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of Lamar County, Texas


Updated 17 March 2001
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Lamar County, Texas was established in 1840 from Red River County. The county seat is Paris.


1870 U.S. Census (transcribed by S. C. Hefner)
p. 6, HH# 78-82
COMBS, J.E. 31 M W Grocer OH
M. A. 24 F W GA
SMITH, N. D. 7 M W  GA
SPRINGS, Jos. 9 M W Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

p. 382, Paris, HH# 286-286
COMBS, S. 29 M W Jobbing Laborer KY cannot read/write
L.J . 22 F W VA
N. E. 2 F W TX
Henry 19 M W KY cannot read/write
(Extracted by Combs Researcher Frieda Bjork from THE 1870 LAMAR COUNTY TEXAS FEDERAL CENSUS Compiled by Mary Claunch Lane Alvarado Library Genealogy REF 929.3 TX Lamar)


1880 U.S. Census (transcribed by S. C. Hefner)

p. 23, #407-424
HARRIS, Caroline    B    F    50     keeps house    widowed    Miss     Tenn    Tenn
COMBS, Sarah      B    F     28    daughter         widowed    Tenn   Tenn    Tenn
Joseph                       B     M    10    grandson                            TX       Miss    Miss
Henry                        B     M      9    grandson                            TX        Miss    Miss
John(?)                      B     M      5    grandson                            TX        Miss    Miss


(from Lamar County Marriage Records, Volume II: 1875-1889. compiled by the Lamar Genealogical Society)

13 May 1887
J. A. COMBS married Dora SMITH

27 Jul 1893
Joe COMBS married Dilsey TAYLOR

10 Dec 1896 (from Volume III, see above)
Carrie COMBS married Ed WAGGENER.


(Lamar County Marriages from GenWeb Archives)

1900
Dilsey COMBS & Jackson WALTER
Maggie WILLIAMS & Henry COMBS

1903
Mattie MITCHELL & John COMBS

1904
Dora COMBS & C. B. PETTUS

1905
Nellie COMBS & Arnold GILES

1910
Rhoda COMBS & Felix JACKSON
Mattie COMBS & Almond HOOKS


(from Texas Death Records: 1964-1998)

8 Apr 1972
Mary A. COMBS died. She was separated/divorced.

13 Jan 1984
Imogene COMBS died.

23 Nov 1988
Ennis Orville COMBS died.


(from The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas: 1831 - 1998. by Ron Brothers. 1999)

Littlejohn B Cemetery
Sterling COMBS 13 Jun 1940 - 18 Jul 1986

Mt. Tabor Cemetery
James O. COMBS
21 Feb 1924 - 9 Mar 1994  (He married 26 Oct 1947.)


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