1860 Webster County census

Post Office, Vanderburg, Ky. By P.D. Clayton, Ass't. Marshal
Page 149, 10 August, 1860

House-
hold #
Surname Family
member
Age/
sex
Occupation Real estate/
personal estate
State
of
birth
Data from records of
Webster County researchers
1034/1028 Clark John 24 m farming
$1400
KY John F. Clark married Jane Thompkins 05 Mar 1856 Hopkins Co KY.
Jane 24 f housekeeper
KY
Temperance B.   1 f
KY
1035/1029 Grace William J. 29 m farmer $  500
$  500
KY Wm. J. Grace married Catherine Gordon 24 Dec 1851 Muhlenberg Co KY.
Catherine 28 f housekeeper
VA
Mary   7 f
KY
Allice   5 f
KY
Nancy   1 f
KY
Gordon Elizabeth 74 f
VA
Judith 29 f domestic
VA
1036/1030 Groves Jacob 23 m farming
$  100
KY Jacob Groves, the son of Samuel H. Groves and Elizabeth Phillips, married Susan Jones 27 Oct 1856 Hopkins Co KY. See Samuel Groves' 1850 Hopkins Co census listing. "Jake" Groves is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
Susan 22 f housekeeper
NC Susan Cornelia Jones was the daughter of Moses Jones and Malina Harriet Clay, who came to Hopkins County from North Carolina about 1851.
Malesless 1/12 f
KY This child is clearly marked a female on the microfilm; however I believe the child to be M. Leslie Groves, born in 1860. He died in 1943 and is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery; two stones away is a stone for "Jake Groves, father of Less" with no dates.
1037/1031 Parks John 31 m farmer $1600
$  600
NC John Parks married Harriet O. Johnson 28 Jul 1850 Hopkins Co KY.
Harriet E. 28 f housekeeper
VA
Mary F.   6 f
KY
Micha A.   4 f
KY
Susan A.   2 f
KY
Johnson Marion 24 m farmer
$  100
VA
1038/1032 Cobb Thomas 40 m farmer $1500
$  800
KY Thomas G. Cobb married 1) Eliza Campbell 9 Oct 1836 Henderson Co KY; and 2) Jane Carnal 18 Jan 1848 Hopkins Co. KY. Robert Thomas Cobb . Thomas G. Cobb left a Webster Co Will dated 18 Jul 1905. You can read the will online.
Jane 38 f housekeeper
NC Jane Carnal was the daughter of James and Lucy Carnal at household 1040/1034 of this census; according to Mt Gilead church records the Carnals came from NC with several other families in the 1830's. Robert Thomas Cobb
Leneah 17 f domestic
KY Leannah Cobb, the daughter of Thomas Cobb and Eliza Campbell, married Lewis Oakley, son of John H. Oakley and Catherine Woods, 16 Aug 1860 Hopkins Co.
William H. 16 m farming
KY William H. Cobb, the son of Thomas Cobb and Eliza Campbell, married Mary S. Couly or Conley 1 Feb 1865 Webster Co KY. Robert Thomas Cobb adds these additional marriages for William Henry Cobb: 2) Mary A. Hunter, 25 Mar 1875, Webster Co; 3) Margaret B. Hall, 14 Nov 1889, Webster Co.
John T.   9 m
KY John Tower Cobb married Madora J. Brooks 23 Nov 1876 Webster Co., the same date that his brother, William P. Cobb wed Miss Carrie B. Beymer. Madora was the daughter of John Willet Brooks and his wife, Jane. They are listed at household 102/100 of this census.
Sydney A.   7 f
KY Sidney Ann Cobb married John T. Fraser 18 Apr 1866 Webster Co.
William P.   4 m
KY William Priestly Cobb married Carrie Boehmer 23 Nov 1876 Webster Co KY. They are the great-grandparents of Lynn Cobb-Alvarez .Carrie/Clara was the daughter Edmund Beymer and Mary Kirkpatrick, formerly of Gurnsey Co., OH. William and Carrie had four children. Click here to view a photo of their son, Charley W. Cobb.
Martha J.   4 f
KY Martha Jane Cobb married Andrew J. Shelton 1 Nov 1875 Webster Co. Andrew was the son of Hamilton P. Shelton and Rosannah H. Grayson at household 303/299 of this census.
Julia A.   2 f
KY Julia Ann Cobb married Thomas King, the son of Tom King and Jemima Cozart at household 163/161 of this census, 29 Oct 1874.
Cobb Catharine 21 f "deaf & dumb"
IL Catherine Cobb was a niece of Thomas G. Cobb, one of two orphaned daughters born to Nancy Cobb and Nathan Cobb. Nathan and Nancy were married in Hopkins Co. on 11 Aug 1836. Lynn Cobb-Alvarez
Nathan 8/12 m
KY This child was omitted from the printed version of the 1860 census.
1039/1033 Cobb James H. * 21 m farming
$  150
KY James Howell Cobb, son of Thomas Cobb of household 1038/1032 of this census and his first wife Eliza Campbell, married Susan C. Groves 5 Jul 1858 Hopkins Co KY. Robert Thomas Cobb
Susan C. * 18 f housekeeper
KY Susan Campbell Groves was the daughter of Samuel H. Groves and Elizabeth Phillips at household 1121/1115 of this census.
* married in
the census year

1040/1034 Carnal James 59 m farming
$  100
NC According to Mt Gilead church records this Carnal family came to Hopkins Co KY from NC with several other families in the 1830's. Robert Thomas Cobb .  See Carnal Research Notes.
Lucy 55 f housekeeper
NC James Carnal married Lucy Wood 11 Jan 1818 in Granville Co NC. Lucy may be the daughter of the James Woods at the next household (1041/1035) of this census and his first wife.
Mary A. 24 f domestic
NC
Martha 23 f domestic
KY
Frances 15 f
KY
George C.   1 m
KY

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