I'm going to combine my post for Richard and Eliza because they arrived together as our immigrant ancestors on this line. And as with John Rhoads, I will split this blog into two parts. Richard appears first in 1840 listed in the Census living in Napoleon Township, Henry County, Ohio. Enumerated in his household as … Continue reading Richard and Eliza Cobe, part 1
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Margaret Russell
Margaret Russell was the first wife of Richard Cobe (Junior) and is our maternal ancestor. There is not enough known about her to provide an interesting biography (UPDATE: See new post Creatively Recreating Margaret). She was not mentioned in the newspapers of her day as she lived and died as the wife of a quiet … Continue reading Margaret Russell
Joseph Stockford
I hope you are starting to notice a pattern with female ancestors. Unless their maiden name is known, you just can't proceed to learn anything more about them. There are so many of our female ancestors in my records whose only information I have is "Mary ____, born about 18##." I was tickled to confirm … Continue reading Joseph Stockford
Brothers Cobe
I am going to deviate a little bit and talk about a couple of our ancestor's brothers. The Black Sheep Emmett Cobe had a younger brother, John. John was 15 when their mother, Margaret Russell died. Several years later he started down a bad road. By the time he turned 20 (1894) he had become … Continue reading Brothers Cobe
Richard Cobe (Junior)
Emmett is found in Paulding County, Ohio and the next two generations were conveniently in plain sight on the census. Richard lived most of his life in Brown Township, Paulding County, Ohio. He was born in either Paulding or Henry County (Napoleon). I have never found a record of birth for him, in fact, I … Continue reading Richard Cobe (Junior)
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