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(b. December 1845,
Casco, Maine, USA
d. 19 February 1912,
Minot, Maine, USA
)
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Ivory
COBB
(b. December 1845,
Casco, Maine, USA
d. 19 February 1912,
Minot, Maine, USA
)
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Summary:
Ivory COBB was born December 1845
in Casco, Maine, USA.
Ivory COBB
was the child of
William Elwell COBB and
Hannah COBB
and the grandchild of:
(paternal)
Andrew COBB and
Nancy Anna ELLWELL
(maternal)
Jonathan COBB and
Jane WHITMAN
He married Celia Ann EDWARDS 04 July 1868 in Poland, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. They divorced. Celia Ann EDWARDS was born 10 May 1853 in Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) . She died bet. 1930-1940 in , Maine, USA .
He married (2) Harriet VERRILL 28 October 1876 in Gray, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Harriet VERRILL was born 23 February 1846 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA . She died abt. 1882 in , Maine, USA . She was the daughter of William VERRILL and Lydia TRIPP.
He married (3) Katie (Catherine) Josephine CHAPLIN 8 March 1898 in Poland, Maine, USA . Katie (Catherine) Josephine CHAPLIN was born 12 September 1852 in Naples, Maine, USA . She died 2 December 1900 in Poland, Maine, USA .
He married (4) Angie Theresa PEASE 26 October 1907 in Lewiston, Maine, USA . Angie Theresa PEASE was born 27 June 1860 in , Maine, USA . She died 4 May 1940 in China, Maine, USA .
Ivory COBB died 19 February 1912 in Minot, Maine, USA.
Notes:
NOTE: Ivory Cobb was the father of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.
His death record states that he was the son of Willima Cobb and Mary Keene
Details of the life of Ivory appear below.
He married Celia Ann EDWARDS 04 July 1868 in Poland, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. They divorced. Celia Ann EDWARDS was born 10 May 1853 in Portland, Maine, USA (Deering) . She died bet. 1930-1940 in , Maine, USA .
He married (2) Harriet VERRILL 28 October 1876 in Gray, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Harriet VERRILL was born 23 February 1846 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA . She died abt. 1882 in , Maine, USA . She was the daughter of William VERRILL and Lydia TRIPP.
He married (3) Katie (Catherine) Josephine CHAPLIN 8 March 1898 in Poland, Maine, USA . Katie (Catherine) Josephine CHAPLIN was born 12 September 1852 in Naples, Maine, USA . She died 2 December 1900 in Poland, Maine, USA .
He married (4) Angie Theresa PEASE 26 October 1907 in Lewiston, Maine, USA . Angie Theresa PEASE was born 27 June 1860 in , Maine, USA . She died 4 May 1940 in China, Maine, USA .
Ivory COBB died 19 February 1912 in Minot, Maine, USA.
Notes:
NOTE: Ivory Cobb was the father of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.
His death record states that he was the son of Willima Cobb and Mary Keene
Details of the life of Ivory appear below.
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Ivory COBB married
Celia Ann EDWARDS-- Date: 04 July 1868 Place: Poland, Maine, USAfamilysearch.org
Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907
groom's name: Ivory Cobb
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bride's name: Celia A. Edwards
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marriage date: 04 Jul 1868
marriage place: Poland,Androscoggin,Maine
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indexing project (batch) number: M50285-2
system origin: Maine-ODM
source film number: 11739
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alternate place of marriage: Casco, Maine
Libelant: Celia A. Cobb
Libelee: Ivory Cobb
Former Name of Female: Celia A. Edwards
Date of Divorce: 1876
County Where Divorced: Androscoggin
Notes: Divorce case heard Apr. term, 1876.
Source: Maine Supreme Judicial Court Records (Androscoggin Co.), 15/ 202 (docket no. 291)
Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_divorce_record.asp?id=15212 : accessed 13 June 2012), entry for Celia A. Cobb & Ivory Cobb, 1876, citing Maine Divorce Index, Maine State Archives.
Children:
Eunice Hannah COBB (b.23 August 1872, Lewiston, Maine, USA d. 16 June 1917, East Poland, Maine, USA)m. David Albion FRENCH 20 November 1892
m. William MILLER 5 September 1904
Ivory COBB married
Harriet VERRILL-- Date: 28 October 1876 Place: Gray, Maine, USAfamilysearch.org
Harriet VERRILL was the daughter of William VERRILL and Lydia TRIPP
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907
groom's name: Ivory Cobb
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bride's name: Harriet Verrill
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marriage date: 28 Oct 1876
marriage place: Gray,Cumberland,Maine
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indexing project (batch) number: M52083-1
system origin: Maine-ODM
source film number: 10932
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Children:
Jessie COBB (b.8 January 1876, New Gloucester, Maine, USA d. 16 September 1900, Lewiston, Maine, USA) Gertrude Florence COBB (b.22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA d. 30 December 1967, Lewiston, Maine, USA)m. Georges Frank CHESNEL 29 April 1899
Grace Agnus COBB (b.22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA d. 29 October 1967, Portland, Maine, USA )m. James Hosea ROBINSON 25 March 1901
m. Charles E PHILBRICK 20 April 1913
m. Edward Albert PARKER 1946
Joseph William COBB (b.8 February 1881, Poland, Maine, USA d. 27 February 1968, Minot, Maine, USA)m. Inez Bernice PHILLIPS 4 May 1901
Ivory COBB married
Katie (Catherine) Josephine CHAPLIN-- Date: 8 March 1898 Place: Poland, Maine, USAamericanancestors.org
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
KATIE J YORK - Bride
IVORY COBB - Groom Mar 8, 1898 Maine, United States Marriage 0 POLAND POLAND ME ME
Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996
Name of Groom: Arny COBB
Groom's Place of Residence: Poland, Me.
