John Combs ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: LZK5-BKH.

  General Notes:

!SOURCES:
1. Booher, Allen G. sr. MY OFTEN MISSPELLED NAME IS BOOHER
2. 1850 Sullivan Co. TN census
3. 1870 Sullivan Co. TN census
4. TNGenweb - Sullivan Co. Cemeteries
5. 1860 Sullivan Co. Tn census

!BIRTH: Source-2 for date and place; Source-4 for exact date

!MARRIAGE: Source-1 p. 135 for name

!DEATH: Source-4 for date

!BURIAL: Source-4 for place

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

!CENSUS:
1850 Source-2 p. 11 #79 [next door to Peter Booher]
Combs, John 50 farmer TN
Mary 44 "
Elizabeth 20 "
Joseph 15
Margaret 14
Amanda 10
Harriet 9
Valentine (f) 7
Rachel 6
Horace 4
Nancy 2
Taylor, Catherine 25 married within year
Combs, Calvin 23 farmer married within year

!Note. Although the census says Valentine was a female, I feel this is an error as he is listed as a farm laborer in 1870.

!1860 Source-5 p. 158 #1064 Dist 1 20 August Holsten Valley P. O.
Combs, John 58 day laborer TN
Mary 55 hk "
Margaret 21 hk "
Volentine 17 day laborer
Rachel 15
Peter 12
Nancy 11
Eleanor 7
Taylor, Martha 4

!Note. Peter and Magdelene Booher are #1065

!1870 Source-3 p. 17 #140-140 [next door to Peter and Jessy B. Booher]
Combs, John 65 farmer
Rachal 26 hk
Valentine 25 farm labor
Peter 22 farmer [may be listed as Horace in 1850]
Ellen 17
Taylor, Martha E. 14

John married Mary Booher, daughter of Peter Booher and Magdaline Beeler, about 1826. (Mary Booher was born on 14 Mar 1806 in , , TN,² died on 9 Sep 1862 ² and was buried in Bristol: Beeler Cemetery, Sullivan, TN ².)