Husband: COBB, John
Birthdate: 19 May 1814
Birthplace: Henry County, Kentucky
Death date: 12 November 1893
Place of death: Little High Valley, Lake County, California
Father: ? – born Virginia
Mother: ? -born Pennsylvania

Marriage date: 17 August 1848
Marriage place: Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

Wife: (2) DEMING, Esther
Birthdate: 7 October 1826
Birthplace: Prob. Hunter Twp, Belmont County, Ohio
Death date: 19 December 1900
Place of death: Lower Lake, Lake County, California
Father: DEMING/DAMON, Rufus Curtis
Mother: FARRA, Mary

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: COBB, John Rufus
Birthdate: 22 September 1849
Birthplace: Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 28 January 1880
Marriage place: Lower Lake, Lake County, California
Spouse’s name: DAVIS, Laura F.

Child No. 2: COBB, George Oliver
Birthdate: April 1851
Birthplace: Utah Territory, now Fort Bridger, Wyoming
Death date: 26 August 1885
Place of death: Newville, Colusa County, California
Marriage date: 05 October 1873
Marriage place: Paskenta, Tehama County, California
Spouse’s name: SCRIBNER, Tennessee Josephine

Child No. 3: COBB, Joseph Deming
Birthdate: 23 November 1853
Birthplace: Yamhill County, Oregon
Death date: 17 December 1931
Place of death: Cobbs, along Van Deuzen River, Humboldt County, California
Marriage date: 1873
Marriage place:
Spouse’s name: KIPHART, Sarah Elizabeth

Child No. 4: COBB, Mary H. O.
Birthdate: 1856
Birthplace: Cobb Ranch, Napa-Lake County, California
Death date: 20 October 1916
Place of death: Monterey County, California
Marriage date: 19 November 1868
Marriage place: Cobb Ranch, Little High Valley, Lake County, California
Spouse’s name: HINTON, George William

Child No. 5: COBB, William Thomas
Birthdate: 20 May 1856
Birthplace: Cobb Ranch, Napa-Lake County, California
Death date: 10 November 1884
Place of death: Cobb Ranch, Lake County, California
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse’s name: none

Child No. 6: COBB, Hester
Birthdate: 8 July 1858
Birthplace: Cobb Ranch, Lake County, California
Death date: 07 November 1885
Place of death: Lower Lake, Lake County, California
Marriage date: 05 September 1877
Marriage place: Cobb Ranch, Lake County, California
Spouse’s name: HARRIS, Samuel

Documentation:

History of Lake County, Valley Publishers, 1759, Fulton Street, Fresno, CA 93721, 1974. Reprinted from History of Napa and Lake Counties, CA, Slocum, Bowen and Company, San Francisco, 1881. Historian of this book was Lyman L. Palmer. Biographical Sketch, p. 227.

Submitted by: Margie Hinton