Elizabeth "Betsy" Combs

Other Events:

• Census 1860: 1860, South Eastern District, Ashe, North Carolina, USA
• Census 1870: 1870, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Elizabeth is living with parents William & Sibby, with her are children listed as Poindexter, Meredith, Harvey & Wm all with the last name of Pennington. Wm & Harvey are to young to be children of Thornton. Do not know who their father is.
• Census: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Elizabeth and Harvey are living right next door to Elizabeth's mother and her sisters Myra and Millie. Albert is Harvey's son from previous marriage.

Notes:

Died:
Harve J. Bowling is living with son Charles D. Bowling in 1900 and is listed as "widowed" so Elizabeth died before 1900

Elizabeth married Thornton Pennington on 19 Apr 1856 in Ashe County, North Carolina. Thornton (son of James Pennington and Catherine "Kate" Sexton) was born in 1836 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 20 Sep 1863 in Dade County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Poindexter "Pine" Pennington Combs was born in Sep 1857 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 28 Mar 1919 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
2. Meredith Richard Combs was born in Jan 1861 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 1 May 1924 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Baptist Valley, Virginia.

Family/Spouse: Unknown Father. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William "Bill" Combs was born in Oct 1864 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died on 15 Jul 1933 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
2. Harvey Combs was born in 1868 in Ashe County, North Carolina.

Elizabeth married James Harvey Bowling on 18 May 1876 in Tazewell County, Virginia. James (son of Bailey W. Bowling and Frances Higginbotham) was born in Oct 1822 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died in 1900-1910 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Charles David Bowling was born on 10 May 1878 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 11 Apr 1966 in Tazewell County, Virginia.

Other Events:

• Census 1860: 1860, Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; Farmer, Real estate $75, personal estate $40 Can't read/write, with wife Sibby, children Harrison, Milly, Meredith, Myra.
• Census 1870: 1870, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Farmer, with wife Sibby, children Milly, Myra, daughter Elizabeth Pennington grandsons: Poindexter, Meredith, Harvey and William.

Notes:

Died:
Dropsy

William married Sybil "Sibby" in 1834 in North Carolina or Virginia. Sybil was born in 1816 in North Carolina; died in 1880-1890 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census 1860: 1860, Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; Can't read/write, with husband William, children Harrison, Milly, Meredith, Myra.
• Census 1870: 1870, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; With husband William, children Milly, Myra, daughter Elizabeth Pennington grandsons: Poindexter, Meredith, Harvey and William.
• Census: 1880, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, USA; Widowed with children Millie, Myra and grand children Mary and Harrison (probably Myra's children). Living next door to Elizabeth and her husband Harvey Bowling.

Notes:

Birth:
Her name is either Sybil, Sibey or maybe Sabrina? - can't find a record, although oddly enough there is a Sibby and William Combs in Wilkes, but are completely different people.