Bates/Perkins/Cobb
marcia [bates] cummings B:25 dec. i have 1814 D:21 july 1876. M: 1834newstead erie co. N.Y. moved to MI. 1863 FATHER Tenskatawa Mother Priscilla [cobb] perkins daughter or sister of sarah perkins. in war of 1812was captured as teen age girl became one of five wives. had marcia she escaped app.1830 to gloversville,N.Y. Having learned all the cures and herbs from her mother she doctored the sick in the community. Geneva twp.
This was a post on the Bates site.Can anyone on the Cobb site shed some light on this story.Dennis Bradley