Rebecca (Kolb) Tobias (1810 - 1893)

Born 6 Jun 1810 in Bern, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA

Wife of David Tobias — married 1828 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1893 at age 83 in El Paso, Woodford, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Rebecca Kolb married David Tobias married Rebecca Kolb in 1828 in Pennsylvania. David and Rebecca moved from Pennsylvania to Pickaway Co., Ohio in 1832. David and his family went west in 1847, entering Illinois through Clark County where they stayed for a while. They were living in Marshall, Clark Co., Illinois when the 1850 Federal Census was taken. Their land was at the SE 1/4 of Sec. 25 and NE 1/4 of Sec. 35 Twp. 11 N of Range 12 - 160 acres. The family later moved to Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois where they were living in 1860 until the death of David in 1885. Rebecca died at the home of her son, Daniel Tobias, in El Paso, IL.

Sources

• 1850 United States Census for Marshall District, Clark Co., Illinois
• 1855 Illinois State Census for Washington, Tazewell, Illinois
• 1860 United States Census for Washington Twp., Tazewell, Illinois
• 1870 United States Census for Washington, Tazewell, Illinois
• 1880 United States Census for Washington, Tazewell, Illinois
• A History of the Whistler Family, A Genealogy, by Olive Taylor and Sarah Taylor Sunderland (1962)
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Paul Smith for creating WikiTree profile Kolb-475 through the import of Inherited Smith Family Tree Work In Process.ged on Jul 24, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Paul and others.