C. M. Dold, 1870-1872, 1878
CALVIN MORGAN DOLD- was born in Lexington, Rockbridge county, September 12, 1843, son of Samuel Miller Dold, who was born on Har creek, Nelson county, Virginia, August 27, 1798, and came to Rockbridge county in 1820. The mother of Calvin M., whose maiden name was Elizabeth McFadden, was born near Steeles Tavern, now Midway, Augusta county, Virginia, April 21, 1799, and came to Rockbridge county in 1818. In Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, Virginia, April 11, 1866, Calvin M. Dold was united in marriage with Emma G., daughter of Henry and Maria M. E. (Ettinger) Ott. She was born in Harrisonburg, November 3, 1844, and her mother was born in that city, her father in Hagerstown, Maryland. Her father died in April, 1867. the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dold are four living, one deceased: Henry Ott, born January 24, 1867; William McDowell, born January 20, 1869; died October 17, 1871; Calvin Graham, born March 31, 1870; Samuel Miller, October 12, 1872; Newman Lurty, October 26, 1874. C. M. Dold was elected mayor of Lexington and served six years; was out two years, and then re-elected and served four years more- making ten years in all. March 3, 1862, he entered the Confederate service, enlisting as a private in the First Rockbridge Artillery. January, 1864, he was made clerk of ordnance department, with the rank and pay of a sergeant. Was wounded in left arm at Kernstown, March 23, 1862; wounded at first Winchester, May 25, 1862, in right thigh; wounded in right leg at Cold harbor, June 1864; wounded in right side at High Bridge, near Appomattox, April 6, 1865; surrendered with Army of Northern Virginia. He is a prominent member of Mountain City Lodge, A.F. and A.M., having taken the thirty-second degree in that order; is a member of Stephenson Commandery at Staunton; has served six years as Grand Master of the Lexington Lodge, District Deputy two years and High Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter three years. He is also a member of Rockbridge Lodge, Independent Order Odd Fellows, No. 58, at Lexington. Both himself and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church, she having become a member in 1862 and in 1864. The following notice of his father's death was published in the Lexington Gazette and copied by the Central Presbyterian, of Richmond, Virginia, and the New York Observer, of New York City:
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