This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cobb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3157.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: That is very interesting. Edward Cobb did not have a Joseph or Joel in 1850 or 1860. The 1870 census for Joel Cobb and Susan Pilant shows that he was born about 1841 or 1842, which matches up very well with the 1850 and 1860 census data for Wiley Cobb. The children of Wiley Cobb are often mixed up with the children of his Cobb brothers because of the similar names. David