Calvin COBB

     Calvin COBB was born on 16 May 1816 in Caswell County, North Carolina. He was a farmer.

Calvin married Caroline Elizabeth BURT, daughter of Martin Ross BURT and Delilah Anne GRIFFIS, on 21 March 1850 at the home of Martin Burt in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. Ferdinand EllisSmith describes their wedding in his journal: "We got there about dark, found quite a concourse of people there. The house built of timber, and of course not very large. The ladies went into the house, the gentlemen gathered around a large fire out of doors, it being pretty cool, but presently the time arrived for the ceremony, when all rushed into the house that could get in. The balance looked in after the ceremony was over. Then came supper. The table I think was filled, I think, five times. A rich and bountiful supper was provided. After supper was over a large party, as they could not all be accommodated with seats, and being satisfied with seeing and eating, mounted their horses and left. The balance of the crowd might be discribed thus. In one corner sat a group of old women, with one or two of the more plain sort of girls who did not have the advantage of a boarding school education, with their pipes smoking and eagerly watching the maneuvering of the rest of the company. And in another corner there might be a group of more polished and fashionable ladies entertaining themselves with the novelty of the scene, perhaps at the expense of some of the peculiarities of some of the more plain and simple folk."

Calvin began military service circa 1862 in Montgomery, Alabama, when he enlisted in Semple's Battery of Artillery along with a group of 22 other men from Autauga county. He also served in Nathan L. Brooks company of Alabama Cavalry Reserves in Lowndes County, enlisting 5 Jul 1863 at age 48. He appeared on the original muster roll of that date in Hayneville, Alabama. He was discribed as having blue eyes, light hair, florid complexion and 6 ft. 1 inch. Calvin was a resident of Lowndes County at that time and was recruited by Major Armstead. After the war he was a member of the Robinson Springs UCV Camp 396.¹

Calvin COBB died on 2 October 1898 in Elmore County, Alabama, at age 82.² He was buried in Rocky Mount Cemetery.