideon Dyer Cobb, son of Elkanah Cobb and Mary Willard, ca. 1796, in or near Castleton, Vermont.6,7
  • Modena died on 7 Oct 1837 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 58.5
  • She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky, in the Cobb plot, next to her husband.8

Children with Gideon Dyer Cobb:

Citations

  1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows full name.
  2. Town Records, bk 1, pg 114, birth record, shows name as Modena Clark.
  3. Lyon, Chittenden letter to Witherell, James, 5 Apr 1828, shows name as Modena Clark.
  4. Town Records, bk 1, pg 114, shows date.
  5. Modena Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
  6. Ruth Garrett Cobb, Ruth Garrett, "Cobb-Garrett Family History", pg vii, notes of author's daughter, citing 31 Jan 1930 letter from Hallie Cabouise Dobbin to the author, shows married at Castleton.
  7. Lyon, Chittenden letter to Witherell, James, 5 Apr 1828, shows married.
  8. Modena Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.

Gideon Dyer Cobb1,2,3

#1043, (1773 - 1834)

Parents

Key Events:

  • Gideon Dyer Cobb was born on 11 Sep 1773 at Stillwater, Albany Co., New York.4,5
  • Gideon married Modena Chittenden Clark, daughter of Gen. Isaac Clark and Hannah Chittenden, ca. 1796, in or near Castleton, Vermont.6,7
  • Gideon died on 1 Mar 1834 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky, at age 60.5,8
  • He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky, in the Cobb family plot.2

Children with Modena Chittenden Clark:

Citations

  1. Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 5, shows name as Gideon Dyar Cobb.
  2. Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
  3. Lyon, Chittenden letter to Witherell, James, 5 Apr 1828, shows name as G. D. Cobb.
  4. Births, Marriages and Deaths, Pawlet, Vermont, 1768-1856, pg 5, shows date, town, and state.
  5. Gideon D. Cobb grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
  6. Ruth Garrett Cobb, Ruth Garrett, "Cobb-Garrett Family History", pg vii, notes of author's daughter, citing 31 Jan 1930 letter from Hallie Cabouise Dobbin to the author, shows married at Castleton.
  7. Lyon, Chittenden letter to Witherell, James, 5 Apr 1828, shows married.
  8. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, as Eddyville, county, and state.