Husband: James COMBS
Birthdate: 16 April 1846
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 21 October 1921
Place of death: Columbia County, Florida
Burial: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Columbia Co., Florida
Father: George COMBS
Mother: Mary ELLERBY

Marriage date: 1864
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida

Wife: Martha C. HARVEY
Birthdate: 28 April 1846
Birthplace: Columbia County, Florida
Death date: 13 October 1895
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Cedar Creek Cemetery, Sanderson, Baker Co., Florida
Father: Richard HARVEY
Mother: Elizabeth LONG

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James Jackson COMBS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 30 December 1865
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 22 June 1939
Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker County, Florida
Marriage date: 13 March 1885
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Martha W. DOWLING

Child No. 2: Jane E. COMBS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 7 June 1867
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 20 June 1949
Place of death: Baker Co., ? Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker Co., Florida
Marriage date: 03 July 1886
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Joseph S. JOHNS

Child No. 3: Mary Lougenia COMBS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 25 March 1869
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 01 April 1933
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker Co., Florida
Marriage date: 01 January 1886
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: William Kell PREVATT

Child No. 4: Lillie Mae COMBS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: June 16, 1870
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 16 November 1933
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker Co., Florida
Marriage date: 11 March 1888
Marriage place: Baker Co., Florida
Spouse's name: James Henry CREWS

Child No. 5: Georgia E. COMBS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 14 Feb. 1872
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 02 March 1959
Place of death: Florida
Marriage date: 19 September 1893
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., Fla.
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Charles P. PHEIFFER

Child No. 6: Martha C. COMBS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 15 April 1875
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 20 February 1903
Place of death: Baker County, Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker Co., Florida
Marriage date: May 4, 1890
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: William Carroll THOMPSON

Child No. 7: Eliza Betsy "Bealie" COMBS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 16 December 1877
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 22 February 1923
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia Co., Florida
Marriage date: 07 Jan. 1903
Marriage place: Columbia County, Florida
Spouse's name: Hardy Franklin TYRE

Child No. 8: Jessie E. Combs
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1878
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 04 November 1960
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Bethleham Baptist Cemetery, Columbia Co., Florida
Marriage date: 20 February 1898
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Judson J. DORTCH

Child No. 9: Johnnie COMBS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 16 May 1880
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 20 October 1881
Place of death: Baker Co., Florida
Burial: Cedar Creek Cemetery, Sanderson, Baker Co., Florida
Marriage date: Never Married
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 10: Ida A. Combs
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 01 November 1882
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death Date: 8 November 1951
Place of Death: Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Burial: Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida
Marriage date: 1st) 18 December 1898,
  2nd) 25 April 1908
Marriage place: 1st) Baker Co., Florida,
  2nd) Duval Co., Florida
Spouse's name: #1 William Joshua HOGAN,
  #2 George PLUMMER

Child No. 11: George Lonnie COMBS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 24 December 1884
Birthplace: Baker County, Florida
Death date: 10 March 1961
Place of death: Florida
Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Baker Co., Florida
Marriage date: 18 January 1906
Marriage place: Baker County, Florida
Spouse's name: Courtney WILLIAMS
 
 
Documentation:
* Research of John Burnett of Reno, NV.
* 1870, 1880, 1885, 1900 Census for Baker County, Florida.
* Marriage records of Baker County, Florida.
* Baker County Florida Cemetery Records.
* Confederate Pension file of James Combs. James Combs served in the Confederate Army as a Private in Company D., 1st. florida Cavalry. He enlisted 16 October 1861 and was paroled on 20 may 1865 in Madison, Florida. After the death of his 1st wife he married 2nd to Piety Ann Dortch Chastain. After 1900 he moved south of Lake City, Florida (Columbia Co.) where he lived until he died. He died after suffering a stroke. He and Piety Dortch Chastain had six children: Almer, Rowe, Gladys, Claude, Annie, and Felton (a girl). Piety Dortch Chastain is buried by James at Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery.

Last Updated: 7/30/2010