David St. Clair Combs
b. May 26, 1839
d. January 2, 1926
Parents were David Bullock Combs and Rebecca Massey (Massie) Burruss.
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Enlisted at La Grange, Fayette County in August 1861.
Went on furlough in January 1864 and returned to Texas.
Unable to rejoin the Rangers due to the difficulty in crossing the Mississipi River. He remained in Texas and joined Ford's Cavalry Company on the Rio Grande.
Four brothers also served the Confederacy: One lost to sickness in Arkansa, one killed at Chickamauga, one wounded at Port Hudson, and one wounded in Louisiana.
Following the war he made his living as a cattle Rancher. He married Eleanora Browning in Henry, MO on February, 27, 1873. Died on January 2, 1926 in San Antonio, TX.
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COMBS, DAVID S.
Texas derives its greatest wealth from its gigantic stock-raising interests and there are in the state many men who in connection with this industry have displayed marked business ability and executive force and have realized through the careful conduct of their business-interests a most gratifying measure of prosperity. Among this number in San Antonio is David S. Combs, who owns extensive stock raising interests in Southwestern Texas and who owes his success entirely to his own labors, so that he may justly be called a self-made man. He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, in 1839, the son of David B. and Rebecca (Burruss) Combs. His parents were natives of Kentucky and at an early day settled in Johnson County, Missouri. The father died in that state and with his mother and stepfather Mr. Combs of this review went to Hempstead County, Arkansas, when seven years of age. The family lived there for eight years and in 1854 came to Texas, locating in Hayes County near San Marcos. That was on the frontier in those days, and they had many encounters with the Indians. They were farming people, but, like many of the young men of the country in the early days, Mr. Combs drifted into the cattle business, in which he has since been engaged.
He was a young man of twenty-two years at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. True to his loved Southland, he enlisted in 1861 in the Confederate army, becoming a member of the famous Terry Rangers, cavalrymen, who did such splendid fighting and heroic service throughout the war and in whose honor the beautiful Terry Ranger monument is now in course of erection at Austin. Mr. Combs joined this organization at La Grange in Fayette County, the command being mustered into service as the Eighth Texas Cavalry, Mr. Combs belonging to Company D. He was with the Terry Rangers in all their service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and among the most noted battles in which he engaged were those of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perryville and Chickamauga. He also participated in a number of others of lesser importance and was constantly on active duty. About a year before the war closed, he came home on a short furlough and on again entering service he was assigned to duty in the Trans-Mississippi department in Texas and spent the remainder of the time with the Confederate army on the lower Rio Grande in the vicinity of Brownsville. He was in the last battle of the war about two weeks after the surrender at Appomattox, on the Rio Grande between Brownsville and Santiago de Brazos. He was ever a brave and loyal soldier and met the usual hardships and experiences meted out to those in military service.
When the war was over Mr. Combs returned to San Marcos and began handling cattle. For several years he was engaged in the exciting life of the trail driver, taking great herds of cattle from Texas over the trails to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and other markets. In 1880 he established a ranch of his own on the South Concho River in Tom Green County near San Angelo, and in 1882 he moved his outfit still further west to Brewster County, which has ever since remained his ranching headquarters. There he has a large and valuable place, consisting of about one hundred thousand acres. Mr. Combs is one of the representatives of the old-time cattlemen who have experienced all the tips and downs of the business and he is now enjoying life in prosperity.
Mr. Combs was married in Missouri to Miss Eleanora Browning, and they have three children, namely: Nora Burruss, Lila Alice and Guy St. Clair Combs. In 1898 he established his residence at San Antonio and has one of the most beautiful and commodious homes on Laurel Heights at No 325 West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
b. May 26, 1839
d. January 2, 1926
Parents were David Bullock Combs and Rebecca Massey (Massie) Burruss.
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Enlisted at La Grange, Fayette County in August 1861.
Went on furlough in January 1864 and returned to Texas.
Unable to rejoin the Rangers due to the difficulty in crossing the Mississipi River. He remained in Texas and joined Ford's Cavalry Company on the Rio Grande.
Four brothers also served the Confederacy: One lost to sickness in Arkansa, one killed at Chickamauga, one wounded at Port Hudson, and one wounded in Louisiana.
Following the war he made his living as a cattle Rancher. He married Eleanora Browning in Henry, MO on February, 27, 1873. Died on January 2, 1926 in San Antonio, TX.
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COMBS, DAVID S.
