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     Mary Henry was born circa 1845 at OH.¹ She married Phineas Huntngton Holcombe, son of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews, on 6 December 1876 at Bates Co, MO.¹ Mary Henry died circa 1917.¹

     Abigail Holcombe was born on 24 August 1839 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews.¹ Abigail Holcombe died on 18 December 1853 at Gallia Co., OH, at age 14.¹ She was buried at Glenn Cemetery, Vinton, Gallia Co., OH.²

     Samuel R. Holcombe was born on 13 June 1843 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ He was the son of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews.¹ Samuel R. Holcombe died on 19 September 1845 at Gallia Co., OH, at age 2.¹ He was buried at Holcomb Cemetery, Gallia Co., OH.¹

     Eliza Symmes Holcombe was born on 14 March 1848 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews.¹ Eliza Symmes Holcombe married Richard Mentry Wilcox in November 1877 at Bates Co, MO.¹ Eliza Symmes Holcombe died on 29 September 1932 at Sheridan Co., WY, at age 84.¹

     Sarah Ewing Holcombe was born on 25 May 1850 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews. Sarah Ewing Holcombe married John C. Bybee on 19 April 1882 at Bates Co, MO.¹ Sarah Ewing Holcombe died between October 1927 and December 1927 at Miami Co, KS.¹

     Charles Matthews Holcombe was born on 30 December 1853 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ He was the son of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews. Charles Matthews Holcombe married Isabelle Morgan on 17 June 1876 at Bates Co., MO.¹ Charles Matthews Holcombe died on 2 April 1917 at Wilson Co., KS, at age 63.¹

     John Ewing Holcombe II was born on 26 September 1844 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ He was the son of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews.¹ John Ewing Holcombe II died on 21 October 1855 at Gallia Co., OH, at age 11.¹ He was buried at Holcomb Cemetery, Gallia Co., OH.¹

     Sumner Chase Holcombe was born on 7 January 1857 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ He was the son of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews. Sumner Chase Holcombe married Margaret Trueman in August 1892 at Toronto, Woodson Co., KS.¹ Sumner Chase Holcombe died on 19 November 1930 at Yates Center, Woodson Co., KS, at age 73.¹

     John Mudge Holcombe was born on 8 March 1812 at NY.¹ He was the son of Judge John Vinton Holcombe and Chloe Mudge. John Mudge Holcombe married Polly Maria (?) on 18 April 1833.¹ John Mudge Holcombe died on 28 July 1900 at Olena, Henderson Co., IL, at age 88¹, and was buried at Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Hitt, Scotland Co., MO.¹

Polly's last name is beleived also to have been Holcomb. She was the daughter of Henry and Polly Milican Holcomb, but described as not being related to John M. She had two brothers Henry and John Millican. She was born in Virginia with her parents from CT and MA (1880 US Census).¹

John and family were enumerated in the 1850 census of Van Buren County, Iowa.

John and family were enumerated in the 1860 census of Milles Township, Scotland County, MO.

John M. was enumerated in the 1900 Olean, Henderson Co., IL, federal census in the household of his son-in-law, George Fort. He was 88, widowed.

from an obituary in the Memphis Reveille, August
2, 1900, on file at the Scotland County Genealogical Society:

John M. Holcomb died of old age at the home of his son-in-law, George W. Fort, near Olena, Illinois, Saturday, July 28, 1900, aged 88 years, 3 months and 20 days.

Deceased was born in New York state and moved to Gallipolis, Ohio, with his parents when a child. He grew to manhood in Ohio and was married there April 18, 1833, and in 1839 he moved to VanBuren County, Iowa, where he lived seventeen years and then moved to this county, Marcy 17, 1893, his wife preceded him to the spiritland and was buried in the Hitt cemetery. After her death he went to Olena, Illinois, and made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Fort. the last year of his life he was almost helpless and when death came it was a release from a life reaching nearly a score of years beyond the time allotted to man. He was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was moral, sober, industrious, frugal and kind-hearted -- a model husband, a kind father and a good neighbor. At a ripe old age he has been gathered to the fathers full of years and honors.

