Col. Alexander Bobb and Matilda C. Mattern

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Husband Col. Alexander Bobb ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Alexander Babb,3 Maj. Alexander Bawb 4
           Born: 28 Mar 1823 - Hanover Twp, York Co, PA 1 5
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         Father: Frederick F. Bobb (      -Abt 1855) 1
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       Marriage: 18 Feb 1845 or 1847 1 5

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Wife Matilda C. Mattern ^{1 4}

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         Father: Jacob Mattern (Abt 1770-1851/1852) 3 4 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Markley (      -1829) 4

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Children

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1 M Edwin G. Bobb ²

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         Spouse: Clara Susan Bare (1858-      ) 7 8

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2 M William M. Bobb ¹

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3 M James S. Bobb ¹

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4 M George E. Bobb ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Alexander Bobb ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Alexander Bobb

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Martinsburg, Blair Co, PA

He worked as a journeyman at the moulding business for a number of years, at the Martinsburg Foundry and many other places; had charge of the foundry at Hopewell, Bedford County, for some time as foreman. At the beginning of the Civil War there was a company of volunteers taken from Martinsburg to Harrisburg, and being dissatisfied with their captain, refused to be mustered in under him. They telegraphed twice to Mr. Bobb, asking him to take charge of them, and on his refusing the company threatened to disband and return home. Reconsidering the matter, he consulted his wife, who consented out of pure patriotism, and he went and took charge of and mustered them in. They at once went into active service under Gen. Patterson, of Philadelphia, and at the end of three months were discharged. Capt. Bobb returned home, began recruiting, and soon raised a company for the nine months' service. In a few weeks he started again to the front as captain; was with the company in the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg. On Dec. 13, 1862, he took command of the right wing of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania. So terrific was that battle, the dead were piled up as a breastwork, holding their position until nightfall, when they were ordered by the division commander to fall back. He with the regiment was engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863. At the expiration of their term of enlistment he returned home. In a few weeks Capt. Bobb raised another company. He was commissioned as major by Governor Curtin, and started into the Army of the James, under Gen. Butler, and their engagements were as follows: Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865. On the 2d of April took the breastworks at Petersburg, Virginia, and for gallant conduct on that day Maj. Bobb was brevetted lieutenant-colonel. The war over, Col. Bobb returned to Hopewell, and went in partnership with C. W. Ashcome in the foundry, where he remained a year, then bought a half-interest in the foundry at Martinsburg. In three years he sold out and built the foundry at Roaring Spring. Two years afterwards it burned down, and in 1875 he rebuilt it, and carried on the business there. In the fall of 1873, Col. Bobb was elected sheriff of Blair County, and served with great credit for three years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty years, and held all the positions except to preach.

He had rather a remarkable war record. It was the 9th day of April, 1861, when the Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter and on the 30th day of the same month, Alexander Bobb was mustered into the United States service at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as captain of Company I, 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. This regiment was placed under the command of General Patterson, who crossed the Potomac into Virginia, July 2nd, and was in service there until his enlistment expired. He was mustered out of service at Harrisburg, August 7th, and on August 14th, same year, he re-enlisted at Hopewell, Pennsylvania, in the nine-months' service, as captain of Company C, 133rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. This regiment saw hard service, having been prominently engaged in both the hard fought battles of Fredericksburg and of Chancellorsville. In the battle of Fredericksburg alone it lost 173 men in killed, wounded, and missing. After this term of service had expired, he enlisted again, September 2nd, 1864, for one year, or during the war, in Company H, 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. This regiment was engaged in the different hard fought battles in front of Petersburg and remained in service until the close of the war. For meritorious service, Captain Alexander Bobb was promoted to major September 7th, 1864, and to lieutenant-colonel April 2nd, 1865. In civil life he held the offices of constable, school director, councilman, Justice of the Peace, and high sheriff of Blair County, Pennsylvania.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 222.

2 Daniel M. and Robert B. Bare, Genealogy of Johannes Baer (Harrisburg, PA: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1910), Pg 163.

3 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 269.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 118.

5 Daniel M. and Robert B. Bare, Genealogy of Johannes Baer (Harrisburg, PA: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1910), Pg 164.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 360.

7 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 223.

8 Daniel M. and Robert B. Bare, Genealogy of Johannes Baer (Harrisburg, PA: Central Printing and Publishing House, 1910), Pg 162.