OBIT:
At 5:40 a.m., yesterday morning, Mrs. E. R. Cobbs, wife of the late John A. Cobbs. Funeral today at 9 a.m. Interment at family cemetery, three miles from the city.
(1 Apr 1884, Waco Daily Examiner)


Married John Allen Cobbs, 28 Feb 1828 in Pike County, Missouri.


Census data:

1830: Marion Co., Missouri
John A Cobbs

1840: Warren, Marion Co., Missouri
John A Cobbs
1: Male under 5 yrs
2: Male 6 to 9 yrs
1: Male 30 to 39 yrs
1: Female under 5 yrs
1: Female 5 to 9 yrs
1: Female 20 to 29 yrs
3: Slave males 10 to 23 yrs
2: Slave Females under 10 yrs
2: Slave Females 10 to 23 yrs

1850: Warren, Marion Co., Missouri
John A Cobbs (45, VA) Head - Farmer
Ellen (39, KY) Wife
Stephen Cleaver (19, MO) Son
Cynthia Cleaver (17, MO) Daughter
John Allen Jr. (15, MO) Son
Rebecca Briscoe (13, MO) Daughter
Thomas C (11, MO) Son
Joseph Tapley (9, MO) Son
Elizabeth S (6, MO) Daughter
Mary C (4, MO) Daughter
Eleanor (2, MO) Daughter
Suzan Ann (5mo, May 1850, MO) Daughter

1860: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
John Allen Cobbs (55, VA) Head - Farmer
Eleanor (48, KY) Wife
Thomas (21, MO) Son - Ranger
Elizabeth S (16, MO) Daughter
M.C. (14, MO) Daughter
Eleanor M. (12, TX) Daughter
Susan A (10, TX) Daughter

(Living between JV & A Guyton family & JL & HN Standefer family)

1870: West of the Brazos River (Waco), McLennan Co., Texas
John Cobbs (65, VA) Head - Farmer
Ellinor (59, KY) Wife
Mary C (20, MO) Daughter
John Durson (26, Norway) Farm laborer
David Durson (23, Norway) Farm laborer
Arthur Durson (17, Norway) Farm laborer
Cynthia Prather (56, KY) Black Servant (Illiterate)
Elizabeth Prather (13, TX) Black Servant (Illiterate)
Elias Prather (12, TX) Black Servant (Illiterate)

(Next door, family of Black Cobbs)

James Cobbs (27, MO) Head - Farmer
Eliza (27, VA) Wife
Emma (6, TX) Daughter
Cecilia (5, TX) Daughter
Sedilia (2, TX) Daughter