Texas derives its greatest wealth from its gigantic stock-raising interests and there are in the state many men who in connection with this industry have displayed marked business ability and executive force and have realized through the careful conduct of their business-interests a most gratifying measure of prosperity. Among this number in San Antonio is David S. Combs, who owns extensive stock raising interests in Southwestern Texas and who owes his success entirely to his own labors, so that he may justly be called a self-made man. He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, in 1839, the son of David B. and Rebecca (Burruss) Combs. His parents were natives of Kentucky and at an early day settled in Johnson County, Missouri. The father died in that state and with his mother and stepfather Mr. Combs of this review went to Hempstead County, Arkansas, when seven years of age. The family lived there for eight years and in 1854 came to Texas, locating in Hayes County near San Marcos. That was on the frontier in those days, and they had many encounters with the Indians. They were farming people, but, like many of the young men of the country in the early days, Mr. Combs drifted into the cattle business, in which he has since been engaged.
He was a young man of twenty-two years at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. True to his loved Southland, he enlisted in 1861 in the Confederate army, becoming a member of the famous Terry Rangers, cavalrymen, who did such splendid fighting and heroic service throughout the war and in whose honor the beautiful Terry Ranger monument is now in course of erection at Austin. Mr. Combs joined this organization at La Grange in Fayette County, the command being mustered into service as the Eighth Texas Cavalry, Mr. Combs belonging to Company D. He was with the Terry Rangers in all their service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and among the most noted battles in which he engaged were those of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perryville and Chickamauga. He also participated in a number of others of lesser importance and was constantly on active duty. About a year before the war closed, he came home on a short furlough and on again entering service he was assigned to duty in the Trans-Mississippi department in Texas and spent the remainder of the time with the Confederate army on the lower Rio Grande in the vicinity of Brownsville. He was in the last battle of the war about two weeks after the surrender at Appomattox, on the Rio Grande between Brownsville and Santiago de Brazos. He was ever a brave and loyal soldier and met the usual hardships and experiences meted out to those in military service.
When the war was over Mr. Combs returned to San Marcos and began handling cattle. For several years he was engaged in the exciting life of the trail driver, taking great herds of cattle from Texas over the trails to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and other markets. In 1880 he established a ranch of his own on the South Concho River in Tom Green County near San Angelo, and in 1882 he moved his outfit still further west to Brewster County, which has ever since remained his ranching headquarters. There he has a large and valuable place, consisting of about one hundred thousand acres. Mr. Combs is one of the representatives of the old-time cattlemen who have experienced all the tips and downs of the business and he is now enjoying life in prosperity.
Mr. Combs was married in Missouri to Miss Eleanora Browning, and they have three children, namely: Nora Burruss, Lila Alice and Guy St. Clair Combs. In 1898 he established his residence at San Antonio and has one of the most beautiful and commodious homes on Laurel Heights at No 325 West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
David St. Clair Combs
b. May 26, 1839
d. January 2, 1926
Parents were David Bullock Combs and Rebecca Massey (Massie) Burruss.
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Enlisted at La Grange, Fayette County in August 1861.
Went on furlough in January 1864 and returned to Texas.
Unable to rejoin the Rangers due to the difficulty in crossing the Mississipi River. He remained in Texas and joined Ford's Cavalry Company on the Rio Grande.
Four brothers also served the Confederacy: One lost to sickness in Arkansa, one killed at Chickamauga, one wounded at Port Hudson, and one wounded in Louisiana.
Following the war he made his living as a cattle Rancher. He married Eleanora Browning in Henry, MO on February, 27, 1873. Died on January 2, 1926 in San Antonio, TX.
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COMBS, DAVID S.
Texas derives its greatest wealth from its gigantic stock-raising interests and there are in the state many men who in connection with this industry have displayed marked business ability and executive force and have realized through the careful conduct of their business-interests a most gratifying measure of prosperity. Among this number in San Antonio is David S. Combs, who owns extensive stock raising interests in Southwestern Texas and who owes his success entirely to his own labors, so that he may justly be called a self-made man. He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, in 1839, the son of David B. and Rebecca (Burruss) Combs. His parents were natives of Kentucky and at an early day settled in Johnson County, Missouri. The father died in that state and with his mother and stepfather Mr. Combs of this review went to Hempstead County, Arkansas, when seven years of age. The family lived there for eight years and in 1854 came to Texas, locating in Hayes County near San Marcos. That was on the frontier in those days, and they had many encounters with the Indians. They were farming people, but, like many of the young men of the country in the early days, Mr. Combs drifted into the cattle business, in which he has since been engaged.
He was a young man of twenty-two years at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. True to his loved Southland, he enlisted in 1861 in the Confederate army, becoming a member of the famous Terry Rangers, cavalrymen, who did such splendid fighting and heroic service throughout the war and in whose honor the beautiful Terry Ranger monument is now in course of erection at Austin. Mr. Combs joined this organization at La Grange in Fayette County, the command being mustered into service as the Eighth Texas Cavalry, Mr. Combs belonging to Company D. He was with the Terry Rangers in all their service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and among the most noted battles in which he engaged were those of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perryville and Chickamauga. He also participated in a number of others of lesser importance and was constantly on active duty. About a year before the war closed, he came home on a short furlough and on again entering service he was assigned to duty in the Trans-Mississippi department in Texas and spent the remainder of the time with the Confederate army on the lower Rio Grande in the vicinity of Brownsville. He was in the last battle of the war about two weeks after the surrender at Appomattox, on the Rio Grande between Brownsville and Santiago de Brazos. He was ever a brave and loyal soldier and met the usual hardships and experiences meted out to those in military service.
