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Gen. Isaac Clark1,2,3

#1474, (1748 - 1822)
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Key Events:

  • Gen. Isaac Clark was born on 5 Oct 1748 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.4,5
  • Isaac married Hannah Chittenden, daughter of Gov. Thomas Chittenden and Elizabeth Meigs, on 18 Jan 1779 in Ira, Vermont, with her father, Gov. Thomas Chittenden, officiating.6,7,8
  • Isaac married second Amie Fitch, daughter of Eleazer Fitch and Amy Bowen, on 25 Mar 1790 in Windham, Connecticut.9,10,11
  • Isaac died on 31 Jan 1822 in Castleton, Vermont, at age 73.12,13,14
  • He was buried in Congregational Cemetery, Castleton, Rutland Co., Vermont.15,16
Isaac also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Children with Hannah Chittenden:

Children with Amie Fitch:

Citations

  1. Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:85.
  2. Town Records, bk 1, pg 114, marriage record and birth record for Modean, shows name as Isaac Clark.
  3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, pg 214, shows name as Isaac Clark, a soldier in the revolutionary war.
  4. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 255, shows date.
  5. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676879, Isaac "Old Rifle" Clark, shows he died 31 Jan 1822 at age 71, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  6. Town Records, bk 1, pg 114, shows date and officiant.
  7. Castleton Town Records, 1:5, birth records of son Artaxarxes and daughter Salley, shows her as his wife.
  8. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, marriage record for Isaac Clark and Gabbag Chittenden, prepared by Isaac Clark, Ira town clerk, shows date and officiant.
  9. White, Lorraine Cook, The Barbour Collection, Windham Vital Records, pg 85, citing vol 2 pg 59, shows date, as 25th, and citing vol 3 pg 43, shows date as 29th.
  10. Castleton Town Records, 1:3 marriage record, shows date, as 25th, town, and state; 1:11, birth record for daughter Charlotte, shows Amia as his wife.
  11. Walworth, Reuben H., "Mason Family," pg 220, shows date, as 29th, and as her second marriage.
  12. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, death record for Isaac Clark, prepared by Castleton town clerk from tombstone, shows date.
  13. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676879, Isaac "Old Rifle" Clark, shows date, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  14. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, and state.
  15. General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, death record for Isaac Clark, prepared by Castleton town clerk from tombstone, shows cemetery.
  16. Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676879, Isaac "Old Rifle" Clark, shows cemetery and includes tombstone photo.

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb1,2,3

#1476, (1876 - 1944)
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Key Events:

  • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born on 23 Jun 1876 in Paducah, Kentucky.4,5,6
  • Irvin married Laura Spencer Baker, daughter of Marcus Stephen Baker and Fannie Krenson, on 12 Jun 1900 at her parents home, 236 Oglethorpe Ave., Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia, with Rev. Bascom Anthony, paster of Trinity Methodist Church, officiating.7,8,9
  • Irvin died on 10 Mar 1944 at his residence, the Hotel Sheraton, 37th St. and Lexington Ave., Manhattan, New York, at age 67.10,11,12
  • He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, under a granite boulder inscribed "Back Home."13,14
Irvin also appears in our Family History Section where there is much more information about him.

Child with Laura Spencer Baker:

  • Elizabeth B. Cobb+

Citations

  1. Reuben Saunders household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows name as Irvine Cobb.
  2. Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. "New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948," Ancestry.com, record for Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, citing cert. no. 6133.
  4. Reuben Saunders household, 1880 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows age 4 and state.
  5. "New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948," Ancestry.com, record for Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, citing cert. no. 6133, shows date, city, and state.
  6. Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 19, shows date.
  7. Georgia County Marriage Records, Georgia, Chatham Co., N:346, Irvin S. Cobb and Laura S. Baker, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  8. "Social and Personal," The Daily Leader, 18 Jun 1900, shows married Thursday, address, home, and officiant.
  9. Amelia Scott household, 1905 New York State Census, New York Co., New York, Manhattan, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. "New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948," Ancestry.com, record for Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, citing cert. no. 6133, shows date, hotel, address, city, county, state, and residence.
  11. "Cobb, Irvin S will," Brooklyn Eagle, 18 Mar 1944, shows date, hotel, and city.
  12. Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 19, shows date, and last residence as New York City.
  13. Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 19.
  14. Kleber, John E., The Kentucky Encyclopedia, pg 212, shows cemetery, town, state, and description of the marker.

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