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Samuel B. COBBS
(1789 –1870)
Jane Louise HOUSTON
(1799 –1873)
Abraham TETRICK
(1796 –1838)
Anna HUFFMAN
(1800 –1896)
James Murray COBBS
(1825 –1907)
Mary Jane TETRICK
(1835 –1920)
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Martha Jane COBBS
(1861–1949)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Walter WHITE

Martha Jane COBBS 1 2
  • Born: 5 February 1861, Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri, USA 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Walter WHITE on 18 March 1879 in Modale, Harrison County, Iowa, USA
  • Died: 28 January 1949, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA at age 87 6
  • Buried: 31 January 1949, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA

bullet   Cause of her death was Bronchopneumonia, one month; Senility.

bullet   Other names for Martha were Martha J. COBBS,3 Martha WHITE 5 and Martha Jane WHITE.6

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bullet  Death Notes

9:15 pm at Grande Ronde Hospital; usual residence 711 Division St. Age at death 87 years, 11 months, 23 days.

bullet  Burial Notes

Hillcrest Cemetery, Div C - Blk 18 - Lot 1 - Sp 9

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life


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  • She appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census on 23 July 1870 in Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA. 3

1870 Census — Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA

Name            Age  Sex  Race  Occupation     Birthplace  Remarks
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Cobbs James      45   M    W    Farmer         Georgia     * $400 value personal estate
                                                           * 1 male US citizen 21 or older in
                                                             household
----- Mary J.    35   F    W    Keeping house  Illinois    * Cannot write
----- Martha J.   9   F    W    --             Missouri    * Attended school within past year
----- John C.     7   M    W    --             Missouri    * Attended school within past year
----- Margret     5   F    W    --             Missouri    * Attended school within past year
----- Andrew R.   2   M    W    --             Missouri
Powel Nancy A.   13   F    W    --             Missouri    * Attended school within past year
----- Mary F.    11   F    W    --             Missouri    * Attended school within past year
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  • She appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 23 June 1880 in Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA. 7

1880 Census — Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA

                             Marital                                            Father's     Mother's
Name               Relation  Status  Gender  Race  Age  Birthplace  Occupation  Birthplace  Birthplace
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Walter WHITE         Self      M     Male     W    26      IN       Laborer         IN          IN
Martha J. WHITE      Wife      M     Female   W    19      MO       Keeping House   TN          IL
George WHITE         Son       S     Male     W   4/12     IA       --              IN          MO
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  • She appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 13 January 1920 in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA. 5

Elma McLane      Head      F   W   30        Wd    Oregon     Indiana    Missouri         none
Verla McLane     Dau       F   W    6        S     Oregon     Oregon     Oregon           none
Donald McLane    Son       M   W    3 6/12   S     Oregon     Oregon     Oregon           none
Walter White     Father    M   W   65        M     Indiana    New York   United States    Laborer/saw mill
Martha White     Mother    F   W   58        M     Missouri   Georgia    Illinois         none
Charles Zink     Nephew    M   W    3 6/12   S     Oregon     Kentucky   Oregon           none
Howard Zink      Nephew    M   W    2 6/12   S     Oregon     Kentucky   Oregon           none


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  • Gallery: Martha White (right) with her daughter Manila, in 1935, in Oregon, USA.

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  • Gallery: Death Certificate, on 28 January 1949, in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA.

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  • She was buried at the Hillcrest Cemetery (Div C - Blk 18 - Lot 1 - Sp 9) in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA on 31 January 1949.

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Martha married Walter WHITE, son of Ozias Preston WHITE and Julia Ann CALKINS, on 18 March 1879 in Modale, Harrison County, Iowa, USA. (Walter WHITE was born on 22 February 1854 in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA,5 6 8 died on 2 February 1932 in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA 6 and was buried on 5 February 1932 in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA.). The cause of his death was Lobar Pneumonia.


bullet  Marriage Notes

Martha Jane COBBS married Walter WHITE at the home of her father (James Murray COBBS) in 1879.

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Gertrude Brown Smith and Beulah M. Springstead, Our Colonial Lines: Powell, Eaton, Rice, Pettengill, Collver, White (c) 1992, P. 102. This is the 3rd edition of a family-published book on genealogy.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls; and Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870, NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), James Cobbs household, Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence County, Missouri, USA.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Jack O. Glasgow household, New Bride & Market Road, Eagle Valley Precinct #2, Baker County, Oregon, USA.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Elma McLane household, 2908 North Walnut Street, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, USA.
  6. Death Certificate (digital or paper copy of official death record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  7. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Walter White household, Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA.
  8. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), Ozias White household, Jefferson Township, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA.


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