Calvin D. Cobb

Narrative:

      Calvin D. Cobb was born on 26 Feb 1791 in Pawlet, Vermont.^7,8,9 He was probably the male under age 10 listed in the household of his father, Ebenezer Cobb, in the 1800 Federal Census of Shelburne, Chittenden Co., Vermont.¹⁵

The War of 1812 --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     According to family tradition Calvin was a Captain in the War of 1812. We do know that in Mar and Apr 1813 he transported troops, stores, and medical supplies for Gen. Chandler's command from Burlington, Vermont, to Brownsville, near Sacketts Harbor, New York, for which he was paid for16 days at 24¢ per day. He enlisted as a corporal in Capt. James Taylor's Company, 30th Infantry Regiment on 29 Apr 1813 at Burlington, Vermont and was discharged at Vergenes, Vermont 1 May 1814, serving at Plattsburgh, New York and in Canada.^16,17,18
     He was an early captain of the regiment formed in Susquehanna Co. in 1811, but since he did not mention that service in his pension application, it sees doubtful that he arrived in the county by the time of that unit's involvement in the war. The regiment was dispatched 23 Oct 1814, but reached only as far as Danville, Pennsylvania, some 85 miles, when it received orders to halt, and was then dismissed 24 Nov, afterwards being ridiculed for its fruitlessness.¹⁹

The Move to Pennsylvania --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---

     Family tradition also holds that Calvin and his brother Derrick moved from Vermont to Birchardville, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, and settled on a farm there which was later occupied by Calvin's grandson. They each purchased land in Susquehanna Co., Derrick in 1816 and Calvin 1817, but it is not clear this is the same land later owned by Calvin. In 1820 Calvin appeared in the census in Middlesex Twp., which then included Birchardville, but without his brother. By 1830 Derrick was some 25 miles southwest in Bradford Co.^20,21,22,23 (See map.)
     Calvin purchased 50 acres of land in Bridgewater Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, on 12 Mar 1817, from Ebenezer Whipple and his wife Susanna, for $1 and a mortgage for $500.⁴
     Calvin married Phoebe Stone on 29 Jun 1817 in Middletown, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.^10,11,12
     Calvin appeared on the 1820 Federal Census of Middletown, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, with a household consisting of one white male under age 10 (unknown), one 26 to 45 (himself), and one white female age 16 to 26 (wife Phoebe.)²⁴
     Calvin appeared on the 1830 Federal Census of Middletown, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, with a household consisting of two males under age age 5 (son Andrew and another), two age 5 to 10 (Elmer and another), and one age 30 to 40 (himself), one female age 10 to 15 (unknown), and one age 30 to 40 (wife Phoebe.)²⁵
     He appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Middletown Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, with a household consisting of one male under age 5 to 20 (son Nathan), two 10 to 15 (Andrew and another), one age 15 to 20 (Elmer), one age 40 to 50 (himself), one female age 15 to 20 (unknown), and one age 40 to 50 (wife Phoebe.)²⁶
     Calvin and Phoebe appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Middletown Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 5 Dec 1850, reporting real estate valued at $2,500. Their son Nathan was listed as living with them.¹
     On 6 Jun 1855, while living at Middletown, Pennsylvania, Calvin applied for bounty land for his service as a teamster in the War of 1812. He made his application under the bounty land act of 3 Mar 1855, which offered 160 acres to those who had served at least 14 days, and specifically included teamsters serving the military in those eligible. Recipients were allowed to sell their rights under these grants, and bounty land was not available near where he lived, so we can assume that Calvin sold his grant.^27,28
     The post office at Birchardville was established in 1847, with John S. Birchard as postmaster. Calvin succeeded him in 1857 and served until 1861.²⁹
     Calvin and Phoebe appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Forest Lake, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 19 Jul 1860, reporting real estate valued at $2,700 and personal estate of $1,050. They were apparently living close to their son Elmer and his family, as they are listed as the previous entry on the census record.³⁰
     Calvin and Phoebe appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Forest Lake, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 11 Aug 1870, reporting real estate valued at 44,000. Their son Elmer was listed as living with them, with his second wife, Norcissa Fish, their children Laura, Vilroy and Newton, and Laura's daughter Anna Newton. Also listed was Jane Fish, a domestic servant age 23, who may have been a relative of Elmer's wife.³¹
     On 26 Apr 1871, while living at Forest Lake Twp., Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, Calvin applied for a pension for his service as a corporal in the War of 1812. His pension of $8 per month was granted 27 Nov 1871, effective 14 Feb of that year.³²
     Calvin appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Forest Lake, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, in the household of Elmer A. Cobb and Elizabeth Culver, his son and his third wife.³³
     He was a farmer.^{34,35,36,37,38,39}
     Calvin died on 30 Jul 1880 at age 89.^13,14 He was buried in Stone Street Cemetery, Forest Lake, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania, next to his wife.¹³