He was born in Pike Co,Luverne Al,In 1867 it became Crenshaw Co.He died in the (Soldiers Home Mountain Creek)
Relatives in South Carolina were unable to give him much help, but when war broke out, he joined the 21st S.C. Infantry regiment and was elected lieutenant. Captured at Chancellorsville when a miniball,.broke his leg. he was held a prisoner of war until released at Pt. Lookout, Maryland at the war's end. Afraid to return to Alabama and face justice, he went west where he taught school, ran a puppet show, lectured on the science of phrenology (character analysis based on shape of skull). Eventually returned to Alabama to learn that Hub Franklin had not died in the fight. He and Hub became close friends. He never married and died in the Confederate Soldier's home north of Montgomery in 1915 and is buried in Confederate cemetery between Luverne and the river.
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CODY-The sad news came to us Friday morning that Martin Cody,who formerly lived here had died.He wore the grey and went to the front in the sixties,and while his comrades were at the National Capitol in reunion with those answered the last roll call and marched into the presence of King Immanual to take his place among the redeemed of those whose souls were tried.Martin Cody was a brother to the late Frank Cody,Wash Cody and Mrs.Robert Harbin,and is survived by many relatives among whom are J.M.Cody and Billy Cody of Luverne and Jno D.Cody of Mont-gomery.Martin Cody died at Mountain Creek Soldier's Home on June the 7th and was buried at the Cody cemetery in Luverne, Rev.L.P. Lathram officiating.he was 75 years old and was loved and respected by all who knew him.
(The Luverne Journal-June 14,1917).
Relatives in South Carolina were unable to give him much help, but when war broke out, he joined the 21st S.C. Infantry regiment and was elected lieutenant. Captured at Chancellorsville when a miniball,.broke his leg. he was held a prisoner of war until released at Pt. Lookout, Maryland at the war's end. Afraid to return to Alabama and face justice, he went west where he taught school, ran a puppet show, lectured on the science of phrenology (character analysis based on shape of skull). Eventually returned to Alabama to learn that Hub Franklin had not died in the fight. He and Hub became close friends. He never married and died in the Confederate Soldier's home north of Montgomery in 1915 and is buried in Confederate cemetery between Luverne and the river.
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CODY-The sad news came to us Friday morning that Martin Cody,who formerly lived here had died.He wore the grey and went to the front in the sixties,and while his comrades were at the National Capitol in reunion with those answered the last roll call and marched into the presence of King Immanual to take his place among the redeemed of those whose souls were tried.Martin Cody was a brother to the late Frank Cody,Wash Cody and Mrs.Robert Harbin,and is survived by many relatives among whom are J.M.Cody and Billy Cody of Luverne and Jno D.Cody of Mont-gomery.Martin Cody died at Mountain Creek Soldier's Home on June the 7th and was buried at the Cody cemetery in Luverne, Rev.L.P. Lathram officiating.he was 75 years old and was loved and respected by all who knew him.
(The Luverne Journal-June 14,1917).
He was born in Pike Co,Luverne Al,In 1867 it became Crenshaw Co.He died in the (Soldiers Home Mountain Creek)
Relatives in South Carolina were unable to give him much help, but when war broke out, he joined the 21st S.C. Infantry regiment and was elected lieutenant. Captured at Chancellorsville when a miniball,.broke his leg. he was held a prisoner of war until released at Pt. Lookout, Maryland at the war's end. Afraid to return to Alabama and face justice, he went west where he taught school, ran a puppet show, lectured on the science of phrenology (character analysis based on shape of skull). Eventually returned to Alabama to learn that Hub Franklin had not died in the fight. He and Hub became close friends. He never married and died in the Confederate Soldier's home north of Montgomery in 1915 and is buried in Confederate cemetery between Luverne and the river.
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CODY-The sad news came to us Friday morning that Martin Cody,who formerly lived here had died.He wore the grey and went to the front in the sixties,and while his comrades were at the National Capitol in reunion with those answered the last roll call and marched into the presence of King Immanual to take his place among the redeemed of those whose souls were tried.Martin Cody was a brother to the late Frank Cody,Wash Cody and Mrs.Robert Harbin,and is survived by many relatives among whom are J.M.Cody and Billy Cody of Luverne and Jno D.Cody of Mont-gomery.Martin Cody died at Mountain Creek Soldier's Home on June the 7th and was buried at the Cody cemetery in Luverne, Rev.L.P. Lathram officiating.he was 75 years old and was loved and respected by all who knew him.
(The Luverne Journal-June 14,1917).
Relatives in South Carolina were unable to give him much help, but when war broke out, he joined the 21st S.C. Infantry regiment and was elected lieutenant. Captured at Chancellorsville when a miniball,.broke his leg. he was held a prisoner of war until released at Pt. Lookout, Maryland at the war's end. Afraid to return to Alabama and face justice, he went west where he taught school, ran a puppet show, lectured on the science of phrenology (character analysis based on shape of skull). Eventually returned to Alabama to learn that Hub Franklin had not died in the fight. He and Hub became close friends. He never married and died in the Confederate Soldier's home north of Montgomery in 1915 and is buried in Confederate cemetery between Luverne and the river.
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CODY-The sad news came to us Friday morning that Martin Cody,who formerly lived here had died.He wore the grey and went to the front in the sixties,and while his comrades were at the National Capitol in reunion with those answered the last roll call and marched into the presence of King Immanual to take his place among the redeemed of those whose souls were tried.Martin Cody was a brother to the late Frank Cody,Wash Cody and Mrs.Robert Harbin,and is survived by many relatives among whom are J.M.Cody and Billy Cody of Luverne and Jno D.Cody of Mont-gomery.Martin Cody died at Mountain Creek Soldier's Home on June the 7th and was buried at the Cody cemetery in Luverne, Rev.L.P. Lathram officiating.he was 75 years old and was loved and respected by all who knew him.
(The Luverne Journal-June 14,1917).
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