John David Combs

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John David Combs

Birth
Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
Death
6 Jan 1935 (aged 82)
Rocky, Polk County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Rocky, Polk County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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BIOGRAPHICAL:
"J.D. COMBS, representing the Eighth district in the lower House of the Assembly, was born in Hopkins County, KY, in 1852. During the civil war his parents moved to Indiana, finally moving to Dallas county, MO, in 1870. Mr. COMBS lived in Missouri for twenty years and was married there. In 1890 he came to the Indian Territory and settled in the Chickasaw country, and in 1893 moved to Pottawatomie county and settled on a farm near Avoca. He has followed the vocation of farming all of his life and is especially active in guarding the welfare of the farm, and his sympathies are with the laboring element generally. Mr. COMBS' wife died about four years ago and his family consists of four children. He is a progressive citizen and has the honor and respect of his constituents, whom he is faithfully serving in the Fifth Assembly. He is constant in his attendance at sessions and has championed several very important measures in the House." REF: Oklahoma Blue Book.

CENSUS:
1910 Census, Freedom, Polk Co., AR, pg 7B
1920 Census, Ouachita, Polk Co., AR, pg 7
_____John D. COMBS 67 M KY w/Hattie 38 F OK
1930 Census, White, Polk Co. AR, pg 1B [John living w/son Henry]
_____John COMBS 77 M widowed? KY KY England
1930 Census, Matador, Motley Co., TX, pg 11 [Hattie w/sons]
_____Hattie COMBS 47 F Married 17 yrs OK MO TN
1940 Census, Osage, Crawford Co., KS, pg 7 [Hattie w/new husband]

MARRIAGES:
19-Nov-1874: Married Mary F. Duckworth in Dallas Co., MO, divorced prior to 1880.
___ She remarried 18-Nov-1883 Boon S. Palmer in Dallas Co., MO
16-May-1880: Married Sarah Jane Slack in Dallas Co., MO, she died of pneumonia in 1895.
27-Mar-1899: Married Hattie Wilsie in Pottawatomie Co., OK, separated/divorced prior to 1930.
___ She remarried William Golleher before the 1940 Census

JOHN OBITUARY:
John COMBS, age 83, died Thursday, Mena at County Poor Farm. REF: Mena Star, Mena, AR, 13-Jun-1935.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
"J.D. COMBS, representing the Eighth district in the lower House of the Assembly, was born in Hopkins County, KY, in 1852. During the civil war his parents moved to Indiana, finally moving to Dallas county, MO, in 1870. Mr. COMBS lived in Missouri for twenty years and was married there. In 1890 he came to the Indian Territory and settled in the Chickasaw country, and in 1893 moved to Pottawatomie county and settled on a farm near Avoca. He has followed the vocation of farming all of his life and is especially active in guarding the welfare of the farm, and his sympathies are with the laboring element generally. Mr. COMBS' wife died about four years ago and his family consists of four children. He is a progressive citizen and has the honor and respect of his constituents, whom he is faithfully serving in the Fifth Assembly. He is constant in his attendance at sessions and has championed several very important measures in the House." REF: Oklahoma Blue Book.

CENSUS:
1910 Census, Freedom, Polk Co., AR, pg 7B
1920 Census, Ouachita, Polk Co., AR, pg 7
_____John D. COMBS 67 M KY w/Hattie 38 F OK
1930 Census, White, Polk Co. AR, pg 1B [John living w/son Henry]
_____John COMBS 77 M widowed? KY KY England
1930 Census, Matador, Motley Co., TX, pg 11 [Hattie w/sons]
_____Hattie COMBS 47 F Married 17 yrs OK MO TN
1940 Census, Osage, Crawford Co., KS, pg 7 [Hattie w/new husband]

MARRIAGES:
19-Nov-1874: Married Mary F. Duckworth in Dallas Co., MO, divorced prior to 1880.
___ She remarried 18-Nov-1883 Boon S. Palmer in Dallas Co., MO
16-May-1880: Married Sarah Jane Slack in Dallas Co., MO, she died of pneumonia in 1895.
27-Mar-1899: Married Hattie Wilsie in Pottawatomie Co., OK, separated/divorced prior to 1930.
___ She remarried William Golleher before the 1940 Census

JOHN OBITUARY:
John COMBS, age 83, died Thursday, Mena at County Poor Farm. REF: Mena Star, Mena, AR, 13-Jun-1935.