HARVEY HOLCOMB, farmer, of Franklin Township, P. O. Franklindale, was born in LeRoy, this county, May 29, 1816, is the son of Hugh and Prudence (Bailey) Holcomb, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter of Massachusetts. Hugh and his brother, Sterling, when they came from the East, located in Ulster, from which place they removed about 1796, locating in LeRoy, each purchasing 400 acres on both sides of the Towanda creek. Hugh Holcomb had nine children seven sons and two daughters all of whom grew to maturity. Harvey, who is the sixth in the family, was reared and educated at LeRoy, and always worked on a farm. On January 23, 1840, he married Miss Diana, daughter of Samuel and Betsey Rockwell, and to them were born nine children, eight of whom are now living; the other son was killed in the army at the battle of Spottsylvania after a service of nearly three years. Mr. Holcomb moved from LeRoy to Franklin, his present home, in 1884; his wife died June 10, 1880, and he married (for his second) at Smithfield, August 26, 1882, Mrs. Perlina Pierce, widow of William Henry Pierce, and daughter of Mrs. Selina (Holcomb) Dibble, who came from Broome county, N. Y. In 1844 she removed to this county, where she now resides at the advanced age of ninety-five years, and is able to work about the house; she began and completed a quilt of 3,000 pieces after she was ninety-three years of age. Mr. Holcomb as a farmer confines himself to raising grain and hay; he has been honored with the offices of assessor, school director (twelve years) and road commissioner; is a member of the Church of Christ, and is a Republican, politically.
Children
James E. Holcomb b: 31 Mar 1842 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Mary H. Holcomb b: 31 Mar 1842 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Emeret Holcomb b: 10 Mar 1844 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Jasper N. Holcomb b: 27 Mar 1846 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Emma Jane Holcomb b: 28 Mar 1848 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Cassius M. C., Holcomb b: 22 Mar 1850 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Delphine Holcomb b: 11 May 1852 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Lodoisk Holcomb b: 9 May 1855 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Harwell Holcomb b: 24 Aug 1857 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA
Halleck L. Holcomb b: 25 Apr 1862 in LeRoy, Bradford, PA