Joseph McCombs♦ (d. by 1790), m. 15 Dec. 1782 at Salem MA to Elizabeth Batt (b. c. 1750, d. 22 June 1843, Salem MA)
John A. McCombs♦ (b. Aug. 1785, Salem MA, d. 1 June 1840, Jefferson Co. NY), m. by 1814 to unknown
Albert James McCombs♦ (b. 25 Feb. 1814, New York, d. 19 Oct. 1892, Centralia KS), m. 8 Jan. 1838 in New York to Phoebe Jane Mosher (b. 12 June 1817, Queensbury NY, d. 9 Feb. 1905, Centralia KS)
Mary Mahala McCombs (b. 25 Dec. 1839, Philadelphia NY), m. 1 Mar. 1860 in Muscatine Co. IA to Harvey S. Stanley (b. c. 1833, Indiana, d. 28 Jan. 1904, Guthrie Co. IA)
William Henry McCombs (b. 29 Oct. 1843, Philadelphia NY, d. 20 May 1907), m. 2 July 1866 in Muscatine Co. IA to Catherine Harrington (b. c. 1844, Ireland, d. 3 Apr. 1920)
Zebulon Hall McCombs♦ (b. 21 Feb. 1845, Philadelphia NY, d. 29 Dec. 1909, Denver CO), 1m. 24 Dec. 1874 in Cedar Co. IA to Mary Elizabeth Ledwith (b. 26 Sep. 1854, Brooklyn NY, d. 19 Oct. 1897, Sidney NE), 2m. 15 May 1899 in Denver CO to Catherine Elizabeth Porter (b. 29 Dec. 1852, Pennsylvania, d. 1 Feb. 1927, Denver CO)
Maude Mary McCombs (b. 13 May 1876, Shelby IA, d. 10 Dec. 1955, Scottsbluff NE), m. 28 Dec. 1892 at Sidney NE to Albert E. Thompson (b. c. 1866, Illinois)
Ida A. McCombs (b. 18 May 1878, Shelby IA, d. 30 Sep. 1957), m. 29 Aug. 1897 at Sidney NE to Oscar M. Harris (b. Oct. 1871, Adams Co. IL)
Orl Edna McCombs (b. 1 May 1880, Marne IA, d. 1 Nov. 1953, Toppenish WA), m. 20 Sep. 1898 at Steamboat Springs CO to Clarence Elmer Hadley (b. 15 Sep. 1872, Clarke Co. IA, d. 1 Dec. 1956, Toppenish WA)
Willet Leander McCombs (b. 28 Nov. 1881, Iowa, d. 17 Dec. 1915, Gurley NE), m. 31 Aug. 1902 at Bridgeport NE to Isabel Vogel (b. 27 Mar. 1878, Denver CO, d. 12 Oct. 1947, Salt Lake City UT)
--- McCombs (b. 13 Sep. 1884, Shelby IA)
Alice Pearl McCombs (b. July 1889, Bridgeport NE, d. 1940, Sidney NE), 1m. c. 1908 to Lewis Mann (b. c. 1886, Nebraska), 2m. by 1920 to Edward T. Mitchell (b. Oct. 1878, Bradshaw NE, d. 1976, Garden Co. NE)
Hannah Edith McCombs (b. 25 Mar. 1893, Bridgeport NE, d. Jan. 1983), m. by 1915 to Mark Otto Thompson (b. 18 Apr. 1880, York Co. NE, d. 1 July 1954, Kansas City MO)
Robert Oscar McCombs♦ (b. 11 Oct. 1897, Sidney NE, d. 10 Nov. 1953, Corvallis OR), m. 23 June 1924 at Denver CO to Wyona Evelyn Crosby (b. 22 May 1908, Oregon, d. 13 Mar. 1993, Grants Pass OR)
Lewis McCombs (b. 11 Oct. 1897, Sidney NE, d. 1897)
John Fowler McCombs (b. 10 Mar. 1847, Philadelphia NY, d. 16 Apr. 1917, Turlock CA), m. 28 Nov. 1872 in Cedar Co. IA to Hannah Amelia Ledwith (b. 9 Oct. 1857, Brooklyn NY, d. 29 Oct. 1924, Turlock CA)
Elizabeth Jane McCombs (b. 25 Sep. 1849, Knox Co. IL, d. 2 Apr. 1889, Centralia KS), m. by 1872 to John G. Briggle (b. 4 Oct. 1848, Iowa, d. 2 May 1912, Odebolt IA)