The body was brought from Olena, Illinois, to Memphis on the Monday morning train and taken from here to Hitt where appropriate funeral services were held, Rev. U. O. Deputy officiating, after which the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery by the side of his wife.

     James Vick married Nan Alsup Norton, daughter of George Harvey Norton and Zinn Tallie Alsup. James Vick and Nan Alsup Norton were divorced at Dallas, Dallas Co., TX.

     Polly Maria (?) was born at VA. She married John Mudge Holcombe, son of Judge John Vinton Holcombe and Chloe Mudge, on 18 April 1833.¹ Polly Maria (?) died on 17 March 1893.¹ She was buried at Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Hitt, Scotland Co., MO.¹

     Rosena Holcombe was born say 1834 at OH; based on age in the 1850 census.¹ She was the daughter of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)¹

     Norman Holcombe was born say 1835 at OH; based on age in the 1850 census.¹ He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)

     Henry Holcombe was born say 1838 at OH; based on age in the 1850 census.¹ He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)¹

     Polly Eliza Holcombe was born on 5 September 1840 at IA.¹ She was the daughter of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?) Polly Eliza Holcombe married Rev. Jesse Wilson on 17 January 1867.¹ Polly Eliza Holcombe died on 17 August 1911 or 26 August 1911.¹

     Rev. Jesse Wilson married Polly Eliza Holcombe, daughter of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?), on 17 January 1867.¹

     William J. Holcombe was born say 1842 at IA; based on age in the 1850 census.¹ He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)

     Horace Holcombe was born say 1844 at IA; based on age in the 1850 census.¹ He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)

     James Duke Holcombe was born on 16 September 1846 at IA.¹ He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?) James Duke Holcombe died on 2 November 1922 at age 76.

     Levi Holcombe was born say 1848 at IA; based on age in the 1850 census.¹ He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)

     Hiram Holcombe was born say 1850 at IA; based on age in the 1850 census. He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)

     Amanda Laura Holcombe was born in March 1852 at IA.¹ She was the daughter of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?) Amanda Laura Holcombe married George Fort on 14 March 1880.²

George and "Laura" were enumerated in the 1900 Olean, Henderson Co., IL, federal census. He was 59, she was 47. They had never had any children.

     George Fort was born in April 1841 at IL.¹ He married Amanda Laura Holcombe, daughter of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?), on 14 March 1880.²

     Lorenzo D. Holcombe was born say 1854; based on age in the 1860 census.¹ He was the son of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)

     Mary Amanda Holcombe was born say 1860; age based on census records.¹ She was the daughter of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?)

     Elizabeth Holcombe was the daughter of John Mudge Holcombe and Polly Maria (?) Elizabeth Holcombe was buried at Richland Baptist Church Cemetery, Hitt, Scotland Co., MO.¹

     Richard Mentry Wilcox was born in January 1842.¹ He married Eliza Symmes Holcombe, daughter of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews, in November 1877 at Bates Co, MO.¹ Richard Mentry Wilcox died on 3 July 1915 at Bates Co, MO, at age 73.¹

     John C. Bybee was born circa 1846. He married Sarah Ewing Holcombe, daughter of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews, on 19 April 1882 at Bates Co, MO.¹ John C. Bybee died at Cass Co., MO.¹

     Isabelle Morgan was born on 14 September 1855 at Monroe Co., IL.¹ She married Charles Matthews Holcombe, son of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews, on 17 June 1876 at Bates Co., MO.¹ Isabelle Morgan died on 1 February 1942 at Montgomery Co., KS, at age 86.¹

     Margaret Trueman was born circa 1861 at WV.¹ She married Sumner Chase Holcombe, son of John Ewing Holcombe and Mary Matthews, in August 1892 at Toronto, Woodson Co., KS.¹

     Sumner Chase Holcombe was born on 11 September 1899 at Toronto, Woodson Co., KS.^1,2 He was the son of Sumner Chase Holcombe and Margaret Trueman. Sumner Chase Holcombe married Glenice L. Cobb on 13 March 1920. Sumner Chase Holcombe died on 1 July 1975 at Iola, Allen Co., KS, at age 75; by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.²

from the Iola Register, July 3, 1975:

Sumner C. Holcomb, 75, 919 N. Jefferson, was found dead at his home this morning, July 1, having died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Mr. Holcomb was born September 11, 1899, at Yates Center and on march 12, 1920, he was married to Glenice L. Cobb in Mound City. She preceded him in death February 13, 1975.

