1867 - 1942 (75 years)
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Name |
Elmer R. Holcomb |
Birth |
1867 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1942 |
York Twp., Noble Co., IN; burial: Christian Chapel Cem., Merriam, Noble Co., IN |
Person ID |
I4302 |
forneyclark |
Last Modified |
22 Mar 2024 |
Family |
Leona M. "Ona" Skeels, b. 2 Apr 1875, IN; of York Twp., Noble Co., IN d. 1948, Noble Co., IN; burial: Christian Chapel Cem., Merriam, Noble Co., IN (Age 72 years) |
Marriage |
8 Oct 1892 |
Noble Co., IN |
Children |
| 1. Fay Holcomb, b. 25 Jun 1893 |
| 2. Thurlow Cleon Holcomb, b. 19 Apr 1894, Noble Co., IN d. 5 Apr 1990, Burial: Christian Chapel Cem., Merriam, Noble Co., IN (Age 95 years) |
| 3. Jesse Elfleda Holcomb, b. 11 Sep 1900, Noble Co., IN d. 25 Dec 1917, Noble Co., IN (Age 17 years) |
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Family ID |
F1660 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
22 Mar 2024 |
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Photos |
| Holcomb, Elmer R. (1867-1942) & Leona M. “Ona” Skeels (1875-1948) & Thurlow Cleon Holcomb (1894-1990) & Fay Holcomb (b. 1893) & Jesse Elfleda Holcomb (1900-1917) Group photo of (L-R) Elmer R. Holcomb & Fay Holcomb Switzer & Thurlow Cleon Holcomb & Jesse Elfleda Holcomb & Leona M. “Ona” Skeels Holcomb Brumbaugh probably was taken about 1903 and came from Richard E. Skeels. It originally appeared in Skeels Family History 1720-1980 (which includes the text of a hard back bound book, compiled and printed by George Roof in 1903 in Albion, IN). Important contributors to Section II of the above text were Hazel Brown McCollough & Mrs. J. Harry Kidwell & Mrs. Edmund Schafer & Col. Mortimer Bennet. Kenton M. Kidd organized and compiled the combined three book edition of Skeels Family History 1720-1980. Part of the earlier books were set in type at South Side Press by Wayne Favinger, aged 15 yrs. |
| Holcomb, Fay (b. 1893) & Leona M. “Ona” Skeels (1875-1948) & Thurlow Cleon Holcomb (1894-1990) & Elmer R. Holcomb (1867-1942) & Jesse Elfleda Holcomb (1900-1917)
Group/ Postcard photo was taken in Indiana about 1910 and came from the Skeels/ Holcomb Collection by Michael Young. Included (L-R) are Fay Holcomb Switzer & Leona M. “Ona” Skeels Holcomb Brumbaugh & Thurlow Cleon Holcomb & Elmer R. Holcomb & Jesse Elfleda Holcomb.
Back of postcard reads:
Taken at Grandpa Skeel’s farm (the old Allen Farm)
on US 33 & junction of Angling Road to Albion thru Port Mitchell
(Near Churubusco in Whitley County)
Taken about 1910.
Faye (Holcomb) Switzer
Leona (Skeels) Holcomb
Thurlow C. Holcomb
Elmer Holcomb
Jessie Holcomb
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Notes |
- Source:
Information came from Richard E. Skeels. It originally appeared in Skeels Family History 1720-1980 (which includes the text of a hard back bound book, compiled and printed by George W. Roof in 1903 in Albion, IN). Important contributors to Section II of the above text were: Hazel Brown McCollough & Mrs. J. Harry Kidwell & Mrs. Edmund Schafer & Col. Mortimer Bennet. Kenton M. Kidd organized and compiled the combined three book edition of Skeels Family History 1720-1980. Part of the earlier books were set in type at South Side Press by Wayne Favinger, aged 15 yrs:
Name
Source:
SEE JAMES HUG'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3317764&id=I28013
Hug 10-07:
James Hug:
ID: I28013
Name: Elmer R. HOLCOMB
Given Name: Elmer R.
Surname: Holcomb
Sex: M
Birth: 1867
Death: 1942
Burial: Christian Chapel Cem. Noble Co, IN
_UID: 66255970F3624BA992BD97FE542527C3E49D
Change Date: 31 Jan 2006 at 00:56
Note: Holcomb Elmer, 76, died at his home in York Twp Sunday morning. Surviving are the widow; a son Thurlow of Albion; and a daughter, Mrs.Wayne Switzer of Cromwell. Funeral was at Albion U. B. Church Tuesday. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 8-?-1942
Marriage 1 Leona M. SKEELS b: 2 Apr 1875 in Noble Co, IN
Married: 8 Oct 1892 in Noble Co, IN
Change Date: 31 Jan 2006
Children
Fay HOLCOMB b: 25 Jun 1893
Jessie HOLCOMB
Source:
SEE JAMES HUG'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3317764&id=I28006
Hug 10-07:
James Hug:
ID: I28006
Name: Leona M. SKEELS
Given Name: Leona M.
Surname: Skeels
Sex: F
Birth: 2 Apr 1875 in Noble Co, IN
Death: 1948 in Noble Co, IN
Burial: Christian Chapel Cem. Noble Co, IN
_UID: 0CAEB138DE244D0F920FDCC183A509A3138B
Change Date: 31 Jan 2006 at 00:56
Note: Brumbaugh Leona (Skeels), second of a family of eight, was born April 2, 1875 in Noble Twp, Noble County, Ind. and died at McCray Hospital July 16, 1948. Two brothers, William and Charles of Wolf Lake, survive. In October 1892 she married Elmer Holcomb, who died in 1942. They spent their entire lives in Noble County. Three children were born to this union, Thurlo of near Albion, Fay Switzer of Cromwell, and Jessie, who died in 1917. Other survivors are a grandson, Dr.Robert Switzer, and two great-grandsons of Denver, Colo.; one granddaughter, Rosalyn Meador; and one great-grandson of Hawaii. She became an active member of the Burr Oak and Wolf Lake Baptists Churches early in life. She later transferred her membership to the Albion U. B. Church. Funeral was July 18 from the local Evangelical U.B. Church. Burial, Christian Chapel Cemetery. + 7-?-1948
Father: Isaac Scott SKEELS b: 11 Apr 1848 in Tuscarawas Co, OH
Mother: Sarah Jane NICODEMAS
Marriage 1 Elmer R. HOLCOMB b: 1867
Married: 8 Oct 1892 in Noble Co, IN
Change Date: 31 Jan 2006
Children
Fay HOLCOMB b: 25 Jun 1893
Jessie HOLCOMB
Marriage 2 William BRUMBAUGH
Married: in Noble Co, IN
Change Date: 31 Jan 2006
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