Hannah COBB

Born

20 September 1815 , Otisfield, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

2 August 1873 , Otisfield, Maine, USA

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Jonathan COBB Jane WHITMAN

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Born: 20 September 1815 in Otisfield, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Father: Jonathan COBB

Mother: Jane WHITMAN

Paternal grandparents: Daniel COBB , Molly BROWN

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Hannah married William Elwell COBB 25 December 1836 in Otisfield, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
William Elwell COBB was born 4 September 1815 in Otisfield, Maine, USA. William Elwell died 8 June 1864 in Casco, Maine, USA. William Elwell was the child of Andrew COBB and Nancy Anna ELLWELL.

Hannah COBB died 2 August 1873 in Otisfield, Maine, USA.

NOTE: Hannah Cobb was the grandmother of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above. She died before Jessie was born.

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Hannah COBB married

William Elwell COBB
Marriage date: 25 December 1836
Marriage place: Otisfield, Maine, USA
William Elwell COBB was the child of Andrew COBB and Nancy Anna ELLWELL

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NOTE: They were first cousins

Children of William Elwell COBB and Hannah COBB

Cynthia COBB

Born: 1 April 1839, Otisfield, Maine, USA
Died: ,

Ichabod COBB

Born: October 1842, Otisfield, Maine, USA
Died: 1 January 1843, Otisfield, Maine, USA

Ivory COBB

Born: December 1845, Casco, Maine, USA
Died: 19 February 1912, Minot, Maine, USA

Married: Celia Ann EDWARDS 4 July 1868 Place: Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Married: Harriet VERRILL 28 October 1876 Place: Gray, Maine, USA

Married: Catherine Josephine "Katie" CHAPLIN 8 March 1898 Place: Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Married: Angie Theresa PEASE 26 October 1907 Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1815
20 September 1815
Otisfield, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1836 Marriage / Partner
Hannah COBB and William Elwell COBB 25 December 1836, Otisfield, Maine, USA

She was 21 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Cynthia COBB was born 1 April 1839, Otisfield, Maine, USA

Hannah was 23 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1842 Birth of Child
Ichabod COBB was born October 1842, Otisfield, Maine, USA

Hannah was 27 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Death of Child
Ichabod COBB died 1 January 1843, Otisfield, Maine, USA

Hannah was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1845 Birth of Child
Ivory COBB was born December 1845, Casco, Maine, USA

Hannah was 30 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Casco, Cumberland, Maine
name: Hannah Cobb
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: Casco, Cumberland, Maine, United States
gender: Female
age: 32
marital status:
race (original):
race (expanded):
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1818
dwelling house number: 154
family number: 158
line number: 35
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 249
film number: 9719
digital folder number: 004193967
image number: 00257
Household Gender Age Birthplace
William Cobb M 37 Maine
Hannah Cobb F 32 Maine
Ivory Cobb M 5 Maine

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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Casco, Cumberland, Maine
name: William E Cobb
residence: , Cumberland, Maine
ward: Casco
age: 44 years
estimated birth year: 1816
birthplace: Maine
gender: Male

name: Hannah W Cobb
residence: , Cumberland, Maine
ward: Casco
age: 44 years
estimated birth year: 1816
birthplace: Maine
gender: Female

name: Ezra Cobb
residence: , Cumberland, Maine
ward: Casco
age: 14 years
estimated birth year: 1846
birthplace: Maine
gender: Male

page: 8
family number: 61
film number: 803437
dgs number: 4231248
image number: 00143
nara number: M653
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
William Elwell COBB died 8 June 1864, Casco, Maine, USA

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage of Child
Ivory COBB married 4 July 1868, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills) to Celia Ann EDWARDS

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Otisfield, Cumberland, Maine
name: Hannah Cobb
estimated birth year: 1816
gender: Female
age in 1870: 54y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Maine
home in 1870: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Rachell Cobb F 57y Maine
Hannah Cobb F 54y Maine

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

Death — 1873
2 August 1873
Otisfield, Maine, USA
She died at the age of 57.

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

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1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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