Per Mt Airy Transcript.
From another researcher:
Ferdinand S. Holcombe was son of Solomon Holcombe and Catherine Barber Holcombe. As of 1907, he had three siblings: Edward B. and Wm F. Holcombe, of Mt. Airy and Mrs. Lucy Wilson, of Ringoes.
He showed an early aptitude for figures, and when eight years of age, was given the task of putting down on paper the weight of hogs that were purchased by his father at the old Mt. Airy store.
He attended school at Mt. Airy and studied under Joshua Jones and Peter Larue, known as strict disciplinarians. He left school to help his father in the store. As there was no railroad at that time, trading between Hunterdon county and Philadelphia was done overland by team and on river. Ferdinand took many loads of produce to Philadelphia, notably flax, which was raised in large quantities locally and was used for making shoe threads.
In 1839, he married Julia Wilson, of Ringoes. They had 12 children, 7 of whom were living in 1907: Caroline, living at Englishtown; Cornelia, who lived at the old homestead with her father; Emma, wife of Street Commissioner A. Wilson Muirheld of Lambertville; Henry C. Holcombe, Augustus B. Holcombe and William N. Holcombe, residents of Mt. Airy, and Elisha E. Holcombe, of Pittsburg, Pa.
In 1839, they moved to the farm where he lived in 1907. In 1840, he voted for General William Henry Harrison, who was known by the title of title of "Old Tippecanoe."
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Olden, of the State of New Jersey, commissioned Mr. Holcombe to form militia companies and drill get them in readiness. He was made a Major and shortly afterwards Colonel of the militia regiment. He was a proficient swordsman and trained his young officers in swordsmanship.
In 1875, he was appointed Lay Judge in the Hunterdon county court and served for a term of five years. Among the many other offices he has held: revenue collector, director in Hillsborough Fire Co. for 14 years, director in the Farmers' Reliance for a number of years, one of the oldest charter members of Ringoes Grange, No. 12, a member of Leni Lenape Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F. of lambertville for nearly 50 years; president of the board of trustees of Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church for many years and census enumerator of South Delaware Township in 1890.
The Lambertville Beacon ran a lengthy article, with a picture of him, on the occasion of his 89th birthday, on January 17, 1907.
From another researcher:
Ferdinand S. Holcombe was son of Solomon Holcombe and Catherine Barber Holcombe. As of 1907, he had three siblings: Edward B. and Wm F. Holcombe, of Mt. Airy and Mrs. Lucy Wilson, of Ringoes.
He showed an early aptitude for figures, and when eight years of age, was given the task of putting down on paper the weight of hogs that were purchased by his father at the old Mt. Airy store.
He attended school at Mt. Airy and studied under Joshua Jones and Peter Larue, known as strict disciplinarians. He left school to help his father in the store. As there was no railroad at that time, trading between Hunterdon county and Philadelphia was done overland by team and on river. Ferdinand took many loads of produce to Philadelphia, notably flax, which was raised in large quantities locally and was used for making shoe threads.
In 1839, he married Julia Wilson, of Ringoes. They had 12 children, 7 of whom were living in 1907: Caroline, living at Englishtown; Cornelia, who lived at the old homestead with her father; Emma, wife of Street Commissioner A. Wilson Muirheld of Lambertville; Henry C. Holcombe, Augustus B. Holcombe and William N. Holcombe, residents of Mt. Airy, and Elisha E. Holcombe, of Pittsburg, Pa.
In 1839, they moved to the farm where he lived in 1907. In 1840, he voted for General William Henry Harrison, who was known by the title of title of "Old Tippecanoe."
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Olden, of the State of New Jersey, commissioned Mr. Holcombe to form militia companies and drill get them in readiness. He was made a Major and shortly afterwards Colonel of the militia regiment. He was a proficient swordsman and trained his young officers in swordsmanship.
In 1875, he was appointed Lay Judge in the Hunterdon county court and served for a term of five years. Among the many other offices he has held: revenue collector, director in Hillsborough Fire Co. for 14 years, director in the Farmers' Reliance for a number of years, one of the oldest charter members of Ringoes Grange, No. 12, a member of Leni Lenape Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F. of lambertville for nearly 50 years; president of the board of trustees of Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church for many years and census enumerator of South Delaware Township in 1890.
The Lambertville Beacon ran a lengthy article, with a picture of him, on the occasion of his 89th birthday, on January 17, 1907.
