Hattie Ruth Combs

Brief Life History of Hattie Ruth

When Hattie Ruth Combs was born on 12 June 1901, in Owsley, Kentucky, United States, her father, Samuel Combs, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Jane Woods, was 17. She married Jordon Brumfield on 30 April 1921, in Warren, Ohio, United States. She lived in Fork Ridge, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Magisterial District 2, Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 18 November 1969, in Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Wallsend Cemetery, Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Combs
1888–1975
Hattie Ruth Combs
1901–1969
Edith M. Combs
1925–1955
Jesse Lee Combs
1925–2001
Virgil Combs
1929–1939
Maude Rhoda Combs
1934–1973
Clayton Earl Combs
1935–1963
Lilly Gracie Combs
1937–2021
Mary Faye Combs
1939–1980

Sources (10)

  • Hattie Comb, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Hattie Combs, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Mattie Combs, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

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World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1904 · The Black Patch War

From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

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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