Hiram Holcomb (1806 - 1895)

Born 5 Jan 1806 in Canton Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Wilcox) Holcomb — married 31 Aug 1823 in Leroy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1895 at age 89 in Leroy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Katrina Lawson [send private message]

Biography

Hiram Holcomb, the son of Sterling and Elizabeth (Stone) Holcomb was born 5 June 1806 in Pennsylvania, probably in Canton.

The 1810 census of his father, in Canton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania lists three boys under ten years of age, one of whom would most likely have been Hiram.^[1] And he is certainly one of the two boys between 10 and 15 on his father's 1820 census.^[2]

He married Polly Wilcox, probably 31 August 1823.^[3] We do know that the family was well established in Canton by 1830, with two daughters under five years old.^[4]

The 1840 census shows that Hiram and Polly had moved their family to nearby Leroy, about a three hour walk from Canton, and that the family had grown. In all, there was one daughter under five, one daughter under ten, and two daughters under fifteen. His parents and several brothers are also enumerated in Leroy, so it is likely they all moved at about the same time.^[5]

By 1850, their eldest daughters, Aurilla and Betsey, were already married, but there were still five children at home, and they were still working on the farm in Leroy.^[6] Ten years later, only the two youngest, Samantha and George, remained at home with them.^[7]

Hiram had retired from farming by 1870, and the couple were living in Burlington with their daughter Laurissa and her husband, but they had returned to Leroy by 1880, where Hiram was working as a laborer.^[8][9]

Hiram died on the 21st day of January, 1895, at the age of 88. ^{[3] [10]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2B-2WG : accessed 4 February 2022), Sterling Holcomb, Canton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 724, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 49; FHL microfilm 193,675. This entry lists three males under 10; one male, age 26-44, two females under 10; and one female, age 26-44.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYD-9KNS?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-9T9%3A1586985402%2C1586985814%2C1586985026 : 16 July 2015), Pennsylvania > Bradford > Springfield > image 1 of 2, Starling Holcomb, Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 101A, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} James H. Holcombe, "Holcombe Family Genealogy," database, Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut, (https://www.holcombegenealogy.com/g0/p75.htm#i3728 : accessed 4 Feb 2022), Hiram Holcombe (1806-1895); citing Peggy R. Rogers, "Ancestry of Betsey Holcombe," e-mail message from e-mail address (700 Port St. #4111, Eston, MD) to James H. Holcombe, 12 February 2011.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPR-7DM : 20 February 2021), Hyram Hocum, Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 131, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 145; FHL microfilm 20,619.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY8-2DF : 5 October 2021), Hiram Holcomb, Leroy Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 304, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 443; FHL microfilm 20,537.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44G-SWB : 21 December 2020), Hiram Holcomb, Leroy Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 51, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 756, p 67A.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPY-5RD : 18 February 2021), Hiram Holcomb, 1860.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZLR-XYT : 29 May 2021), Hiram Holcomb in entry for A M Swain, 1870.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWX7-J1G : 14 January 2022), Hiram Holcomb, Leroy Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,104.
10. ↑ Alice (Weatherwax) Hoagland, (Plainville, Kansas) to “Dearest Sister” (Myrta (Hoagland) Lingle), letter, 24 January 1904; held by Katrina (Rounsefell) Lawson.

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Holcomb-285 created through the import of Dan Garvin_s Family Tree-2.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Dan Garvin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dan and others.