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James Harrison Combs

Male 1835 - 1914  (~ 78 years)


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  1. 1.  James Harrison Combs was born in Dec 1835 in Alleghany, North Carolina (son of William "Billy" Combs and Sybil "Sibby"); died on 27 Jan 1914 in Alleghany, North Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Census 1860: 1860, Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA

    Family/Spouse: Nancy Blevins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William "Billy" CombsWilliam "Billy" Combs was born in 1814 in North Carolina, United States; died in August 1879 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]


  2. 3.  Sybil "Sibby"Sybil "Sibby" was born in 1816 in North Carolina; died in 1880-1890 in Tazewell County, Virginia.

    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.

    Children:
    1. 1. James Harrison Combs was born in Dec 1835 in Alleghany, North Carolina; died on 27 Jan 1914 in Alleghany, North Carolina.
    2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Combs was born in 1839 in Ashe County, North Carolina; died in 1881-1900 in Tazewell County, Virginia.
    3. Amelia "Milly" Combs was born in 1842 in North Carolina.
    4. Meredith "Merlie" Combs was born in 1845 in Wilkes County, North Carolina; died after 1914 in Rock Creek, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
    5. Almyra "Myra" Combs was born in 1850 in North Carolina; died on 28 July 1914 in Ashe County, North Carolina.



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