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John Slidell Mackenzie Combs

Birth	:	1839 Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
Death	:	26 Nov 1909 Ridgeley, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.6547012, -78.7763977
Description	:	John S. COMBS Obituary, The Cumberland Alleganian, 02 Dec 1909 AGED PRINTER DIES SUDDENLY John S. COMBS Died at an Early Hour Friday. GREW UP AT THE CASE. Had Been in the Employ of the Times Many Years - Learned His Apprenticeship Under His Father, the Late J.J. COMBS. Mr. John S. COMBS, printer and all round newspaper man, died rather suddenly Friday morning at 3:30 o'clock at his home in Ridgeley, W.Va, aged 65 years. He had been employed in the composing room of the Evening Times for about twenty years, with the exception of an interval... Read More	John S. COMBS Obituary, The Cumberland Alleganian, 02 Dec 1909 AGED PRINTER DIES SUDDENLY John S. COMBS Died at an Early Hour Friday. GREW UP AT THE CASE. Had Been in the Employ of the Times Many Years - Learned His Apprenticeship Under His Father, the Late J.J. COMBS. Mr. John S. COMBS, printer and all round newspaper man, died rather suddenly Friday morning at 3:30 o'clock at his home in Ridgeley, W.Va, aged 65 years. He had been employed in the composing room of the Evening Times for about twenty years, with the exception of an interval of a year or more, during which time he was employed at Sebring, Ohio. He left his case in this office about a week ago, at which time he complained of being unwell, but his illness did not assume a serious phase until this morning at two o'clock, when he became paralyzed, passing away at the above mentioned hour. Mr. COMBS grew up at the "printer's case". He was a son of the late John J. COMBS of Romney, W.Va, founder of the Romney Review. The son learned to "set type" when a mere youth under his father, and continued in that occupation until death marked him for a victim, with the exception of a few months spent in the Confederate army during the latter years of the Civil War. After the war was over and having served his apprenticeship prior to that time under his father, Mr. COMBS located at Piedmont, W.Va, as a foreman of the Piedmont Independent, but resigned that position to accept a similar one with the Cumberland Daily News, at a time when Captain GRIFFITH was its editor. He later went to Oakland, where he managed the Oakland Democrat for a number of years, virtually doing all the work on that paper, getting out all the copy, and setting the type, his only help being a small boy. The Democrat having changed hands, Mr. COMBS came to this city and went to work setting type on this paper. The deceased was not only a good printer, but he was a clever writer, being a natural born newspaper man. Aside from his newspaper qualifications, he was genial and sociable, and well liked by his employers, colaborers and the people generally. But he has "set" his last "take", and his spirit has gone to the one who gave it. He is survived by the following children: William COMBS, of Ohio; Frank COMBS, Misses Blanche, Pearl and Dewetta COMBS, all of Ridgeley. The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, but will probably take place Sunday afternoon. Mr. COMBS' wife died about thirteen years ago, and one of his daughters died last April. The following poetic effort is one of the last contributions on the part of the deceased, written at a time when things were not as smooth as they might have been: An Old Printer. Only a printer, old and gray; 'Tis true at times he goes astray. Led by the tempter, under his sway. With whom he has struggled for many a day. "To err is human, to forgive divine", Is a saying trite - not words of mine. In the gloom of this hour there's not a shine Of the Star of Hope for me or mine. Nothing to do but hope and wait, Looking alone to the hand of fate. Will the dawn ever come? At any rate We continue to hope and wait and wait. A moonlight night - but gloom within; A home made sad for not a sin Committed against kith or kin. And only one thought - it might have been. Out of work, with work to do. Strange it is, but alas! too true. Is it any wonder a man gets blue And puts himself in a terrible stew? But to bed I go with a heart not bad, Trusting the world is not so sad As to keep one out on the tag-and-rag Because, forsooth he got on a jag. And in conclusion, I want to say, Maybe there's yet a brighter day For a printer old and feeble and gray. And this is all I want to say: "A man's a man for a' that". Funeral of Mister COMBS. The funeral of John S. COMBS took place Sunday afternoon at his late home in Carpenter Row, Ridgeley, Rev. B. W. KINDLEY officiating. A quartet sang Mr. COMBS' favorite hymn, Nearer My God to Thee, also Saved by Grace. The quartet was composed of Miss Daphne TWIGG, soprano; Miss Carrie PERRIN, alto; R. Mason HILL, bass; D. W. SNYDER, tenor. The pallbearers were all from his brother members of the Typographical Union, namely Messrs. Frank KANE, J. E. BRAMBLE, B. W. WALTERS, Chas. O. ROEMER, O. H. ALBURTIS and Joseph H. WILSON. Interment was made in Rose Hill Cemetery.

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John Slidell Mackenzie Combs's memorial is located at: Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, USA.
When did John Slidell Mackenzie Combs death?
John Slidell Mackenzie Combs death on 26 Nov 1909 in Ridgeley, Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 39.6547012
Longitude: -78.7763977

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Emma V. Seaber Combs

(1854 - 1896)

Siblings

James Ream Combs

(1858 - 1921)

Children

Theodore F Combs

(1848 - 1931)

Margaret M “Maggie” Combs

(1879 - 1909)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Rose Hill Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6547012, -78.7763977

2. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6547012, -78.7782974

3. Hughes Burial Plot
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6594790, -78.7671530

4. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6618996, -78.7680969

5. Allegany County Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6707110, -78.7670860

6. Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6589940, -78.7530470

7. Sumner Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6595535, -78.7531433

8. Saint Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6580920, -78.7526390

9. Green Mount Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6583640, -78.7515020

10. German Lutheran Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6573130, -78.7504050

11. Eastview Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6570470, -78.7498070

12. Woodlawn Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6572840, -78.7462290

13. Restlawn Memorial Gardens
La Vale, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6756660, -78.8066910

14. Hoblitzell
Wolfe Mill, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6743500, -78.7291100

15. Hillcrest Burial Park
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6739650, -78.7258280

16. Mount Hermon Church Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6351750, -78.7181570

17. Rice-Hite Cemetery
Bowmans Addition, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6986480, -78.7402130

18. Moses McKenzie Cemetery
La Vale, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6260530, -78.8333660

19. Selby Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6569400, -78.7059700

20. Saint Marys Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6030998, -78.7343979

21. Davis Memorial Cemetery
Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6022780, -78.7325010

22. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6850014, -78.7003021

23. Tomlinson Cemetery
Ellerslie, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7219220, -78.7656190

24. McKenzie-Brewer Graveyard
Cresaptown, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6054710, -78.8383950