Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe

Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe

• Father: Alexander William Ellerbe b. 14 April 1816, d. 7 April 1865
• Mother: Catherine Bedgegood Pegues b. 11 September 1817, d. 24 May 1878

• Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe was born in 1847 in Dallas County, Alabama.
• Alexander William Ellerbe and Catherine Bedgegood Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Cahawba, Dallas County, Alabama, enumerated next the household of Robert J. and Georgia Ann Speight English.. Other members of the household included Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe, John Alexander Ellerbe, Eliza Evans Ellerbe, Edward Ellerbe, Clarence Heber Ellerbe and Christopher Pegues Ellerbe.
• Alexander William Ellerbe and Catherine Bedgegood Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Cahaba Beat, Moseley Grove PO, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe, Edward Ellerbe, Clarence Heber Ellerbe, Christopher Pegues Ellerbe, Josiah Evans Ellerbe, Katherine Pegues Ellerbe, George Herbert Ellerbe, John Alexander Ellerbe and Martha Smith Cobbs. Also in the household was teacher A. F. Dobb (age 21.)
• Catherine Bedgegood Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Athens, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe, John Alexander Ellerbe, Martha Smith Cobbs, Katherine Pegues Ellerbe and George Herbert Ellerbe. John's wife Martha is identified as "J. C."
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• He married Charlotte Walker Cobbs, daughter of Nicholas Hamner Cobbs and Lucy Henry Landonia Cobbs, in November 1871, and Nicholas' brother Alexander married Charlotte's sister Martha.
• Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe died in 1878.
• His wife Charlotte Walker Cobbs became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 12 Sep 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders