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     Mercy A. Holcombe was born circa 1826 at Eaton, Eaton Co., MI. She was the daughter of Leonard Holcombe II and Mercy Palmer.

     Andrew J. Holcombe was born on 14 October 1829 at Eaton, Eaton Co., MI. He was the son of Leonard Holcombe II and Mercy Palmer.

     Emily Holcombe was born circa 1850 at Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Leonard Holcombe II and Louisa Jane Willis.¹

     Harvey Holcombe was born on 4 June 1852 at Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI.¹ He was the son of Leonard Holcombe II and Louisa Jane Willis.¹

     Ida M. Holcombe was born circa 1855 at Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Leonard Holcombe II and Louisa Jane Willis.¹

     Homer L. Holcombe was born on 22 November 1857 at Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI.^1,2 He was the son of Leonard Holcombe II and Louisa Jane Willis.¹ Homer L. Holcombe married Martha Elizabeth Cook, daughter of Colonel Eli Cook and Elizabeth French, in 1895.³ Homer L. Holcombe died on 3 May 1936 at Eaton Rapids, Eaton Co., MI, at age 78.^2,3

     Martha Elizabeth Cook was born on 21 July 1868 at Eaton Twp., Eaton Co., MI.¹ She was the daughter of Colonel Eli Cook and Elizabeth French.^2,3 Martha Elizabeth Cook married Homer L. Holcombe, son of Leonard Holcombe II and Louisa Jane Willis, in 1895.¹ Martha Elizabeth Cook also went by the name of Mattie Holcombe. She died on 11 January 1955 at Eaton Twp., Eaton Co., MI, at age 86.¹

     Professor Glenn Willis Holcombe was born on 25 January 1896 at Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI.^1,2 He was the son of Homer L. Holcombe and Martha Elizabeth Cook.¹ Professor Glenn Willis Holcombe married Winifred Mabel Teman on 29 September 1919 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI. Professor Glenn Willis Holcombe died on 25 March 1988 at Corvallis, Benton Co, OR, at age 92.^1,2 He was buried at Oak Lawn Memorial Park, Corvallis, Benton Co, OR.² From the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal, 27 March 1988:

CARVALLIS -- Glenn Willis Holcomb, 92, died Friday.

He was born in Charlotte, Mich. He was the head of the Oregon state University school of engineering for 46 years and chairman of the department of civil engineering.

He moved to OSU in 1920 from the University of Michigan. He was the national president of the American Society of Civil engineers in 19961. He was national director of the society and a member of its executive committee for five years. From 1953 to 1963. he was a member of the Oregon Board of Engineering Examiners.

He worked for the cities of Portland, Eugene and Corvallis and the Oregon Highway division on engineering projects.

In the summer of 1942, he was the principal engineer in the construction of Camp Adair.

He was the chairman of the Intercollegiate Athletic Board and the Region VIII vice president of the National collegiate Athletic Association. He served on the Corvallis City Council. He was the president of the Corvallis Rotary Club during 1962-63 and was a past exalted ruler of the Corvallis Elks Lodge.

Survivors include his daughter Ellen M. Anderson of Corvallis; and son Richard G. of St. Francisville, La.

Services will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday in DeMoss-Duran mortuary, Corvallis. Private vault entombment will be in Oaklawn Memorial Mausoleum.

     Winifred Mabel Teman was born on 22 December 1894 at Pottersville, Eaton Co., MI. She married Professor Glenn Willis Holcombe, son of Homer L. Holcombe and Martha Elizabeth Cook, on 29 September 1919 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI. Winifred Mabel Teman died on 26 June 1973 at Corvallis, Benton Co, OR, at age 78.

     Ellen Martha Holcombe was born on 21 August 1923 at Corvallis, Benton Co, OR. She was the daughter of Professor Glenn Willis Holcombe and Winifred Mabel Teman. Ellen Martha Holcombe died on 17 April 2012 at Corvallis, Benton Co, OR, at age 88.

     Richard Glenn Holcombe was born on 9 September 1929 at Corvallis, Benton Co, OR.¹ He was the son of Professor Glenn Willis Holcombe and Winifred Mabel Teman.¹ Richard Glenn Holcombe also went by the name of Dick Holcombe. He married JoAnn Ford on 9 June 1951 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. Richard Glenn Holcombe died on 19 June 2006 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, at age 76.¹ He was buried at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, LA.¹

A loving husband, father and grandfather, he will be greatly missed by family and friends. He was born in Corvallis, Ore., on Oct. 9, 1929 and died Monday, June 19, 2006, in Salt Lake City while vacationing. He was a resident of St. Francisville, Louisiana since April 1959.

He is survived by his wife, JoAnn Ford Holcomb of St. Francisville; three daughters, Patti Osterberger of Cypress, Texas, Wendi and Rick Davis of Spring, Texas, and Tami Holcomb of St. Francisville; grandchildren, Mary Katherine and Tommy Webb of Indian Trail, N.C. Shelley Osterberger of New York, N.Y., Ben and Ginger Tuminello of Atlanta, Tricia Osterberger of Asheville. N.C., Sarah Osterberger of Hammond, JoAnna Jarreau of St. Francisville.and Stuart and Patrick Davis of Spring, Texas; sister, Ellen Anderson of Corvallis; and nieces and nephews in California, Oregon and Washington, D.C.

He served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War.

He was a member, of Grace Episcopal Church.

He worked for Crown Zeilerbach Paper Mill for 38 years.

