My challenge is to tell the story of the Silas W. Cobb
Family. I am ready for the challenge, but struggle with mechanics. I am
beginning to think that this blog is my practice ground. Stories may be
repeated as I hone my skills.
One single grave marker located in the Northfield Oakwood
Cemetery, Northbrook, Illinois sparked my interest in Silas W. Cobb. Silas W. Cobb
was a New Englander and an ancestor unknown to me. He resided much of his adult life in the towns of Moretown
and Montpelier, Vermont.
I suspect he married Sarah Hawks sometime prior to 1802 as
their first child, Adeline was born about 1802. Adeline was followed by Edwin (1804), George Whitman (1807),
Silas Bowman (1812) and Mary Ann (1814).
The end of 1814 and the beginning of 1815 must have been
terribly challenging for Silas W. Cobb and his family. The Vermont Watchman Newspaper of Montpelier reported in December
1814 that infant Mary Ann Cobb died at three months of age.
Cobb, Mary Ann; age 3 months, daughter of Silas W. Cobb;
Moretown; Issue
Date 13 Dec 1814.
Sarah Cobb, my great, great, great grandmother, passed away
on 3 January 1815. The Duxbury and
Moretown Cemetery Inscriptions by Robert Morse report the following:
Cobb, Sarah, wife of Silas W. Cobb, d. Jan. 3, 1815, age 33
years
In about one month's time, Silas W. Cobb lost his youngest daughter and became a widower with four young children to raise. What is a man to do?
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