Caleb Mosher McCombs (b. 24 Sep. 1851, Illinois, d. 17 Mar. 1920, Wasco CA), m. 24 Sep. 1873 in Muscatine Co. IA to Mary Edith Miller (b. 27 June 1856, Iowa, d. 13 June 1925, Wasco CA)
Lemuel Alfonso McCombs (b. 3 July 1854, Illinois, d. c. 1857)
Emma Evangeline McCombs (b. 15 July 1856, Knox Co. IL, d. 1 Apr. 1930), 1m. c. 1876 to John M. Rhodes (b. May 1849, West Virginia, d. by 1920), 2m. after 1920 to Edward T. Ledwith (b. 7 Feb. 1853, Brooklyn NY, d. 26 Jan. 1929, Santa Cruz CA)
Frances Menorah McCombs (b. 7 July 1859, Muscatine Co. IA, d. c. 1923, Pasadena CA), m. c. 1880 to George Wilbur Owens (b. Jan. 1850, New York, d. c. 1925)
Julia Etta McCombs (b. 11 July 1862, Muscatine IA, d. 16 Feb. 1933, Centralia KS), m. 8 Feb. 1882 at Centralia KS to James Melvin McCaig (b. 27 May 1854, Ohio, d. Sep. 1927)
John McCombs (b. c. 1815, New York), m. by 1840 to Dorothy --- (b. c. 1812, Canada)
Mary Jane McCombs (b. 7 May 1821, New York, d. 7 Mar. 1902, Centralia KS), m. c. 1838 in New York to Reuben Mosher (b. 25 Apr. 1808, Queensbury NY, d. 11 Sep. 1884, Centralia KS)
Rhoda Ann McCombs (b. 25 Mar. 1822, Champion NY, d. 28 Oct. 1903, Oneida IL), m. 14 June 1840 at Philadelphia NY to John Fowler Kenney (b. 2 June 1820, Norfolkshire, d. 6 Jan. 1900, Oneida IL)
Our Descent
Joseph McCombs, m. 1782 to Elizabeth Batt (c1750-1843)
John A. McCombs (1785-1840), m. by 1814 to unknown
Albert James McCombs (1814-1892), m. 1838 to Phoebe Jane Mosher (1817-1905)
Zebulon Hall McCombs (1845-1909), m. 1874 to Mary Elizabeth Ledwith (1854-1897)
Orl Edna McCombs (1880-1953), m. 1898 to Clarence Elmer Hadley (1872-1956)
Dollie May Hadley (1903-1981), m. 1925 to Magnus Wesley Hughes (1899-1964)
Documentation ♦
Albert James McCombs (1814-1892): m. Phoebe Jane Mosher (1817-1905)
1840, res. Philadephia, Albert Macombs, 1 male 20s, 1 female 20s, 1 female 0-4 [USA, 1840 Census, New York, Jefferson County]
11 Nov. 1850, res. Twp 13N4E, Albert McComb 34 farmer NY, Phebe 31 NY, Mary 11 NY, William 8 NY, Zebulon 6 NY, John 4 NY, Eliza 1 IL, Edmund Badger 83 farmer MA [USA, 1850 Census, Illinois, Knox County]
14 July 1860, res. Bloomington Twp, Albert McCombs 45 farmer NY, Phebe 41 NY, Wm H 17 laborer NY, Zebulon H 15 NY, John 12 NY, Caleb 7 NY, Eliza J 6 NY, Emma E 4 IL, Francis 11m IA [USA, 1860 Census, Iowa, Muscatine County]
29 Aug. 1870, res. Iowa Twp, A McCombs 56 farmer NY, Phoeba 53 NY, John 22 NY, Jane 19 IL, Caleb 18 IL, Emma 14 IL, Francis M 11 IA, Julia 8 IA [USA, 1870 Census, Iowa, Cedar County]
27 June 1880, res. Noble Twp, Vermillion, Alfred Macomb 64 wagon maker NY, Priscilla 56 NY, Julia E 16 IA [USA, 1880 Census, Kansas, Marshall County]
1885, res. Centralia, Albert McCombs 70 laborer NY, Pheobe 65 NY [Kansas, 1885 Census, Nemaha County]
