Bruce Levi Combs (1881 - 1943)

Born 14 May 1881 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Son of [father unknown] and Lucy Ellen (Combs) Call

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1943 at age 62 in Matoaka, Mercer, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Bruce was born in 1881. He passed away in 1943.

Sources

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDH-ZH6 : 24 August 2019), Bruce Levi Combs, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSS-65V : accessed 12 May 2020), Bruce L Combs, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 182, sheet 16A, family 289, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1135; FHL microfilm 1,375,148.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVZ-4RQ : accessed 12 May 2020), Brace Combs, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 189, sheet 4A, line 42, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1329; FHL microfilm 1,821,329.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37P-MCH : accessed 12 May 2020), Bruce L Combs, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 6B, line 61, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1729; FHL microfilm 2,341,463.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW7J-7LW : 14 February 2020), Bruce L Combs, Wilkesboro Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97-35, sheet 11B, line 63, family 147, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2988.

• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM12-GGT : 10 March 2018), Bruce Levi Combs, 14 Nov 1943; citing Matoaka, Mercer Co., West Virginia, County Records, v 6 p 37, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 804,479.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 May 2020), memorial page for Bruce Levi Combs (14 May 1881–14 Nov 1943), Find a Grave Memorial no. 87346905, citing Fishing Creek Arbor Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Lynn (contributor 46935817) .

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Private Church and Brenda (Eller) Pilkenton, third cousins once removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Levi Combs and Mary (Moore) Combs, the third great grandparents of Private Church and second great grandparents of Brenda (Eller) Pilkenton. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Third Cousin, based on sharing 42 cM across 3 segments.