Roan Holcomb (1856 - 1930)

Born 1856 in Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 1930 at about age 74 in Lindsay, Tulare County, California, United States

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Biography

Roan was born in 1856 in Georgia. He married Eliza Ready about 1879 and they had a family. They seemed to move around quite a bit. In 1880, he, his young wife, and their oldest child were living in Denton, Texas. He was a farmer.^[1] In 1893, their son Frank was born in Wichita, Texas.^[2] By 1910, they were in Oklahoma where Roan continued as a farmer.^[3] By about 1920, they had settled in Northern California.^[4][5] Roan passed away in Lindsay, California in 1930. He is buried with Emma.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNQ-JN5 : 14 November 2020), Roand Holcomb, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 108, sheet 182C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,300.
2. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L8N-692M : 14 February 2020), Roan Holcomb in entry for Frank Holcomb, 1893.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7T-ZFX : accessed 13 February 2021), Roan Holcomb, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 13B, family 226, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1243; FHL microfilm 1,375,256.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHS-CTS : 31 January 2021), Roan Holcomb, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6B-T6T : accessed 13 February 2021), Roan Holcomb, Lindsay, Tulare, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 7B, line 51, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 226; FHL microfilm 2,339,961.
6. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-3VZK : 9 December 2020), Roan Holcomb, 1930; citing 23600, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,049.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23T-1H86 : 11 July 2020), Roan A. Holcomb, 1930; Burial, , ; citing record ID