Genealogy Wylie » Lt. (C.S.A.) James Marion Combest [Wk FwkmctBu]Wk8 (1833-1888)
Personal data Lt. (C.S.A.) James Marion Combest [Wk FwkmctBu]Wk8
- He was born on October 29, 1833 in Kentucky.
- He died on July 11, 1888 in Casey County, Kentucky, he was 54 years old.
- He is buried in Combest Cemetery, aside Combest Road, near Teddy, Casey County, Kentucky.Source 1
- A child of Austin Eden Combest and Margaret Combest
- This information was last updated on February 19, 2015.
Household of Lt. (C.S.A.) James Marion Combest [Wk FwkmctBu]Wk8
He is married to Georgia Ann Sloan.
They got married on January 17, 1853 at Casey County, Kentucky, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- Sarah W. Combest ± 1855-????
- Luticia Combest 1856-1940
- Mary Manderville Combest ± 1860-????
- Flora Pierce Paraise Combest ± 1872-????
Notes about Lt. (C.S.A.) James Marion Combest [Wk FwkmctBu]Wk8
[Rev. James Odell]"The [marriage] ceremony was held at the home of the bride's parents and w as performed by the Reverend James Baldock of Liberty, Kentucky" (Combe st Genealogy, p 372).
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[combest.FTW][Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Dec 26, 1999]According to his gravestone he was a Mason.I found the following family in the 1880 Soundex for Kentucky, listed asfollows:Combest, James M. 5 20Sheet 11 Line:29White Male Age: 46 Birthplace: KentuckyResidence; Casey CountyCombest, George Ann Wife 47 KentuckyLiberty M. Son 18Mary M. Dau 20Clint Son 16George M. Son 14Columbus son 12Erasmus G. son 10Flora P. dau 8John D. son 7There is a picture of James M. Combest's military grave marker at thecemetery at the end of Combest Road in Casey County, Kentucky in theCombest newsletter.The marker reads: James M COMBEST1ST LIEUT CO F & Kentucky CAVCIVIL WAROCT 1833 JUL 1888Here is the text of a letter written by J.M. Combest written home to aneighbor during the Civil War also contained in the newsletter:Clarksville, TennJan the 21st 1863Mr. G.W. Riggins (My parenthesis: George Washington Riggins ?Dear Sir I drop you a few lines to let you know I have not forgotenyou. We are in camp here. This town is on the bank of Cumberland riversome 50 miles below Nashville. We have had a peacible possession hereabout 4 weeks with exception of a skirmish or two in capturing some_________on the other side of the river about Sharlot and some littlepicket fitting. None of our boys got hurt.All though we are surrounded by dark clouds of war I hope that he whorules the destiny of nations will hasten this despart war to a close as Ithink it has lasted long enough. I hope to see the bright sunshine ofpeace spred over our land one more and we may all return home to ourfamilys and enjoy the peace the peace and hapiness we have injoid in pastdays. I would like to see all my old friends in Casey but I do not knowwhen I will see them. There is a fine boating tide in the river now. Iguess will be until summer again. Some two or three weeks ago there wasfive or six boats started for Nashville from this palce and was capturedby the rebels at the Sholes about 20 miles above here. Since ther was 18or 20 boats past up to Nashville. I have bu little time to rite. I mustcome to a clsoe. Give my respects to all the good people of the SouthFork,. Pleas rite to me if you can spair the time.J.M. CombestDirect your letter to Lt. Combest, Clarksville, Tenn, 8th Kentucky Cavalry .These few lines leaves me in the best of helth hoping they may find youand family enjoying the same.In "Men, Women, Events, Institutions, and Lore of Casey County, Kentuck y" by W.M. Watkins, published 1939, page 175, is a record of the fami ly of James Combest and his wife Ann Sloan (who are James Marion and Georg ia Ann Sloan Combest). This account also mentions, "The children of Rile y, brother of James are as follows..." and lists the names of the childr en William Riley and Delila Sloan Combest.The parents of James Marion Combest are recorded in the family Bible of Li berty Madison Combest (a son of James Marion Combest) as: Father, Austin E den Combest, died TN; and Mother, Margaret Combest, died Casey County, Ken tucky (A copy of this Bible record is on file in the Kentucky Historical S ociety, Frankfort, KentuckyMattie Combest, wife of Liberty Madison Combest, told her grandson, Lew is Combest, Attorney, that the father of James Marion Combest was Austin E den, a mule trader from TN.Carrie Combest, wife of Dr. John Dowell Combest, son of James Marion Combe st, told her daughter-in-law, Sara Combest (Mrs. Henry) that Austin Eden C ombest married Margaret _______ and that one of their children was James M arion Combest.[Rev. James Odell]The 1850 Kentucky Census shows James living with brother William and siste r-in-law Delila (Sloan) in Casey Co, Kentucky.James at age 29 joined the Union Army in the Civil War, serving as a lieut enant and later Captain. He enlisted on 5 August 1862 in Casey Co, Kentuck y, mustered in 8 Sept 1862 at Russellville, Kentucky. He served as lieuten ant and then captain of Carson's Company F, 8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalr y. He mustered out in Sept 1863. (Combest Genealogy, pp 373)After his military service, James moved the family to Dry Creek near Phi l, in Casey Co, Kentucky. They lived on a 50 acre farm till James die d. He was buried on his farm property. (Combest Genealogy, pp 373)James was active in the Masons (pp 375)
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Sources
- Find A Grave, via http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi..., October 12, 2012
Lieut James Marion Combest
Birth: Oct. 29, 1833
Death: Jul. 11, 1888
s/o Austin Eden & Margaret Combest
h/o Georgia Ann Sloan
Family links:
Parents:
Austin Eden Combest
Margaret Combest Bowmer (1813 - 1875)
Spouse:
Georgia Ann Sloan Combest (1832 - 1910)
Children:
Franklin Pierce Combest (1853 - 1909)
Mary Luticia Combest Shaw (1856 - 1940)
William Monroe Combest (1858 - 1907)
Liberty Madison Combest (1862 - 1912)
Dewitt Clinton Combest (1864 - 1927)
Christopher Columbus Combest (1867 - 1947)
Erasmus Grant Combest (1869 - 1932)
John Dowell Combest (1872 - 1925)
Burial:
Combest Cemetery
Teddy
Casey County
Kentucky, USA
Maintained by: Richard Hollis
Originally Created by: Rochelle Riordan
Record added: Jan 06, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 17327374
Historical events
Birthday October 29, 1833
- The temperature on October 29, 1833 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1833: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 2 » Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, arrives at Port Egmont to reassert British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
- January 3 » The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
- January 13 » United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
- February 6 » Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
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- July 5 » Admiral Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
Day of marriage January 17, 1853
- The temperature on January 17, 1853 was about 5.6 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
- March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
- July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
- November 30 » Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
- December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.
Day of death July 11, 1888
- The temperature on July 11, 1888 was about 11.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
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- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
- June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
- August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
- September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
- December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
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