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Mary Polly Cobb 1805 – 1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1805

Birth Location: Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 1881

Death Location: Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, USA

Father: Joel Cobb

Mother: Sarah WINSTEAD

Spouse(s): Thomas Murrell

Children(s): Larkin Murrell

Mary Polly Cobb was born in 1805 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Joel Cobb and Sarah Sally WINSTEAD. Mary Polly Cobb married Thomas C. Murrell, and had children including Larkin Murrell. Mary Polly Cobb passed away in 1881 in Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary Polly Cobb was born in 1805 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Joel Cobb and Sarah Sally WINSTEAD.
  • Mary Polly Cobb married Thomas C. Murrell, and had children including Larkin Murrell.
  • Mary Polly Cobb passed away in 1881 in Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Cobb's Ancestors

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Mary Cobb
1805 – 1881
Birth Place: Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Joel Cobb
1778 – 1861
North Carolina, USA
Sarah (Sally) WINSTEAD
1778 – 1860
Northumberland County, Virginia
Grandparents
Patriot\ (Edward) Cobb
1748 – 1817
Beaufort, North Carolina, United States
Sarah (Winifred) Gray
1751 – 1793
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Catherine Sergeant
1758 – 1819
Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts or Nash, North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
James Cobb
1727 – 1769
John Gray
1724 – 1775
Jonathan Sargeant
1728 – 1806
Mary Earle
1730 – 1774
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cobb
1695 – 1729
John NC
1691 – 1750
Jean (1667-1737)
1667 – 1737
Jonathan Sargent
1701 – 1777
Robert Earle
1706 – 1796
MARY NEWHALL
1704 – 1756

Mary Cobb's Descendants

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Mary (Polly) Cobb (abt 1805 – 1881) m. Thomas (C.) Murrell (25 October 1807 – 8 Aug 1888)
  1. 1. Larkin Murrell (1826 – 20 Jul 1871) m. Nancy (Jane) Bowling (29 Jan 1829 – 24 Jul 1917)
    1. 1. Margaret (Murrell) Halcomb (Sep 1859 – 1930) m. Dudley (D “Dud”) Holcomb (2 Oct 1853 – 12 Mar 1912)
      1. 1. Catherine Cootch (Jun 1883 – ) m. William (Calaway) Halcomb (19 Dec. 1875 – 23 July 1939)
        1. 1. James Halcomb (December 24, 1897 – May 29, 1940) m. Bessie Allen (20 Oct 1900 – 6 Jan. 1986)

Mary Cobb's Timeline

2 Records

1805
abt 1805
Birth of Mary Polly Cobb in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
1881
1881
Age 76
Death of Mary Polly Cobb in Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, USA
Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1805
    Event Place: Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, USA

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