Martha Smith Cobbs
b. 10 December 1837
- Father: Nicholas Hamner Cobbs b. 5 April 1796, d. 11 January 1861
- Mother: Lucy Henry Landonia Cobbs
- Martha Smith Cobbs was born on 10 December 1837 in Virginia.
- She married John Alexander Ellerbe, son of Alexander William Ellerbe and Catherine Bedgegood Pegues, on 7 January 1858 in Montgomery County, Alabama, and Alexander's brother Nicholas married Martha's sister Charlotte Cobbs.
- 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 Martha Smith Cobbs, Edward Ellerbe, Clarence Heber Ellerbe, Christopher Pegues Ellerbe, Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe, Josiah Evans Ellerbe, Katherine Pegues Ellerbe, George Herbert Ellerbe and John Alexander Ellerbe. 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 Martha Smith Cobbs, John Alexander Ellerbe, Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe, Katherine Pegues Ellerbe and George Herbert Ellerbe. John's wife Martha is identified as "J. C."
- John Alexander Ellerbe and Martha Smith Cobbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Liberty Hill, Dallas County, Alabama.
- John Alexander Ellerbe and Martha Smith Cobbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. John A. Ellerbe was the census enumerator for the area.
- Last Edited: 11 Sep 2015