21 Oct. 1892, A. M. McCombs died on 19th at the home of his daughter Mrs. James McCaig. "For the last quarter of a century physical infirmity has retired him from the busier walks of men". [Kansas, Centralia, Centralia Journal]
1895, res. Centralia, James McCaig 39 farmer OH, J E 32 IA, Andy 12 KS, Roy 10 KS, Nora 8 KS, Laura 6 KS, Ella 4 KS, Albert 1 KS, mother P McCombes 73 NY [Kansas, 1895 Census, Nemaha County]
5 June 1900, res. Home Twp, Centralia, James McCaig 46 railroad section hand IA, Julia 37 IA, Andy 17 KS, Roy 15 KS, Nora 13 KS, Lora 11 KS, Ellen 9 KS, Albert 7 KS, Claude 2 KS, mL Phoebe McCombs 80 wd NY [USA, 1900 Census, Kansas, Nemaha County]
17 Feb. 1905, "Grandmother McComb" died 9 Feb. 1905 at the home of her daughter Mrs. James M. McCaig. Born 12 June 1819 in Jefferson Co., New York, married 8 Jan. 1838 to Albert McComb, she moved to Illinois in 1848, to Iowa in 1856, and to Kansas in 1879. Her husband died 19 Oct. 1892. Children are Mrs. Mary M. Stanley of Iowa, William H. McComb (residence unknown), Zebulon H. McComb of Colorado, John F. McComb of California, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Biggle who "died in Centralia 20 years ago", Caleb M. McComb of California, Lemuel (who died at age 2), Mrs. Emma E. Rhodes of Nebraska, Mrs. Francis Owens of Goffs, Kansas, and Mrs. Julia McCaig of Centralia. Previously a Quaker, was a member of the Methodist Church. [Kansas, Centralia, Centralia Journal]
John A. McCombs (1785-1840)
1819-1824, John A. McCombs and John A. McCoombs both appear in the membership records [New York, Champion, Champion Baptist Church]
1820, res. Champion, John McCombs, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 16-25, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 females 10-15, 2 females 0-9 [USA, 1820 Census, New York, Jefferson County]
1830, res. Champion, John McCombs, 1 male 40s, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 40s, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 5-9 [USA, 1830 Census, New York, Jefferson County]
Samuelson, Dale, "McComb/McCooms", Jefferson County Genealogical Society Informer, Nov. 2001, p. 5-7. The author makes a strong case that John A. McCombs was the father of Albert McCombs.
Joseph McCombs: m. Elizabeth Batt (c1750-1843)
Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 18491918-1924, Joseph MacComb & Eliza[beth] Batt, marriage certificate 15 Dec. 1782; Joseph MacCombe, son of J., bap. Aug. 1785 at North Church; Elizabeth McCoomb, widow of Joseph, d. 22 June 1843, age 93 years.
Samuelson, Dale, "McComb/McCooms", Jefferson County Genealogical Society Informer, Nov. 2001, p. 5-7. The author makes a reasonable but still conjectural case that John's father was Joseph McCombs.
