He is married to Abigail Frances Wood.
They got married in the year 1864, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
Household Record 1880 United States Census
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Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Perry COMBEST Self M Male W 40 IL Farmer KY KY
A. F. COMBEST Wife M Female W 37 RI Keeping House RI RI
J. A. COMBEST Son S Male W 13 IL Farming IL IL
R. E. COMBEST Son S Male W 10 IL At Home IL IL
L. M. COMBEST Dau S Female W 7 IL IL IL
William R. COMBEST Son S Male W 4 IL IL RI
W. P. COMBEST Son S Male W 2 IL IL RI
COMBEST Son S Male W 1 IL IL RI
C. A. SPEAKER SDau S Female W 15 RI IL RI
Clarrie SPEAKER SDau S Female W 7 IL IL RI
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Source Information:
Census Place Oconee, Shelby, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254251
NA Film Number T9-0251
Page Number 137D
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[combest.FTW][Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Dec 26, 1999]Perry was a farmer, as was his father. He also worked in the coal mines ne ar Pana, Illinois. Perry cultivated the land with the help of his famil y. The Combest farm produced much fruit, as shown by the following item wh ich appeared in the newspaper on 12 August, 1902:"I want to sell my entire crop of apples as they stand in the orchard 4-1 /2 miles south of Pana and will receive sealed bids up to 3:00pm Saturda y, August 16. There are about 3,800 bearing trees and the crop of apples w ill run from 3,000 to 7,000 bushels.Perry Combest, Pana."
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Abigail Frances Wood |
Commodore Perry Combest
Birth: Oct. 17, 1836
Kentucky, USA
Death: Oct. 25, 1920
Missouri, USA
Commodore "Perry" Combest, fifth son of James and Nancy Bowmer Combest. Husband of Abigail Wood Speaker and father of fourteen children.
Family links:
Parents:
James Combest (1804 - 1866)
Nancy Bowmer Combest (1812 - 1851)
Spouse:
Abigail Speaker Wood Combest (1842 - 1914)*
Children:
Gilla Frances Combest Wood (1868 - 1947)
Robert Eugene Combest (1870 - 1952)
Lillian May Combest Hamblen (1873 - 1946)
Albert Galatin Combest (1879 - 1939)
Charles Riley Combest (1882 - 1935)
Anna Gertrude Combest Hinton (1883 - 1959)
Arthur Cleveland Combest (1885 - 1919)
Burial:
Oconee Mound Cemetery
Oconee
Shelby County
Illinois, USA
Created by: cannaladi
Record added: Oct 04, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11882463