Abner Coombs (1794 - 1880)

Born 1 Dec 1794 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Mar 1880 at age 85 in Honey Creek, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Abner was born in 1794.^[1] He was the son of John Coombs and Hannah Moss.

Pastor of Community Baptist church of Honey Creek, Dec. 10, 1841-June 1847

"Rev. Coombs was born in Brunswick, ME, Dec. 1, 1794. He was converted when twenty-two years of age and married to Annstrus Melcher two years later. His ordination by the Sebec, Quarterly Meeting took place Sept. 22, 1830. Residing at Foxcroft, he organized a church there and at Sangerfield, and assisted in gathering several others. Removing to Wisconsin in 1842, he soon united with the Honey Creek church, and remained in it until his death, March 15, 1880. He was pastor of that church seven years, also for a time at Pike Grove and Wheatland, Sharon and other places also enjoyed his labors. He baptized 178 converts, was thoroughly evangelical and never swerved from the plain precepts of the Bible."^[2]

He married Antress Melcher in 1819.^[3] They had the following children:

1. Susanna Coombs^[4]
2. Angeline Coombs^[5]
3. Hannah Coombs^[6]
4. Albion Coombs^[7][8]
5. Lucette Coombs
6. Gilman Coombs^[9][10]
7. Lorenzo Coombs^[11]
8. Thankful Coomb
9. Mary Coombs
10. Mariah Coombs

He passed away in 1880.^[12][13]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-J9YN-4?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine. Town records v. 1-2, 1737-1831: organization of town, proceedings of meetings, intentions of marriages 1741-1838, marriages 1763-1836, births prior to 1834(?) and arranged in families, pew deeds, bills of sale, sheep and cattle marks, deaths 1742-1813
2. ↑ Free Baptist Cyclopedia, pub. 1889, by Burgess and Ward.
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Q-L7JD : 28 November 2018), Abner Coombs and Anstress Melcher, 09 Oct 1819; citing Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
4. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44T-DS6 : 14 January 2020), Abner Coombs in entry for Susanna M. Coombs, 1820.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44T-DSZ : 14 January 2020), Abner Coombs in entry for Angeline M. Coombs, 1823.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44T-FRZ : 14 January 2020), Abner Coombs in entry for Hannah M. Coombs, 1826.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F473-G9J : 14 January 2020), Abner Coombs in entry for Albion Coombs, 1829.
8. ↑ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X21T-277 : 10 March 2018), Abner Coombs in entry for Alion P Coombs, 1899; citing Death, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,651.
9. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRKN-HLJ : 30 January 2020), Abner Coombs in entry for Gilman M. Coombs, 1890.
10. ↑ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X211-BJC : 10 March 2018), Abner Coombs in entry for Gilman M. Coombs, 1905; citing Death, Rochester, Racine, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,652.
11. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRF-CGS : 23 February 2021), Abner Coombs in entry for Lorenzo D Coombs, 1909.
12. ↑ "Wisconsin Death Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJP3-8TB : 12 December 2014), Rev A Coombs, 15 Mar 1880; from "Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing p. 0145, volume 01, Walworth, Wisconsin, reel 130, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 April 2021), memorial page for Rev Abner Coombs (1 Dec 1794–15 Mar 1880), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #82964850, citing Honey Creek Cemetery, Rochester, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Whitney G (contributor 46897095) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DG-7Y9 : 23 December 2020), Abner Combs, Rochester, Racine, Wisconsin, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW97-2F1 : 18 February 2021), Abner Coombs, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNS3-KNQ : 2 January 2021), Abner Coombs in entry for Albion Coombs, 1870.