Solomon Combs

Brief Life History of Solomon

When Solomon Combs was born on 3 July 1815, in Green, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Combs, was 24 and his mother, Mary Magdalene Hestand, was 19. He married Amy Hardin about 1834, in United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1840 and Franklin, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 July 1880, in Pleasant Grove Township, Greenwood, Kansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Solomon Combs
1815–1880
Amy Hardin
1818–1856
Marriage: about 1834
Edith Combs
1837–1899
Anderson H. Combs
about 1842–
Minerva Combs
1839–1895
John Combs
1841–1902
Patterson C. Combs
1845–1866
Joseph G. Combs
1847–1895
Christopher Columbus Combs
1849–1932
Martha Tabitha Combs
1851–1931
Hiram Combs
1854–1886

Sources (17)

  • Solomon Combs, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Solomon Combs, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
  • Solomon M Combs, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1818

Historical Boundaries: 1818: Franklin, Illinois Territory, United States 1818: Franklin, Illinois, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English (southern England and southeastern Wales): variant of Coombs .

Shortened form of northern Irish McCombs .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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