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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)
John Calvin COBBS
(1862 –1950)

 

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1. Augusta Isadora MEYER

John Calvin COBBS 1 2
  • Born: 11 October 1862, Missouri, USA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Augusta Isadora MEYER on 4 July 1901 in Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA 1
  • Died: 31 March 1950, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon, USA at age 87
  • Buried: 1950, Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA

bullet   Other names for John were John COBBS 5 and John C. COBBS.3 4

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bullet  Burial Notes

Pioneer Cemetery (AKA Durkee Cemetery)

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of 11 October 1862 and Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 5

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  • He 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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  • He worked as a section boss for the railroad on 24 January 1920 in Scappoose Precinct, Columbia County, Oregon, USA. 5
  • He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 24 January 1920 in Scappoose Precinct, Columbia County, Oregon, USA. 5

Census (24 Jan 1920) — Scappoose Precinct, Columbia County, Oregon, USA

Name; Relation; Owns or Rents (free or mortgaged); Gender; Race; Age; Marital Status; Birthplace;
Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace; Occupation/Industry
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Cobbs, John       Head      Rents   M   W   57   M    Illinois   Virginia        Illinois        Section boss/Railroad
-----, Augusta    Wife              F   W   50   M    Kansas     Missouri        Iowa*           None
-----, Glenn      Daughter  **      F   W   16   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Kenneth    Son       **      M   W   14   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Glayds     Daughter          F   W   13   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Virgil     Son       **      M   W   10   S    Oregon     Illinois        Kansas          None
-----, Mary J.    Mother            F   W   84   Wd   Illinois   United States   United States   None
-----, Arthur     Brother           M   W   46   S    Missouri   Virginia        Illinois        Laborer/Railroad
  *Illinois written first, but Iowa written over top of it         **Attended school within the past year
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Source Citation:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Scappoose, Columbia, Oregon;
                  Roll: T625_1493; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 101; Image: 200.

  • He worked as a dairy farm laborer on 7 April 1930 in Applegate Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 4

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  • He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 7 April 1930 in Applegate Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA. 4

Census (07 April 1930) - Applegate Precinct, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

Name; Relation; Gender; Race; Age; Marital Status; Age at First Marriage; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace;
Mother's Birthplace; Occupation/Industry
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Cobbs John C.      Head*            M   W   67        M   38   Illinois   Georgia    Pennsylvania   Laborer/Dairy Farm
----- Augusta I.   Wife             F   W   60        M   31   Kansas     Missouri   Illinois       None
----- William V.   Son              M   W   20        S        Oregon     Illinois   Kansas         Offbearer/Saw Mill
Messinger Silva    Grand Daughter   F   W    3 8/12   S        Oregon     Oregon     Oregon         None
Cobbs Lesley R.    Nephew           M   W   20        S        Oregon     Illinois   Arkansas       Woodcutter/Logging Camp
   *Rents, does not have a radio, does not live on a farm
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Source Citation:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Applegate, Jackson, Oregon;
                  Roll: 1944; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 117.0.


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John married Augusta Isadora MEYER, daughter of William MEYER and Sarah Prudence GLENN, on 4 July 1901 in Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA.1 (Augusta Isadora MEYER was born on 12 September 1869 in Girard, Crawford County, Kansas, USA,4 5 died on 21 November 1944 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA and was buried in 1944 in Durkee, Baker County, Oregon, USA.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

Meyer Ranch

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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), John C. Cobbs household, Applegate Precinct, Jackson 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), John Cobbs household, Scappoose Precinct, Columbia County, Oregon, USA.


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