Born in Owsley, Kentucky, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Earle Bryan Combs Sr.
— married
23 Oct 1922 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Died
at age 87
in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2022
This page has been accessed 41 times.
Biography
Ruth was born on November 13, 1901, in Owsley County, Kentucky, to Charles Gillis McCollum and Susan Campbell.[1][2][3] On October 23, 1922 she married Earle Bryan Combs, in Lexington, Kentucky,[4] and together they had three children, Earl Jr, Charles, and Donald.[5] They lived together on their 400-acre farm in Madison County, Kentucky, until she passed away on September 13, 1989. She was buried at the Combs Cemetery in Pebworth beside her husband.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94849139/ruth-m.-combs
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2XM-BRH : accessed 14 April 2022), Ruth Mccallum in household of Charley G Mccallum, Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 164, sheet 14B, family 246, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 498; FHL microfilm 1,374,511.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP7-RM5 : 1 February 2021), Ruth McCallum in entry for Charles McCallum, 1920.
- ↑ Richmond Daily Register; Publication Date: 17/ Oct/ 1922; Publication Place: Richmond, Kentucky, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/173921501/?article=3141e395-ffc1-43fe-8848-d7a1a6228714&focus=0.31626645,0.33852,0.44231674,0.45911884&xid=3398
- ↑ Chicago Tribune; Publication Date: 22 Jul 1976; Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/383801909/?article=17d73502-010b-43c3-a498-7ca687df6323&focus=0.44795218,0.5960032,0.64390737,0.7485068&xid=3355
Is Ruth your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of Ruth's DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
No known carriers of Ruth's DNA have taken a DNA test. Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured German connections: Ruth is 21 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 24 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 23 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 23 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 23 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 25 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 25 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 18 degrees from Alexander Mack, 33 degrees from Carl Miele, 18 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 22 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 21 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
M > McCollum | C > Combs > Ruth (McCollum) Combs
Categories: Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky