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Joshua Clark Cobb^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Joshua Clark Cobb was born on 7 Jul 1839 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Joshua married Manie Saunders, daughter of Dr. Reuben Saunders and Adeline S. Roberts, on 19 Oct 1871 in Paducah, Kentucky, with Rev. J. T Hendrick officiating. Her brother John had married his sister Bobella the previous November.^7,8
• Joshua died on 22 Dec 1895 in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky, at age 56.^4,9
• He was buried on 24 Dec 1895 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky.^10,11

Citations

1. Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 19, shows name as Joshua Clark Cobb.
2. Connelley, William Elsey; Coulter, E. M., History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows name as Joshua Clark Cobb.
3. Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Joshua C. Cobb.
4. Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 19, shows date.
5. Connelley, William Elsey; Coulter, E. M., History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows year, as 1939, town, and state.
6. Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 11, county, and state.
7. Marriage Certificates, McCracken Co., Kentucky, 8A:327, J. C. Cobb and Manie Saunders, shows date, city, county, and officiant.
8. Battle, J. H.;Perrin, W. H.; Kniffin, G. C., Kentucky - A History of the State, pg 291, shows year, as 1871, and town.
9. Connelley, William Elsey; Coulter, E. M., History of Kentucky, pg 497, shows year, town, county, and state.
10. Oak Grove Cemetery, list of burials, C burials 1800 thru 1999, pg 15, shows buried there.
11. Cobb, Irvin S., Exit Laughing, pg 342, shows he was buried Christmas Eve.