1850 Sullivan Co, IN Census

(Transcribed by Combs Researcher Debi Houser)

Curry Township

pg 270

34/34 Isaac Combs 37 M farmer IN cannot read or write
Mary 35 F Ky cannot read or write
Benjamin 11 M IN attended school within the year
William 10 M IN attended school within the year
Henry 9 M IN attended school within the year
Reason 8 M IN attended school within the year
John 6 M IN
General Worth 3 M IN (not sure if this is a middle or last name)

Notes: Based on children's ages and birth locations, Isaac appears to have been in Indiana in 1840. The 1840 census index for Indiana indicates there were Isaac Combs in the Indiana counties of Fountain and Union in 1840. No Isaac Combs is found in either of those two counties on the 1850 index. One Isaac & Mary L. LOVELESS [LOVELACE?] Combs 8/18/1837, Vigo Co, IN, the only Isaac and Mary (Polly) marriage found in Indiana thus far (possibly the Isaac who was b ca 1817, d 1886 in that county, but not on earlier census?).

Note: Benjamin F. Combs, born about 1838 in Sullivan County, married Margaret Sills, daughter of Nathaniel Sills in 1864. They had several children, then she died when she was about 33. She's buried alongside her mother and father. I'm not sure where Benjamin went after that, but the Sills raise his children. Frances Powell

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66/66 William LISTON 64 M farmer $800 PA cannot read or write
Nancy 51? F Ky
Menervia 31 F IN
Elizabeth 30 F IN cannot read or write
Eliza J. 24 F IN cannot read or write
Rosanna 23 F IN cannot read or write
Washington 21 M farmer IN cannot read or write
Isaac 18 M farmer IN
Menervia Combs 9 F IN
Elizabeth 7 F IN

Notes: No marriage record located for William LISTON, nor any Indiana Combs-Liston marriages. See Liston surname in Clay Co, IN (near Greene Co line).