Basil Coy Cobb b. 27 May 1899 Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. May 1963 Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Basil Coy Cobb

1899 - 1963 (63 years)

Name	Basil Coy Cobb [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Birth	27 May 1899	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Gender	Male
Census	1900	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [4]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
Military Draft Registration	1917	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [7]
	Draft Registration - WWI
Residence	1924	Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA [6]
	Bessie and Basil Cobb
Census	1930	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [9]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1940	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1950	Robertson County, Tennessee, USA [10]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Bessie
Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Tennessee, USA
	410-22-0343
Death	May 1963	Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA [1, 3, 8]
Burial	Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [1]
		Resthaven Memorial Gardens (also known as Shrine of Memories Mausoleum and Chapel) Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee Find a Grave: #2227289
Person ID	I26673	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Pinkney Leander Cobb, b. 2 Sep 1854, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 10 Mar 1931, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Vivian Ann Tanner, b. 15 Aug 1856, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 26 Mar 1908, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 51 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1874	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [4, 11, 12]
Family ID	F5640	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Bessie Myrle Sanderson, b. 13 Mar 1903, Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, USA d. 15 May 2003, Imperial Manor, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 100 years)

Marriage Aft 1920 [13, 14]

Children

	1. Dorothy L Cobb, b. 25 Oct 1921, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 4 May 2012, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Pauline J Cobb, b. 1927, Tennessee, USA bur. Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Vivian Ann Cobb, b. Abt 1930, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Feb 2016 (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Edna Myrle Cobb, b. 25 Sep 1931, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Dec 1988, St Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. James Coy Cobb, b. 17 Oct 1923, Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, USA d. 18 Jan 1965, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 41 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11737 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 27 May 1899 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1900 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI - 1917 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - Bessie and Basil Cobb - 1924 - Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1930 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Bessie - 1950 - Robertson County, Tennessee, USA
	Social Security Number - 410-22-0343 - Bef 1951 - Tennessee, USA
	Death - May 1963 - Adams, Robertson, Tennessee, USA
	Burial - - Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA

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Sources

[S8344] Find a Grave: COBB Basil C 1899-1963, Basil Coy Cobb.
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3937; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 81-3.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T627_3937; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 81-3
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241600.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 3, Stewart, Tennessee; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241600
[S431] Ancestry.com, Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;).

Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967
[S284] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
[S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration Location: Stewart County, Tennessee; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
Birth date: 27 May 1899 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Stewart, Tennessee

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration Location: Stewart County, Tennessee; Roll: ; Draft Board: .
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 410-22-0343; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951.
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 2280; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0004; Image: 654.0; FHL microfilm: 2342014.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 2280; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0004; Image: 654.0; FHL microfilm: 2342014

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Robertson, Tennessee.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Robertson, Tennessee

[S40] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;).

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
[S11208] Find a Grave: TANNER Vivian Cobb 1856-1908, Octavia Ann “Vivia” Tanner Cobb.
Octavia Ann “Vivia” Tanner Cobb and Pinkney Leander Cobb, buried together
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33807868/octavia_ann_cobb
[S8343] Find a Grave: SANDERSON Bessie Cobb 1903-2003, Bessie Myrle Sanderson Cobb Wright.
Bessie Myrle Sanderson Cobb Wright was born on March 13, 1904 in Stewart County, Tennessee, and she was the daughter of James "Elliott" Sanderson (1878–1944) and his wife Willie Juanita (Bryant) Sanderson (1881–1963).

She was married 1st to Basil Coy Cobb (1899–1963), son of Pinkney Leander Cobb (1854–1931) and Vivia Ann (Tanner) Cobb (1856–1903). Bessie was married 2nd to William Harold Wright (1909–1987), the son of James E and Charity Jane (Wisdom) Wright.

A member of Red River Baptist Church in Adams and living in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Bessie was 99 years old when she passed away on May 15, 2003 at Imperial Manor in Nashville.

She was preceded in death by her two husbands, her son J C Cobb and by daughter Edna "Merle" (Cobb) Qualls (1931–1988), while survivors included three daughters, a brother, ten grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and a 2nd-great grandchild.

Funeral Services were held at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, as was burial.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120163259/bessie_myrle_wright
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1761; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 191; Image: .
Record for Willie Sanderson

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1761; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 191; Image: 882

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