George Henry Holcomb shares a headstone with his sister Lulu Holcomb.
Obituary------
George Henry Holcomb died Sunday, July 25, 1937, at the Holcomb farm west of this village, at the age of 64 years, 7 months. A bachelor, he was the son of David and Ann Holcomb and was born December 10, 1862.
He received his schooling in the Mazomanie schools and taught for awhile in the country school near Arena and Mazomanie, Wisconsin. He became a student in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he graduated in 1901.
He went to Rock Island, Illinois, and then to Washington, D.C., where for 34 years he was employed by the U.S. Treasury Department. He retired four years ago, in 1933, and went to live with his sister, Miss Lulu, on the farm.
Survivors are two brothers, Frank and Willis, of Mazomanie; two sisters, Miss Lulu of Mazomanie, and Mrs. Nettie Coutts, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Six brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
Services were held Wednesday at the Mazomanie M.E. Church with Rev. Edward Sachtjen officiating. Burial will be in the Mazomanie Cemetery, Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin.
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Source: Diane Mares Porter from the book of Clarabelle Talbott Mares, "The Holcomb(e) Families and Fowler-Niblack lines (Fremont, NE: C.T. Mares)
Obituary------
George Henry Holcomb died Sunday, July 25, 1937, at the Holcomb farm west of this village, at the age of 64 years, 7 months. A bachelor, he was the son of David and Ann Holcomb and was born December 10, 1862.
He received his schooling in the Mazomanie schools and taught for awhile in the country school near Arena and Mazomanie, Wisconsin. He became a student in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he graduated in 1901.
He went to Rock Island, Illinois, and then to Washington, D.C., where for 34 years he was employed by the U.S. Treasury Department. He retired four years ago, in 1933, and went to live with his sister, Miss Lulu, on the farm.
Survivors are two brothers, Frank and Willis, of Mazomanie; two sisters, Miss Lulu of Mazomanie, and Mrs. Nettie Coutts, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Six brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
Services were held Wednesday at the Mazomanie M.E. Church with Rev. Edward Sachtjen officiating. Burial will be in the Mazomanie Cemetery, Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin.
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Source: Diane Mares Porter from the book of Clarabelle Talbott Mares, "The Holcomb(e) Families and Fowler-Niblack lines (Fremont, NE: C.T. Mares)
George Henry Holcomb shares a headstone with his sister Lulu Holcomb.
Obituary------
George Henry Holcomb died Sunday, July 25, 1937, at the Holcomb farm west of this village, at the age of 64 years, 7 months. A bachelor, he was the son of David and Ann Holcomb and was born December 10, 1862.
He received his schooling in the Mazomanie schools and taught for awhile in the country school near Arena and Mazomanie, Wisconsin. He became a student in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he graduated in 1901.
He went to Rock Island, Illinois, and then to Washington, D.C., where for 34 years he was employed by the U.S. Treasury Department. He retired four years ago, in 1933, and went to live with his sister, Miss Lulu, on the farm.
Survivors are two brothers, Frank and Willis, of Mazomanie; two sisters, Miss Lulu of Mazomanie, and Mrs. Nettie Coutts, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Six brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
Services were held Wednesday at the Mazomanie M.E. Church with Rev. Edward Sachtjen officiating. Burial will be in the Mazomanie Cemetery, Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin.
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Source: Diane Mares Porter from the book of Clarabelle Talbott Mares, "The Holcomb(e) Families and Fowler-Niblack lines (Fremont, NE: C.T. Mares)
Obituary------
George Henry Holcomb died Sunday, July 25, 1937, at the Holcomb farm west of this village, at the age of 64 years, 7 months. A bachelor, he was the son of David and Ann Holcomb and was born December 10, 1862.
He received his schooling in the Mazomanie schools and taught for awhile in the country school near Arena and Mazomanie, Wisconsin. He became a student in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he graduated in 1901.
He went to Rock Island, Illinois, and then to Washington, D.C., where for 34 years he was employed by the U.S. Treasury Department. He retired four years ago, in 1933, and went to live with his sister, Miss Lulu, on the farm.
Survivors are two brothers, Frank and Willis, of Mazomanie; two sisters, Miss Lulu of Mazomanie, and Mrs. Nettie Coutts, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Six brothers and sisters preceded him in death.
Services were held Wednesday at the Mazomanie M.E. Church with Rev. Edward Sachtjen officiating. Burial will be in the Mazomanie Cemetery, Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin.
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Source: Diane Mares Porter from the book of Clarabelle Talbott Mares, "The Holcomb(e) Families and Fowler-Niblack lines (Fremont, NE: C.T. Mares)
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