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Sophia W. Cobb^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Sophia W. Cobb was born in Aug 1824 in Maryland.^4,5,6
• Sophia married William H. Crabtree, father of the woman her younger brother James had married the previous fall, on 11 Jan 1848 in Hempstead Co., Arkansas, with John D. Trimble, presiding judge of county court, offciating.^7,8,9
• Sophia died on 26 Feb 1906, at the home of her son-in-law, Ben Hendricks, eight miles east of, Texarkana, Arkansas, at age 81.¹⁰

Citations

1. Marriages certificates, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, William Crabtree and Sophia W. Cobb, 11 Jan 1848.
2. William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows name as Sophia W. Crabtree.
3. Sophia W. Crabtree, Sophia W. obituary, The Arkansas Gazette.
4. William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows age 26 and place, as D. Columbia.
5. Wm Crabtree household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows age 45 and state, as Maryland.
6. Benjima M. Hendrix household, 1900 U.S. Census, Miller Co., Arkansas, shows month, year, age 75, and state, as Maryland.
7. Marriages certificates, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, William Crabtree and Sophia W. Cobb, 11 Jan 1848, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
8. William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
9. Sophia W. Crabtree, Sophia W. obituary, The Arkansas Gazette, shows her as his widow.
10. Sophia W. Crabtree, Sophia W. obituary, The Arkansas Gazette, in article dateline Texarkana, 27 Feb, shows died yesterday, home of son-in-law, name, and 8 miles east of here.

William H. Crabtree^1,2,3

Key Events:

• William H. Crabtree was born ca. 1806 in Tennessee.^4,5,6
• William married first Margaret D. Harpole, daughter of John Harpole and Sarah, whether in Tennessee or Arkansas is unknown. No record of the marriage has been found.^7,8
• William married second Sophia W. Cobb, daughter of James Dyer Cobb and Rachael Isaacs Jones, and older sister of the man his daughter had married the previous fall, on 11 Jan 1848 in Hempstead Co., Arkansas, with John D. Trimble, presiding judge of county court, offciating.^9,10,11
• William died ca. 1891 at age ~85.¹²

Citations

1. Marriages certificates, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, William Crabtree and Sophia W. Cobb, 11 Jan 1848.
2. William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas.
3. Emma Eugenia Hendricks, Emma Eugenia obituary, Northwest Arkansas Times, shows name as William H. Crabtree.
4. William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows age 44 and state, as Tennessee.
5. Wm Crabtree household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows age 53 and state, as Kentucky.
6. Wm Crabtree household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lafayette Co., Arkansas, shows age 64 and state, as Tennessee.
7. Coulter, Maude Graves, Genealogy of John M. Coulter of Southwest Arkansas, pg 105, from notes by Mrs. Anne McKean Moore, De Queen, Arkansas, shows she married Crabtree; pg 360, shows she married William Crabtree, citing old Hll bible.
8. Hempstead County, Arkansas Cemeteries, 5:59, shows tombstone with inscription "Consort of Wm. Crabtree."
9. Marriages certificates, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, William Crabtree and Sophia W. Cobb, 11 Jan 1848, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
10. William Crabtree household, 1850 U.S. Census, Hempstead Co., Arkansas, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
11. Sophia W. Crabtree, Sophia W. obituary, The Arkansas Gazette, shows her as his widow.
12. Sophia W. Crabtree, Sophia W. obituary, The Arkansas Gazette, shows he died about 15 years before.