When the war was over Mr. Combs returned to San Marcos and began handling cattle. For several years he was engaged in the exciting life of the trail driver, taking great herds of cattle from Texas over the trails to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and other markets. In 1880 he established a ranch of his own on the South Concho River in Tom Green County near San Angelo, and in 1882 he moved his outfit still further west to Brewster County, which has ever since remained his ranching headquarters. There he has a large and valuable place, consisting of about one hundred thousand acres. Mr. Combs is one of the representatives of the old-time cattlemen who have experienced all the tips and downs of the business and he is now enjoying life in prosperity.
Mr. Combs was married in Missouri to Miss Eleanora Browning, and they have three children, namely: Nora Burruss, Lila Alice and Guy St. Clair Combs. In 1898 he established his residence at San Antonio and has one of the most beautiful and commodious homes on Laurel Heights at No 325 West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
b. May 26, 1839
d. January 2, 1926
Parents were David Bullock Combs and Rebecca Massey (Massie) Burruss.
Terry's Texas Rangers, 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
Enlisted at La Grange, Fayette County in August 1861.
Went on furlough in January 1864 and returned to Texas.
Unable to rejoin the Rangers due to the difficulty in crossing the Mississipi River. He remained in Texas and joined Ford's Cavalry Company on the Rio Grande.
Four brothers also served the Confederacy: One lost to sickness in Arkansa, one killed at Chickamauga, one wounded at Port Hudson, and one wounded in Louisiana.
Following the war he made his living as a cattle Rancher. He married Eleanora Browning in Henry, MO on February, 27, 1873. Died on January 2, 1926 in San Antonio, TX.
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COMBS, DAVID S.
Texas derives its greatest wealth from its gigantic stock-raising interests and there are in the state many men who in connection with this industry have displayed marked business ability and executive force and have realized through the careful conduct of their business-interests a most gratifying measure of prosperity. Among this number in San Antonio is David S. Combs, who owns extensive stock raising interests in Southwestern Texas and who owes his success entirely to his own labors, so that he may justly be called a self-made man. He was born in Johnson County, Missouri, in 1839, the son of David B. and Rebecca (Burruss) Combs. His parents were natives of Kentucky and at an early day settled in Johnson County, Missouri. The father died in that state and with his mother and stepfather Mr. Combs of this review went to Hempstead County, Arkansas, when seven years of age. The family lived there for eight years and in 1854 came to Texas, locating in Hayes County near San Marcos. That was on the frontier in those days, and they had many encounters with the Indians. They were farming people, but, like many of the young men of the country in the early days, Mr. Combs drifted into the cattle business, in which he has since been engaged.
He was a young man of twenty-two years at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. True to his loved Southland, he enlisted in 1861 in the Confederate army, becoming a member of the famous Terry Rangers, cavalrymen, who did such splendid fighting and heroic service throughout the war and in whose honor the beautiful Terry Ranger monument is now in course of erection at Austin. Mr. Combs joined this organization at La Grange in Fayette County, the command being mustered into service as the Eighth Texas Cavalry, Mr. Combs belonging to Company D. He was with the Terry Rangers in all their service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and among the most noted battles in which he engaged were those of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perryville and Chickamauga. He also participated in a number of others of lesser importance and was constantly on active duty. About a year before the war closed, he came home on a short furlough and on again entering service he was assigned to duty in the Trans-Mississippi department in Texas and spent the remainder of the time with the Confederate army on the lower Rio Grande in the vicinity of Brownsville. He was in the last battle of the war about two weeks after the surrender at Appomattox, on the Rio Grande between Brownsville and Santiago de Brazos. He was ever a brave and loyal soldier and met the usual hardships and experiences meted out to those in military service.
When the war was over Mr. Combs returned to San Marcos and began handling cattle. For several years he was engaged in the exciting life of the trail driver, taking great herds of cattle from Texas over the trails to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and other markets. In 1880 he established a ranch of his own on the South Concho River in Tom Green County near San Angelo, and in 1882 he moved his outfit still further west to Brewster County, which has ever since remained his ranching headquarters. There he has a large and valuable place, consisting of about one hundred thousand acres. Mr. Combs is one of the representatives of the old-time cattlemen who have experienced all the tips and downs of the business and he is now enjoying life in prosperity.
Mr. Combs was married in Missouri to Miss Eleanora Browning, and they have three children, namely: Nora Burruss, Lila Alice and Guy St. Clair Combs. In 1898 he established his residence at San Antonio and has one of the most beautiful and commodious homes on Laurel Heights at No 325 West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
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