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- Find a Grave gives Elizabeth Easton Cobb, b.1794 England, as Francis wife and lists two children for their marriage: Francis Cobb (1816-1888) and Sarah Cobb Bramble (1817-1896). By the 1850 US census, Francis is married to Ann Cole and there are five children listed in their household.
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- Francis Cobb was the victim of an axe murder which occurred in July 1861 in Maysville, Kentucky. His two sons, Abijah Cobb (born abt. 1844) and George W. Cobb (born abt. 1846) were also murdered and they are all buried under this same stone. The cemetery is located in Maysville, Kentucky on the original family farm land. Photos taken by Marcia Shavlik.
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- Family Murdered Near Maysville -
A family named Cobb, consisting of an old gentleman, his wife, and two sons, residing three miles from Maysville, Ky., on the Orangeburg turnpike, were murdered on Wednesday morning, for money. The old lady was not dead at last accounts. The murders obtained $200. Hundred of people were in pursuit of the suspected murderers, who were relatives of the deceased. They had not been taken when our informant left town.
The Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, Kentucky. Friday, 26 July 1961.
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- Murder of a White Family at Maysville, Kentucky.
Tuesday evening, between the hours of twelve and one o[clock, the most fiendish murder it has been our duty to record for a long time took place at Maysville, Kentucky. An old gentleman by the name of Cobb was known to be in possession of about $200 by a brace of villains by the names of Collins and Moore, and in order to get it they made an attack on the old gentleman, his wife, and two sons, aged fifteen and eighteen years.
The old gentleman and the two sons were killed on the spot, but the old lady was lingering yesterday morning, and faint hopes were entertained of her recovery. She gave the information who the murderers were. A large body of the inhabitants turned out in hot pursuit, but, up to the time our informant left, they were yet uncaptured. - Cin. Enquirer.
Daily Ohio Statesman, Columbus, Ohio. Saturday, 27 July 1861, page 1.
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Abt 1791 - 1861 (70 years)
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