Sarah Elizabeth (Chrisman) Combs (1846 - 1931)

Born 20 Dec 1846 in Panola, Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of James Ennis Combs — married 26 Jan 1871 in Isaac Chrisman home, Estill County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1931 at age 84 in Brassfield, Madison County, Kentucky

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Biography

Sarah, daughter of Isaac Chrisman and Sophia Harris, was born on December 20, 1846 in Knob Lick, Kentucky. She was the sister of John Henry, William Harris, Marilda Jane, and Thomas Jefferson Chrisman. Sarah married James Combs of Madison County, Kentucky, on January 26, 1871. (Sarah's brother, William Harris Chrisman, married James Combs' sister, Julia.) James and Sarah were married at her parents' home in Estill County. They lived on Gum Bottom road in Madison County, near Brassfield, Kentucky. James was a farmer.

Sarah and James had 8 children: Ennis, Allie, Leslie, Jennie, William B., Steven Edgar "Ed", Wesley G., and John L. Combs. After the death of her husband, Sarah lived for some time with her son, John, and his wife, and also with her daughter, Allie and husband Ninevah Todd. Sarah died in 1931 and is buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Panola, Kentucky.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M65M-1XB : accessed 26 Oct 2014), Sarah E Chrisman in household of Isaac Chrisman, Estill county, Estill, Kentucky, United States; citing family 126, NARA microfilm publication M432.
• "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZBF-BXF : accessed 6 February 2015), Sarah E Chrisman in household of Isac Chrisman, , Estill, Kentucky, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 144, household ID 968, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,365.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7B-JPW : accessed 13 September 2015), Sarah E Crisman in household of Isaac Crisman, Kentucky, United States.
• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCZD-BKL : accessed 11 Nov 2014), Sarah Combs in household of James Combs, Magisterial District 5 Yates, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 474B, NARA microfilm publication T9, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1254431.
• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9H8-ZGP : accessed 11 Nov 2014), Sarah Combs in household of James Combs, Magisterial District 5, Yates (part), Bearwallow Precincts, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1240541.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26D-H1F : accessed 19 February 2016), Sarah Combs in household of Jim Combs, Brassfield, Madison, Kentucky.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHG5-LRP : accessed 20 February 2016), Sarah E Combs in household of John L Combs, Brassfield, Madison, Kentucky, United States.
• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMFW-PB1 : accessed 22 December 2014), Sarah Combs in household of Ninevah G Todd, Yates, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0013, sheet 2A, family 32, line 20, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 769; FHL microfilm 2,340,504.
• "Isaac Chrisman Family Record" by James Edward Chrisman, 2013.
• Sarah Combs in Kentucky Death Records