Battle, Lucy Plummer, 1861-1905.

Lucy Plummer Battle (1861-1905), native of Wadesboro, N.C., was the daughter of Richard Henry Battle (1835-1912) and Annie Ruffin Ashe Battle (1838-1883). She was educated at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., and married Collier Cobb in 1904.

Collier Cobb (1862-1934) was a native of Wayne County, N.C., a graduate of Harvard University, and a professor of geology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1892-1933. His first marriage was to Mary Lindsey Battle (1864-1900) with whom he had three children, William (born 1891), Collier Junior (born 1893), and Mary (born 1899).