He was a charter member and treasurer of the West Feliciana Historical Society for many years. He was a member and president of the West Feliciana Hospital Board, alderman and mayor pro-tem of the town of St. Francisville since 1976, past president of the St. Francisville Chamber of Commerce, board member and chairman of the Bank of St. Francisville. and member, junior warden and senior warden of the Grace Episcopal Church vestry.

Service at Grace Episcopal Church, with burial Grace Episcopal Cemetery.

     JoAnn Ford was born on 12 February 1930 at Seattle, King Co., WA. She married Richard Glenn Holcombe, son of Professor Glenn Willis Holcombe and Winifred Mabel Teman, on 9 June 1951 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. JoAnn Ford died on 19 November 2011 at Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, LA, at age 81.

     Harvey Eli Holcombe was born on 17 January 1907 at Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI.¹ He was the son of Homer L. Holcombe and Martha Elizabeth Cook.¹ Harvey Eli Holcombe died on 15 October 1981 at Lansing, Ingham Co., MI, at age 74.¹

     Grace M. Holcombe was born on 30 January 1900 at Eaton Twp., Eaton Co., MI. She was the daughter of Homer L. Holcombe and Martha Elizabeth Cook. Grace M. Holcombe died on 18 June 1979 at Lansing, Ingham Co., MI, at age 79.

     Colonel Eli Cook was born on 24 August 1842 at Mansfield, Richland Co., OH.¹ He married Elizabeth French on 3 July 1867.² Colonel Eli Cook died on 21 July 1917 at Eaton Twp., Eaton Co., MI, at age 74.¹

Charlotte MI Tribune
Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan
December 1889
Writer Unknown
The page was edited by Belle M. Perry, called Woman’s Department
Found on Old Fulton New York cards
Link Charlotte MI Tribune 17 Aug 1887-6 Aug 1890 (999).pdf

MEN WE KNOW
Eli Cook, Of Eaton Township, was born August 24, 1842, at Mansfield, Ohio, and lived with his father on
a farm until he was 14 years of age when in 1856 they removed to Brookfield, Eaton County, to the farm
where his father, Erastus Cook, died a few years ago and across the road from Mr. Cook’s present farm.
He was educated in the district schools and remembers, as one of his most efficient teachers, J. Clark
Sherman now of Vermontville Echo.

As a young man he was industrious and studious but found time for the practice of marksmanship in
which he excelled. At the breaking out of the war young Cook felt too keenly the thrill of patriotism to
remain at home and, at age of 19, entered the service as a member of Berdan’s famous U.S.
Sharpshooters. This regiment was made up of the very best marksmen selected from eight different
states, and Mr. Cook was one of the 100 men who were selected at Detroit for the honor of serving in it.
The competition was spirited, but Mr. Cook bore off his honors easily. The uniform of this regiment was
at first gray, but was changed to green after a few men had been killed by being mistaken for rebels.
In February, 1862, he was taken with the black measles at Washington and came very near dying. He
might have had his discharge but he preferred to remain, although the measles left him in a condition
from which he can never hope to recover. Notwithstanding his poor health he remained with his
regiment, which saw as hard service as any in the war, for three years never missing a day’s duty after
his recovery from this sickness and being the only man in his regiment who took active part in every one
of its battles. He took part in the following named engagements:
Big Bethel, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Hanover Court House, Fair Oaks, Chickahominy, Mechanicsville,
Gaines’ Hill, White Oak Swamp, Savage Station, Charles City cross road, Malvern Hill, Bull Run (second
battle), Antietam, Blockford’s Ford, Fredericksburg, Elles’ Ford, The Cedars, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Wapping Height, Auborn, Kelly’s Ford, Locust Grove, Mine Run, Wilderness, Todd’s Tavern, Po River,
Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopoomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Hare’s Farm, Jerusalem Plank Road,
Deep Bottom, Deep Run and Hatcher’s Run.

He has probably had as many narrow escapes as any man who helped to save his country. Three of his
tent-mates were shot dead at his side and three others were badly wounded. The ground consecrated
by the blood of the heroes of Gettysburg has five monuments erected in honor of his regiment led by

the undaunted Berdan, and here and there over that immortal field are stones, marking its position at
various stages of the fight, upon which are inscribed “Berdan’s Sharpshooters 200 yards ahead” and
other undisputed records of their valor upon those terrible days which decided the fates of the
contending sections. No Wonder Mr. Cook takes pride in the works of commendation received from his
superior officer, General Berdan, who, in a letter after the close of the war, wrote to him, “Your record is
perfect.” Mr. Cook was fourth in rank in his company being first sergeant, and had command of his
company at Petersburg and elsewhere. Of the 900 brave young men who went out with him only about
100 remained with the regiment until its discharge.

Upon his return from the army he was taken with western fever, but after spending a few months in
search of a better place than Michigan he gave it up as an impossibility. Here he has made a most
excellent home and is blessed with a loving and intelligent wife and children. Who will say that he is not
entitled to the peace and comfort with which his home is blessed? He is an ardent republican in politics
but would never take an office although often pressed to accept the highest honors of his town. He has
never identified himself with any church but is living a life of straightforward purity that cannot
displease Divinity.

Mr. Cook mentions a singular chain of coincidences in his family history. Eli Cook, his great-grandfather,
married Elizabeth and served throughout the war of the revolution; Eli Cook, his grandfather, married
Elizabeth and he served throughout the war of 1812, and he, with the ancestral name, married Elizabeth
and served, as before stated, throughout the war of the Rebellion.

     Elizabeth French was born on 5 June 1847 at England.¹ She married Colonel Eli Cook on 3 July 1867.¹ Elizabeth French died on 14 August 1923 at Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI, at age 76.¹