Brief Life History of Hosea
When Hosea Holcombe was born on 24 December 1785, in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Jeremiah Holcombe, was 33 and his mother, Mary Elinor Mercer, was 33. He married Mary Lee on 12 August 1811, in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Johnson, Montgomery Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 15 June 1850, in Johnson Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Stunkel Cemetery, Gibson, Indiana, United States.
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- Hosea Holcomb, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hosea Holcombe, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Bosea Holcom, "Find A Grave Index"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): variant of Holcomb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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