Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Whitcomb was born on 27 December 1848, in Clinton, Clinton Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States, his father, John Whitcomb, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Whitcomb, was 21. He married Maria Nebeker on 1 June 1871, in Vermillion, Indiana, United States. He lived in Clinton Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 February 1917, in Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States.
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- Charles Whitcomb in household of John Whitcomb, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles Whitcomb - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Charles Whitcomb
- Charles Whitcomb, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Volusia, Florida, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe. Whitcombe in Dorset and Witcombe in Gloucestershire are named with Old English wīd ‘wide’ + cumb ‘valley’; Whitcombe, Isle of Wight, may have the same etymology or alternatively the first element may be Old English hwīt ‘white’. Witcombe in Somerset is named with Old English wīthig ‘willow’ + cumb, and the placename Whitcombe in Devon is from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + cumb. The surname may also derive from a lost place in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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