Carlo Combs (1839 - 1927)

Born 14 Apr 1839 in Jeff, Perry, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Combs — married 12 Feb 1862 in Perry, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Mary Ann (Hall) Combs — married about 1907 in Perry, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1927 at age 88 in Jeff, Perry, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Private Carlo Combs served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: Mar 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 14th Kentucky Cavalry

Carlo was born on April 14, 1839, in Jeff, Kentucky, to Farmer Tarleton Combs and his wife Elizabeth Ison.^[1]

On February 12, 1862, he married Margaret Combs in Perry County, Kentucky,^[2] and while Margaret was still pregnant with their son, Harrison, Carlo enlisted in the Union Army sometime after the summer of 1862 in Viper, Kentucky.^[3]

Carlo served as a private in Company M of the 14th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, which was part of the larger XXIII Corps.^[4] He served alongside his brothers Ira and Harrison in hunting down Confederate Guerrillas in the Mountains of Eastern Kentucky throughout the war, and by March 24, 1864, Carlo's unit had been fully mustered out following the end of hostilities in the Kentucky theater of the War.^[3][5]

Upon returning home, Carlo and his wife Margaret would have five more children, Sarah, Ella, Catherine, Elizabeth, and Dulcenia.^[6][7] Following the death of his wife Margaret in 1905, Carlo married again to Mary Ann Hall, widow of Sampson Brashear, on August 21, 1907, in Perry County, Kentucky.^[8]

Carlo later passed away on December 8, 1927, in Perry County, Kentucky, and was buried at the Ira Combs Cemetery, in Jeff, together with his first wife Margaret.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #107980063
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-JQ8M : 9 March 2021), Carlow Combs and Margaret Combs, 12 Feb 1862; citing Marriage, Perry, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 968,277.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census". ancestry.com
4. ↑ "Carlo Combs". National Park Service, Soldier Details
5. ↑ "14th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry". National Park Service, Battle Unit Details
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW1-BWS : 29 May 2021), Carlo Combs, 1870.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZG-RS6 : 14 January 2022), Corlaw Combs, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26R-MY4 : accessed 23 April 2022), Carlo Combs, Masons Creek, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 177, sheet 6B, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 500; FHL microfilm 1,374,513.