Robert Oscar McCombs (1897-1953): m. Wyona Evelyn Crosby (1908-1993)
27 June 1900, res. Sidney Pct, Sidney, Zebulon H McCombs 55 blacksmith NY, Kate 46 PA, Willet 18 railroad section hand IA, Alice 10 NE, Edith 7 NE, Robert O 2 NE, Isabelle Vogel 22 CO, Clarence 19 day laborer CO, Ida M 14 CO [USA, 1900 Census, Nebraska, Cheyenne County]
23 Apr. 1910, res. Denver, Pct 12, 15th Ward, 4465 W 30th St, Kate McCombs 58 wd PA, Ida Vogel 24 office girl CO, stepson Bert McCombs 12 NE [USA, 1910 Census, Colorado, Denver County]
1916, "McCombs Kate M Mrs, r 3605 Raleigh; ... McCombs Robert, florist C F Maler, r 3605 Raleigh" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1917, "McCombs Bert C florist C F Maler r 3605 Raleigh; ... McCombs Kate Mrs r 3605 Raleigh" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1918, "McCombs Bert C florist C F Maler r 3605 Raleigh; ... McCombs Kate Mrs r 3605 Raleigh" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
12 Sep. 1918, Robert Oscar McCombs, 4331 W 33 Ave, Denver, b. 11 Oct. 1898, florist for C.F. Maler at 8914 W 29 Ave, Denver, mother Kate McCombs at 4331 W 33 Ave, Denver [USA, World War I Draft Registrations]
1919, "McCombs Kate Mrs r 4531 W 33d av; ... McCombs Robert florist r 4531 W 33d av" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1920, "McComb Robt O helper Wensley Metal Products Co r 1376 Pearl" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1922, "McCombs Robt O MP opr Highland Gardens Theatre 3217 Zuni" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1927, "McCombs Robt (Peggy) florist Highlands Greenhouses h 3 2937 Champa" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1928, "McCombs Robt (Peggy) h 1223 30th" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1929, "McCombs Robt O lab City Park r 1223 30th" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1930, "McCombs Robt O (Peggy E) m p opr Plaza Theatre h 195 S Kalamath" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
16 Apr. 1930, res. 121 Cherokee St, Denver, Robert O McCombs 32 moving picture operator NE, Peggy E 21 OR, Robert E 4y3m CO, David S 2y1m CO [USA, 1930 Census, Colorado, Denver County]
1931, "McCombs Floyd E m p opr Plaza Theatre r 2100 W 46th av; ... McCombs Robt O (Peggy E) h 2100 W 46th av" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1932, "McCombs Robt O (Peggy E) m p opr Palace Theatre h 4633 Vallejo" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1933, "McCombs Robt O (Peggy E) m p opr h 61 Elati" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1934, "McCombs Robt O (Peggy E) m p opr Plaza Theatre h 1702 Lowell" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1935, "McCombs Robt O (Peggy E) mp opr Plaza Theatre h 1702 Lowell" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1936, "McCombs Robt O (Peggy E) mp opr Plaza Theatre h 1702 Lowell" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
10 Sep. 1936, "South Side. Mr. and Mrs. McCombs and two children of Denver, Colo., spent from Tuesday until Sunday morning at the home of C.E. Hadley. they came to take their son, Bobby, home. Mr. McCombs is a brother of Mrs. Hadley. ... Mrs. C.E. Hadley, Edna and Ella, Mrs. McCombs and children spent Thursday at the C.E. McKinney home. Bobby McCombs stayed all night with Charles McKinney." [Colorado, Steamboat Springs, Steamboat Pilot]
1940, res. Newport, Robert McCombs 42 laborer NE, Peggy 31 OR, Robert E Jr 14 CO, David 12 CO, Patricia 9 CO, at Denver CO in 1935 [USA, 1940 Census, Oregon, Lincoln County]
Zebulon Hall McCombs (1845-1909): 1m. Mary Elizabeth Ledwith (1854-1897), 2m. Catherine Elizabeth Porter (1852-1927)
17 June 1870, res. Denver, Zebulon McCombs 25 blacksmith NY [USA, 1870 Census, Colorado, Arapahoe County]
28 Dec. 1874, Z.H. McCombs & Mary E. Ledwith married at the "residence of the bride's father" by minister J.H. Decker, license dated 22 Dec. 1874 [Iowa, Cedar County, Marriage Registrations]
1 July 1880, res. Brighton Twp, Marne, Zeblon McCombs 35 blacksmith NY, Mary E 25 NY, Maude M 4 IA, Ida A 2 IA, Oral 1m IA [USA, 1880 Census, Iowa, Cass County]
1885, res. Shelby, Plateau St., Z H McCombs 39 blacksmith NY, M E 30 NY, Ida 6 Poweshiek Co IA, M M 8 Poweshiek Co IA, O E 4 Shelby Co IA, L W 3 Shelby Co IA [Iowa, 1885 Census, Shelby County]
23 Oct. 1897, "The wife of Z. H. McCombs died from child birth on Tuesday of this week, and was burried from the Methodist church on Wednesday." [Nebraska, Sidney, Sidney Telegraph]
