Francis Marion Combs (1848 - 1919)

Born 8 May 1848 in Morgan County, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Flora Arbella (Hixson) Combs — married 14 Nov 1875 in Taylor County, Iowa

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Cumley) Abbott — married 5 Dec 1912 (to 28 Apr 1919) in Union, Iowa

Died 28 Apr 1919 at age 70 in Spencer, McCook County, South Dakota

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Biography

Sources

• Census 1850 Morgan County, Ohio
• Census 1860 Morgan County, Ohio
• Census 1870 Henry County, Illinois
• Census 1880 Taylor County, Iowa
• Census 1885 & 1895 State Census Taylor County, Iowa
• Census 1900 Census Taylor County, Iowa
• Census 1910 McCook County, South Dakota
• Marriage Book 3 page 294 Taylor County, Iowa
• Combs, F.M. loaded his car of household goods and implements last week and left for their new home in South Dakota. They will locate near Farmer, South Dakota. We are sorry to see this estimable family leave Taylor co [Iowa]. They have the well wishes of their many friends here. GRAVITY INDEPENDENT Gravity, Iowa. BEDFORD FREE PRESS, Bedford, Iowa, 08 Nov 1906

• Find A Grave memorial page for Francis Marion “Frank” Combs (8 May 1848–28 Apr 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #116243376, citing Green Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA.

• Obituary - ~ obituary of "Frank" Combs was in the New Market Herald, May 12, 1921, reprinted from the original obituary in the Spencer, SDak News.

Frank M. Combs was born in Morgan County, Ohio on May 8, 1848, and died Thursday April 28, 1921, aged 70 years, 11 months, and 20 days. In 1863, he, with his parents, moved to Illinois where they resided ten years and in 1873 moved onto a farm in Taylor County, Iowa. On Nov 14, 1875 Mr Combs was united in marriage to Miss Flory Rbelle Hixon. To this union six daughters were born: Nettie May Rogers who died at the age of 39 years, Alta Alvena Combs, who died when 7 years old. Ida Viola Young, Bessie M. Cozine, Blanche Ellen Young, and Beulah Olive Fast. Flory Rbelle Combs passed away on Feb 6, 1910, and on the 5th day of December, 1912, Mr Combs and Mrs Marie Eighmy, of New Market, Iowa, were united in marriage. The latter survives her husband and has done much in making the last years of a useful life comfortable and pleasant. In the fall of 1906 the family purchased and moved upon a farm three miles north of Farmer, S.D., where they resided until in 1916, when Mr Combs, having sold the farm, bought a residence in Spencer and he and wife came to this city where he spent the remainder of his days. He was one of a family of thirteen children of whom but two brothers and one sister remain livings. [Note from Pat O'Dell - Mrs Marie Eighmy was Mary Elizabeth Cumley Eighmy Combs Abbott]

Combs, Frank Marion - At 3:15 this [Thursday] morning Frank M. Combs passed away at his home in Spencer [South Dakota] after an illness of over two months duration, from cancer of the liver and stomach during which time he has been a severe but patient sufferer. His natural ambition kept him up and around until the past few weeks when he became so weakened from inability to take nourishment that he was obliged to remain confined to his home and bed. The nature of his malady was such that a cure was impossible and the skill of the best physicians has been employed to make his last days as free from suffering and as comfortable as possible.

He was a good and true husband, a devoted and loving father and an exemplary citizen, who commanded the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. His sorrowing widow and all his surviving children were at his bedside when the end came and witnessed the passing of a long and useful life - a life that has made the world better for his having lived in it.

During the five years he has resided in Spencer he has made many friends who have found him a genial and generous neighbor all that constitutes a desirable citizen.

The funeral will be held from the Baptist church in Spencer on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock after which the remains will be laid to rest in the family burial lot at Alexandria. Mrs Samuel Bowerman, sister of the deceased and Elmer Eighmy, Mrs Combs' son, are expected to arrive from New Market, Iowa today for the last sad rites.