Mildred Cobb Anderson

MILDRED COBB MOON
Cobb is her MIDDLE name.
mother of 14.
Mildred Cobb, fourth child of William and Charlotte (Digges) Moon, was born May 31, 1800.
She married in Albemarle County, November 13 or 15, 1817, Nathaniel Anderson, Jr.
At one time he owned Belle Grove, the plantation near Scottsville on which stood the old courthouse. He was appointed a magistrate of the county in 1819.
He was a major under General Winfield Scott in the War Between the United States and Mexico. The family later moved to Memphis, Tennessee.
He died in 1861.
Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson died in Richland, Tennessee, January 7, 1868.
Issue:

1. William N.,
2. Edward M.,
3. Sarah C.,
4. Robert M.,
5. Julius C„
6. Walter D.,
7. Henrietta F.,
8. Nelson,
9. David,
10. Mildred,
11. Jacob M.,
12. George W. H.,
13. Maria F.,
14. Isaac M.

1) William N., son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born June 15, 1819, in Scottsville, Virginia. He never married.

2) Edward M., son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was bom April 16, 1821, in Christian County, Kentucky. He never married. He fought in the War between Mexico and the United States.

3) Sarah Charlotte, daughter of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born December 18, 1822, in Christian County, Kentucky. She married Barnett Graham, and died March 14, 1886.

4) Robert Moon, son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born December 10, 1824, in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died September 17, 1878. He was with his father in the war between the United States and Mexico. In 1849 he went to California and was Lieutenant-Governor at one time. He married Lucy Watt.

5) Julius C., son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born in Shelby County, Tennessee, March 19, 1827. He never married. He also fought in the War between the United States and Mexico, and served four years in the Civil War. In 1849 he went to California with two brothers, but returned to Tennessee.

6) Walter D., son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, September 9, 1828. He died in in¬ fancy.

7) Henrietta F., daughter of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born July 5, 1830, in Shelby County, Tennessee. She married Benjamin Irby, who was born September 1, 1820, in Nottaway County, Virginia, in October, 1853. Though over age to go to the war he joined the army in October, 1864, and was killed at the Battle of Selma, Alabama, in 1865. Mrs. Irby died December 26, 1897.

8) Nelson, son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born in Memphis, Tennessee, March 13, 1832. He was killed when a horse threw him and broke his neck.

9) David, son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born in Shelby County, Tennessee, March 1, 1834. He died in infancy.

10) Mildred, daughter of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Ander¬ son, was born August 31, 1835. She never married.

11) Jacob M., son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born March 26, 1837. He married on November 26, 1868, his cousin, Louisa W., daughter of Dr. John W. Irby, who was a member of the Bluff City Grays at the beginning of the Civil War, and of Forest’s Cavalry at its close. Jacob M. Anderson served in that -war the entire four years with Forest 154th Infantry, and was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. He also went to California, but returned to Tennessee. Mrs. Anderson died January 14, 1928.

12) George W. H., son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born February 22, 1839. He never married. He served throughout the War Between the States.

13) Maria Fearn, daughter of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born August 13, 1841, and died in Tyler County, Texas, February 28, 1879. She married Judge James Archibald Anderson (not a relative) of Memphis, who served as captain under N. B. Forrest, and died in Los Angeles in 1902. He was a member of the bar.

14) Isaac Moon, son of Nathaniel and Mildred Cobb (Moon) Anderson, was born January 11, 1843. Nineteen at the outbreak of the Civil War he joined Beauregard’s 154th Tennessee Regiment, and served to the close of that war. He married Lou Hoskins. Issue: William Graham, who married Grace Kern. Issue: Kern, who died in infancy. After his first wife’s death he married Annie Owen Thomas. Issue: William Graham, Jr., who married Julia Morgan Finch.

https://archive.org/details/sketchesofmoonba00moon/page/n15/mode/2u...