15 May 1899, Zebulon H. McCombs & Kate Vogel married at Denver by minister H.W. Pinkham. [Colorado, Denver County, Marriage Registrations]
date??, two unmarked McCombs graves in section 01 [Nebraska, Sidney, Greenwood Cemetery, Records]
27 June 1900, res. Sidney Pct, Sidney, Zebulon H McCombs 55 blacksmith NY, Kate 46 PA, Willet 18 railroad section hand IA, Alice 10 NE, Edith 7 NE, Robert O 2 NE, Isabelle Vogel 22 CO, Clarence 19 day laborer CO, Ida M 14 CO [USA, 1900 Census, Nebraska, Cheyenne County]
1903, "McCombs Zebulon H, blksmith, r 2745 Decatur" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1904, "Chinn & McCombs (Cuthbert H Chinn and Zebulon H McCombs), blksmiths, 2569 Lake Pl; ... McCombs Zebulon H (Chinn & McCombs), r 2745 Decatur" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1905, "McCombs Zebulon H, blksmith, 2121 W 26th av, r 2745 Decatur" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1906, "McCombs Zebulon H, blksmith M O'Donnell, r 2745 Decatur" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1907, "McCombs Zebulon H, blksmith, r 2745 Decatur" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1908, "McCombs Zebulon H, blksmith C H Chinn, r 2745 Decatur" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1909, "McCombs Zebulon H, blksmith J Berger, r 2745 Decatur" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
30 Dec. 1909, death notice of Zebulon H. McCombs, of 2745 Decatur, funeral from home Friday morning, interment Crown Hill. [Colorado, Denver, Denver Post]
1910, "McCombs Kate Mrs, r 4465 W 30th av" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
23 Apr. 1910, res. Denver, Pct 12, 15th Ward, 4465 W 30th St, Kate McCombs 58 wd PA, Ida Vogel 24 office girl CO, stepson Bert McCombs 12 NE [USA, 1910 Census, Colorado, Denver County]
1911, "McCombs Kate M Mrs, r 4465 W 30th av" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1912, "McCombs Kate M E Mrs, r 4465 W 30th av" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1913, "McCombs Kate M E Mrs, r 4613 W Hayward Pl" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1914, "McCombs Kate M Mrs, r 4613 W Hayward Pl" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1915, "McCombs Kate M Mrs, r 3605 Raleigh" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1915, "Other early settlers and business men of Shelby were: ... Z.H. McCombs ..." [Edward S. White, Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, 1:253-254]
1916, "McCombs Kate M Mrs, r 3605 Raleigh; ... McCombs Robert, florist C F Maler, r 3605 Raleigh" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1917, "McCombs Bert C florist C F Maler r 3605 Raleigh; ... McCombs Kate Mrs r 3605 Raleigh" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1918, "McCombs Bert C florist C F Maler r 3605 Raleigh; ... McCombs Kate Mrs r 3605 Raleigh" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
12 Sep. 1918, Robert Oscar McCombs, 4331 W 33 Ave, Denver, b. 11 Oct. 1898, florist for C.F. Maler at 8914 W 29 Ave, Denver, mother Kate McCombs at 4331 W 33 Ave, Denver [USA, World War I Draft Registrations]
1919, "McCombs Kate Mrs r 4531 W 33d av; ... McCombs Robert florist r 4531 W 33d av" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1920, "McCombs Kate Mrs r 3007 Hooker" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
5 Jan. 1920, res. Denver, 3007 Hooker St, Kate M E McCombs 67 wd PA, Ida M Vogel 32 bookkeeper CO [USA, 1920 Census, Colorado, Denver County]
1921, "McCombs Kate Mrs r 3007 Hooker" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1922, "McCombs Kate M Mrs r 3007 Hooker" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1923, "McCombs Kate M (wid Z H) r 3007 Hooker" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1924, "McCombs Kate M (wid G H) r 3007 Hooker" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1925, "McCombs Kate Mrs h 3007 Hooker" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
1926, "McCombs Kate (wid Z H) h 3007 Hooker" [Colorado, Denver, Denver City Directory]
4 Feb. 1927, death notice of Mrs. Kate McComb, at 3007 Hooker St, mother of Ida Kluge, Isabel McEvy, Charles, Clarence, and William Vogel, interment Crown Hill. [Colorado, Denver, Denver Post]
1927, inscription in Lot 19: "Mother Kate McCombs Dec. 29, 1852 - Feb. 1, 1927"; records: Zebulon McCombs buried 31 Dec. 1909 in an unmarked grave, Lot 26 [Colorado, Wheat Ridge, Crown Hill Cemetery]
