Elizabeth HOLCOMBE

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• Reference Number: H10929
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• LifeSketch: ; Was born in Vinton, Gallia county, January 4, 1822. His father, Samuel R. Holcomb, moved into Huntington township in April, 1805, carrying all his household goods on a horse behind him. He lived in a tent until they erected a log cabin; in the same year h
• LifeSketch: ; Was born in Vinton, Gallia county, January 4, 1822. His father, Samuel R. Holcomb, moved into Huntington township in April, 1805, carrying all his household goods on a horse behind him. He lived in a tent until they erected a log cabin; in the same year h
• Name: Edward W Tupper HOLCOMB
• Name: Edward W. T. HOLCOMB
• Reference Number: H10901
• _UID: C6393B54861C44E2A4F40DED38B079E32CCB
• Residence: 1850, Huntington Township, Gallia, Ohio
• Residence: 1870, Huntington Township, Gallia, Ohio
• Census: 1880, Huntington, Gallia Co., Ohio
• Residence: 1880, Huntington Township, Gallia, Ohio

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Was born in Vinton, Gallia county, January 4, 1822. His father, Samuel R. Holcomb, moved into Huntington township in April, 1805, carrying all his household goods on a horse behind him. He lived in a tent until they erected a log cabin; in the same year he started a settlement on the very ground where Vinton now stands. He continued to reside in the neighborhood until his death, which took place in the year 1867, at the age of 90 years. He was a native of Columbia county, New York. He was representative several terms in the Ohio legislature; was also sheriff of the county for eighteen years, besides holding several other county offices, among them county commissioner and treasurer. He was a brigadier-general in the late war, and he was also elected a presidential elector.

During his life he accumulated considerable property, gave his children a good schooling, and he enjoyed a good reputation in Huntington township. He raised a family of ten children; two died in early life. A. T. Holcomb, the eldest of the family, died in his seventy-seventh year; he was also a man of some note, having been elected to the legislature of his native State three terms; he was a legal gentleman; both himself and wife were of the hardy pioneer class. Sarah (Ewing) Holcomb, the mother of Edward, died in 1850, aged 68 years. Edward Holcomb and Elizabeth Mitchell were married in Vinton, February 23, 1847. She is a native of England, a daughter of John and Mary Mitchell, both of whom are deceased. The children of this union are: Victoria, born December 12, 1847; Chauncey, September 4, 1849; Elizabeth, August 17, 1853; Walter, March 20, 1856; they all reside in Vinton. Mr. Holcomb was elected trustee of Huntington township in 1862. His son-in-law, C. Fogg, was a soldier in the late war; he enlisted in the 38th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Winchester, July 24, 1864, and he died from the effect of his wound, April 26, 1882; he was an invalid pensioner. He leaves a wife and two children. Mr. Holcomb is engaged in farming in Huntington township.

His address is Vinton, Gallia county, Ohio. [SOURCE: History of Gallia County: Containing A Condensed History of the County; Biographical Sketches; General Statistics, Miscellaneous Matters, &c; James P. Averill; Hardesty & CO., Publishers, Chicago and Toledo. 1882. - Tr. by GT Team]

Edward married Elizabeth MITCHEL. Elizabeth (daughter of John S. MITCHEL and Mary LORD) was born on 14 Nov 1814 in England; died on 29 Mar 1901 in Gallia, Ohio; was buried in Old Holcomb Cemetery, Huntington Twp., Gallia, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: ; Find a Grave Index:
• Name: Samuel Robert HOLCOMB
• Name: Samuel Robert HOLCOMB
• Reference Number: H1258
• _UID: DA73F289D8CF4DE4BE3C3BF5E8E6643B37AD
• Residence: 1830, Greenbrier, Virginia
• Residence: 1850, Greenbrier, Virginia
• Residence: 1850, Huntington, Gallia, Ohio
• Residence: 1860, Huntington Township, Gallia, Ohio

Samuel married Sarah "Sallie" EWING on 16 Jan 1802 in Galliopolis, Gallia, Ohio. Sarah was born on 2 Apr 1782 in Greenbrier, West Virginia; died on 26 Sep 1850 in Vinton, Gallia, Ohio; was buried in Holcomb Cemetry, Gallia, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Sallie
• Reference Number: H10894
• _UID: B3350AA5F3A642499EA8FBC56F168FE0B522

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John married Mary LORD on 11 Jan 1814 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. Mary was born on 21 Dec 1791 in England; died on 5 Jun 1873 in Ohio; was buried in Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MilitaryService: New York; American Revolution
• Occupation: ; Sheriff and Member of Ohio State Legislature
• Reference Number: H1231
• _UID: AE133464E4A3440BAFDB40A5F934A8097CAC
• Residence: 1790, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York
• MilitaryService: 1812; General War of 1812

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an American Revolutionary Soldier
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Zephaniah Holcomb, the son of Return Holcomb and Jerusha Adams.

Zephaniah Holcomb died in Otsego County, New York. He married (1) in Columbia County, New York in 1772 Tryphena Niles, and they had four children, all born in Spencertown. She died in Columbia County, New York April 1777. He married (2) on 10 June 1779 Mehitable Wetmore, born 7 Nov 1759, died 2 September 1836, and they had eleven children.

Zephaniah Holcomb served seven years in the American Revolution, having become Assistant Paymaster in the command of General George Washington after having entered the army as a private in Captain Abner Hawley's Company, 8th Regiment, Albany County, New York militia. He is recorded in the 1790 U.S. Census of Hillsdale, Columbia County, as head of a family of two males over 16, five males under 16, and two females. Zephaniah Holcomb is enumerated in the town of Butternuts in 1800 and is found in a neighborhood several miles south of Barnabas Kinney, along the lower end of the Butternut Creek. He is referred to as "Capt. Holcomb" on the Tax Assessment records, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and General Store records 1802. He also appears in another General Store record for 1815, 1816, 1817 along with his son Abner.

Zephaniah removed from Butternuts, Otsego, Co, NY to Norwich County, NY, some time after 1817, where he is enumerated on the 1820 US Census in Norwich, Chenango Co, NY.

After Zephaniah's death, in March 1822,nearly all of his children had moved to other parts of New York and/or Gallia County, Ohio.

He may be buried somewhere in Norwich, most likely on the family farm. A relative wrote and said he was here.

https://www.ewingfamilyassociation.org/books/JamesEwingOfPocahontas/jasbook_Vol2/Jas1721v2Ch02.htm

Zephaniah married Tryphenia NILES on 10 Oct 1771 in Spencertown, Columbia, New York. Tryphenia (daughter of Nathaniel NILES and Sarah HOLMES) was born on 19 Aug 1750 in Chenango County (Chenango), New York; died in Apr 1777 in Spencertown, Columbia, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Tryhena NILES
• Reference Number: H1251
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