Rufus Erastus Whitcombe Jr

Male4 April 1819–1 April 1892

Brief Life History of Rufus Erastus

When Rufus Erastus Whitcombe Jr was born on 4 April 1819, in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Rufus E. Whitcomb Sr, was 22 and his mother, Mercy Martha Oliver, was 19. He married Susan Colston Avery about 1839, in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1855. He died on 1 April 1892, in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rufus Erastus Whitcombe Jr
1819–1892
Susan Colston Avery
1820–1847
Marriage: about 1839
Ellen Marion Whitcombe
1842–1916
Edgar B Whitcomb
1844–1907
Susan Elizabeth Whitcombe
1847–1891

Sources (30)

  • Rufus E Whitcomb, "United States Census, 1870"
  • R E Whitcomb, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
  • R E Whitcomb in entry for V H Bragg and E M Williams, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

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  • Marriage
    about 1839Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (7)

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 1

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

    Age 15

    The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

    1846

    Age 27

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Whitcomb .

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

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