West Virginia Pioneers

Margaret B Beaver

Female 1896 - 1956  (60 years)


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  • Name Margaret B Beaver 
    Nickname Maggie 
    Born 5 Jul 1896  Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Nov 1956  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 


    • Name: Margaret B/Cobb
      Sex:
      Death Date: 03 Nov 1956
      Death Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
      enroute to Hospital
      Age at Death: 60y3m28d
      Cemetery: Lake Lane Cem, Falls Mills, WV
      Birth Date: 7/5/1896
      Birth Place: Greenbrier Co, WV
      Marital Status: M
      Spouse: Mr. Floyd W./Cobb
      Mother: /Cook
      Father: Unknown/
      Informant: Floyd W Cobb, husband

      She was the informant on her daughter, Goldie's death record, where her maiden name appears as Beaver.

      Charleston Gazette, p. 10, Monday, November 5, 1956:

      Mrs. Cobb's Service Scheduled Tomorrow

      Service for Mrs. Margaret Cobb, 60, of East Bank, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident Saturday night on W. Va. 61 near Coalburg, will be conducted at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the Pryor mortuary by Rev. Bryce W. Griffith.

      Burial will be in the Lake Lane Cemetery at Falls Mills (sic), Braxton County.

      Mrs. Cobb's daughter, Mrs. Ollie Lipford, also of East Bank, was seriously injured in the accident.

      Surviving Mrs. Cobb in addition to her daughter are her husband, Floyd W. Cobb at home; two other daughters, Mrs. Lena Grose and Mrs. Iris Lewis, both of Beckley; three sons, Pete and William, both of Piney View and Melvin of Acme; and 14 grandchildren.

      The body is at the mortuary.
    Person ID I66527  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Family Floyd W Cobb,   b. 11 Jul 1881,   d. 9 Feb 1955  (Age 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1912  [3
    Notes 

    • 1920 Meade, Upshur, WV # 207-208
      Cobb, Floyd 38 coal miner
      Maggie 24
      Petie son 5
      Melvin son 1

      1930 Town, Raleigh, WV # 63-630 all WVWVWV
      Cobb, Floyd W 49 m age 31 coal miner
      Maggie 34 m age 17
      Pete son 16
      Melvin son 11
      William son 9
      Lena da 8
      Icy da 4
      Ollie da 3
      Bettie da 2/12
    Children 
     1. Pete S Cobb
     2. Melvin Ashley Cobb
     3. William S Cobb
     4. Lena Cobb
     5. Iris Cobb
     6. Ollie Cobb
     7. Goldie M Cobb,   b. 2 Oct 1928, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1928, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     8. Bettie Cobb
    Family ID F17796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Obit.

    2. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    3. [S447] Joyce Mertens.