Per Mt Airy Transcript.
From another researcher:
Ferdinand S. Holcombe was son of Solomon Holcombe and Catherine Barber Holcombe. As of 1907, he had three siblings: Edward B. and Wm F. Holcombe, of Mt. Airy and Mrs. Lucy Wilson, of Ringoes.
He showed an early aptitude for figures, and when eight years of age, was given the task of putting down on paper the weight of hogs that were purchased by his father at the old Mt. Airy store.
He attended school at Mt. Airy and studied under Joshua Jones and Peter Larue, known as strict disciplinarians. He left school to help his father in the store. As there was no railroad at that time, trading between Hunterdon county and Philadelphia was done overland by team and on river. Ferdinand took many loads of produce to Philadelphia, notably flax, which was raised in large quantities locally and was used for making shoe threads.
In 1839, he married Julia Wilson, of Ringoes. They had 12 children, 7 of whom were living in 1907: Caroline, living at Englishtown; Cornelia, who lived at the old homestead with her father; Emma, wife of Street Commissioner A. Wilson Muirheld of Lambertville; Henry C. Holcombe, Augustus B. Holcombe and William N. Holcombe, residents of Mt. Airy, and Elisha E. Holcombe, of Pittsburg, Pa.
In 1839, they moved to the farm where he lived in 1907. In 1840, he voted for General William Henry Harrison, who was known by the title of title of "Old Tippecanoe."
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Olden, of the State of New Jersey, commissioned Mr. Holcombe to form militia companies and drill get them in readiness. He was made a Major and shortly afterwards Colonel of the militia regiment. He was a proficient swordsman and trained his young officers in swordsmanship.
In 1875, he was appointed Lay Judge in the Hunterdon county court and served for a term of five years. Among the many other offices he has held: revenue collector, director in Hillsborough Fire Co. for 14 years, director in the Farmers' Reliance for a number of years, one of the oldest charter members of Ringoes Grange, No. 12, a member of Leni Lenape Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F. of lambertville for nearly 50 years; president of the board of trustees of Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church for many years and census enumerator of South Delaware Township in 1890.
The Lambertville Beacon ran a lengthy article, with a picture of him, on the occasion of his 89th birthday, on January 17, 1907.
From another researcher:
Ferdinand S. Holcombe was son of Solomon Holcombe and Catherine Barber Holcombe. As of 1907, he had three siblings: Edward B. and Wm F. Holcombe, of Mt. Airy and Mrs. Lucy Wilson, of Ringoes.
He showed an early aptitude for figures, and when eight years of age, was given the task of putting down on paper the weight of hogs that were purchased by his father at the old Mt. Airy store.
He attended school at Mt. Airy and studied under Joshua Jones and Peter Larue, known as strict disciplinarians. He left school to help his father in the store. As there was no railroad at that time, trading between Hunterdon county and Philadelphia was done overland by team and on river. Ferdinand took many loads of produce to Philadelphia, notably flax, which was raised in large quantities locally and was used for making shoe threads.
In 1839, he married Julia Wilson, of Ringoes. They had 12 children, 7 of whom were living in 1907: Caroline, living at Englishtown; Cornelia, who lived at the old homestead with her father; Emma, wife of Street Commissioner A. Wilson Muirheld of Lambertville; Henry C. Holcombe, Augustus B. Holcombe and William N. Holcombe, residents of Mt. Airy, and Elisha E. Holcombe, of Pittsburg, Pa.
In 1839, they moved to the farm where he lived in 1907. In 1840, he voted for General William Henry Harrison, who was known by the title of title of "Old Tippecanoe."
When the Civil War broke out, Governor Olden, of the State of New Jersey, commissioned Mr. Holcombe to form militia companies and drill get them in readiness. He was made a Major and shortly afterwards Colonel of the militia regiment. He was a proficient swordsman and trained his young officers in swordsmanship.
In 1875, he was appointed Lay Judge in the Hunterdon county court and served for a term of five years. Among the many other offices he has held: revenue collector, director in Hillsborough Fire Co. for 14 years, director in the Farmers' Reliance for a number of years, one of the oldest charter members of Ringoes Grange, No. 12, a member of Leni Lenape Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F. of lambertville for nearly 50 years; president of the board of trustees of Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church for many years and census enumerator of South Delaware Township in 1890.
The Lambertville Beacon ran a lengthy article, with a picture of him, on the occasion of his 89th birthday, on January 17, 1907.
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