They lived in Kansas City and Texas after their marriage and then moved to Yates Center. In 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Holcomb came to Iola to make their home. Until his retirement he operated a retail liquor store. Previously, he operated a milk truck route for Pet Milk. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the Army.

Mr. Holcomb was a member of the Christian Church in Yates Center, the American Legion and V.F.W. posts in Iola, and the Veterans of World War I. He had no immediate survivors. A niece, Mary Margaret Reynolds, New York City, does survive. A sister, Lydia Reynolds, preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be announced later by the Friskel-Kinser Mortuary.

     Child Wilcox was born in January 1879.¹ Child Wilcox was the child of Richard Mentry Wilcox and Eliza Symmes Holcombe. Child Wilcox died in 1879.¹

     Phineas Wilcox was born in August 1880.¹ He was the son of Richard Mentry Wilcox and Eliza Symmes Holcombe. Phineas Wilcox died in August 1884.¹

     Roscoe Wilcox was born in 1882.¹ He was the son of Richard Mentry Wilcox and Eliza Symmes Holcombe. Roscoe Wilcox died in 1884.¹

     Gladys Gertrude Wilcox was born on 19 September 1885 at Bates Co., MO.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Mentry Wilcox and Eliza Symmes Holcombe. Gladys Gertrude Wilcox married Frederick Johnston Todd on 15 November 1906 at Sheridan Co., WY.¹

     Frederick Johnston Todd was born on 24 July 1883.¹ He married Gladys Gertrude Wilcox, daughter of Richard Mentry Wilcox and Eliza Symmes Holcombe, on 15 November 1906 at Sheridan Co., WY.¹

     Helen Mary Wilcox was born on 1 April 1888 at Bates Co., MO.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Mentry Wilcox and Eliza Symmes Holcombe. Helen Mary Wilcox married Jesse M. Coop on 22 December 1907.¹

     Jesse M. Coop was born on 16 September 1886.¹ He married Helen Mary Wilcox, daughter of Richard Mentry Wilcox and Eliza Symmes Holcombe, on 22 December 1907.¹ Jesse M. Coop died on 11 August 1971 at age 84.¹

     Mary Edna Bybee was born on 2 October 1883 at Cass Co., MO.¹ She was the daughter of John C. Bybee and Sarah Ewing Holcombe. Mary Edna Bybee died on 1 November 1883.¹

     Grace Bybee was born on 27 November 1885 at Cass Co., MO.¹ She was the daughter of John C. Bybee and Sarah Ewing Holcombe.

     Kathleen Day Bybee was born on 7 July 1888.¹ She was the daughter of John C. Bybee and Sarah Ewing Holcombe.

     Sidney Blair Holcombe was born on 16 December 1877 at Bates Co., MO.¹ He was the son of Charles Matthews Holcombe and Isabelle Morgan. Sidney Blair Holcombe married Anna Louise Weltecke on 10 October 1903 at Cape Girardeau Co., MO.¹ Sidney Blair Holcombe died in December 1965 at KS.^1,2

     Anna Louise Weltecke was born on 3 June 1881 at Bates Co., MO. She married Sidney Blair Holcombe, son of Charles Matthews Holcombe and Isabelle Morgan, on 10 October 1903 at Cape Girardeau Co., MO.¹

     Corwin Holcombe was born on 30 August 1879 at Bates Co., MO.¹ He was the son of Charles Matthews Holcombe and Isabelle Morgan. Corwin Holcombe died circa 1892.¹