Name of Bride: Katie J. CHAPLIN
Bride's Place of Residence: Poland, Me.
Marriage Date: Tuesday, 8 Mar. 1898
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available
Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_marriage_record.asp?id=300763 : accessed 14 Jun 2012), entry for Arny COBB and Katie J. CHAPLIN, Tuesday, 8 Mar. 1898, citing Maine Vital Records.
Ivory COBB married
Angie Theresa PEASE-- Date: 26 October 1907 Place: Lewiston, Maine, USAamericanancestors.org
married (4) Angie Theresa Hartford Pearl? of Lewiston in 1907
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Oct 19, 1907
date of marriage 26 Oct 1907
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
ANGIE T HARTFORD - Bride
IVORY COBB - Groom Oct 26, 1907 Maine, United States Marriage 0 LEWISTON POLAND ME ME
Names Start Date Location Record Type Marriage Cert No Bride City of Residence Groom City of Residence Bride State of Residence Groom State of Residence
ANGIE T PEASE - Bride
IVORY COBB - Groom Oct 26, 1907 Maine, United States Marriage 0 LEWISTON POLAND ME ME
Maine Marriages Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996
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Birth December 1845
Casco, Maine, USA
1846 - April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.The war, stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over...Read MORE...
1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, ...Read MORE...
1848 - February 2 - Mexican–American War formally ends with signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding virtually all of what becomes the Southwestern United States to the U.S.www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1848
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1851 - June 5 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Serial Form This influential book is often included in lists of "causes of the Civil War" (1861-65). Harriet...Read MORE...
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1860 - Civil War - On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after Abraham Lincoln had been elected President, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Six more states followed by the spring of 1861.www.civilwar.org/ education/ history/ civil-war-overview/ triggerevents.html - December 20, 1860
1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate....Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, formally took leave of the Senate in a few eloquent remarks. He...Read MORE...
1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away Stateswww.wikipedia.org - February 8, 1861
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1861 - April 20 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.www.wikipedia.org - April 20, 1861
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1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United StatesA NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
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A PROCLAMATION.
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1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south, Lee headed west,...Read MORE...
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1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly"U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for ...Read MORE...
1868 Marriage / PartnerIvory COBB and Celia Ann EDWARDS 04 July 1868, Poland, Maine, USA
1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Last Rail Land and the Last Spike Driven.
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1870 Woodstock, Oxford, Maine
name: Ivory Cobb
estimated birth year: 1846
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age in 1870: 24y
occupation: farm...Read MORE...
name: Ivory Cobb
estimated birth year: 1846
gender: Male
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1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown 1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870
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1872 Birth of ChildEunice Hannah COBB was born 23 August 1872, Lewiston, Maine, USA
1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans...Read MORE...
1876 Marriage / PartnerIvory COBB and Harriet VERRILL 28 October 1876, Gray, Maine, USA
1876 Birth of ChildJessie COBB was born 8 January 1876, New Gloucester, Maine, USA
1876 - May 10 - Centennial ExhibitiionMay 10, 1876: The Centennial Exhibition opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which Caroline...Read MORE...
1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped ...Read MORE...
1878 Birth of ChildGertrude Florence COBB was born 22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA
1878 Birth of ChildGrace Agnus COBB was born 22 April 1878, Raymond, Maine, USA
1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ ohio.html
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1880 Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
name: Jerry Cobb
residence: Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
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name: Jerry Cobb
residence: Raymond, Cumberland, Maine
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1881 Birth of ChildJoseph William COBB was born 8 February 1881, Poland, Maine, USA
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1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.UNIFORM TIME
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1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.www.wikipedia.org - May 1, 1884
1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.www.wikipedia.org - December 6, 1884
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.The formal reception of Bartholdi's great statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" took place at...Read MORE...
1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).www.wikipedia.org - January 29, 1886
1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1887
1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars endedwww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ sdtimeln.htm - December 29, 1890
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1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war.The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996 -
1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20)....On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress for authorization to end the...Read MORE...
1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.On December 10, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish-American War. The once-proud...Read MORE...
1900 Poland, Androscoggin, Maine
name: Ivory Cobb
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name: Ivory Cobb
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residence: Poland town, Androscoggin, Maine
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1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.The Gold Standard Act a Law.
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1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.THE KIOWA SALOONS RAIDED.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, of this City, Invaded Six of Them last Thursday....Read MORE...
1900 Death of ChildJessie COBB died 16 September 1900, Lewiston, Maine, USA
1900 Death of Spouse/PartnerKatie (Catherine) Josephine CHAPLIN died 2 December 1900, Poland, Maine, USA
1901 Minot
Ivory Cobb who has been very sick is able to be up and around the house. He is with his daughter,...Read MORE...
Ivory Cobb who has been very sick is able to be up and around the house. He is with his daughter,...Read MORE...
1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.www.wikipedia.org - January 22, 1901
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1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama CanalFebruary 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone...
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1906-07 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Ivory C Cobb, laborer, East Poland
Ivory C Cobb, laborer, East Poland
1907 Marriage / PartnerIvory COBB and Angie Theresa PEASE 26 October 1907, Lewiston, Maine, USA
1908 - September 27 – Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.www.wikipedia.org - September 27, 1908
1910 Poland, Androscoggin, Maine
Ivory Cobb, head, age 63, born Maine, farmer
living alone
1910 U.S. Census
Ivory Cobb, head, age 63, born Maine, farmer
living alone
1910 U.S. Census
1912 Death
Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
NAME: Ivory Cobb
BIRTH: Casco, Maine
DEATH: Feb 19, 1912 -...Read MORE...
Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
NAME: Ivory Cobb
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