Confederate States Army, Sergeant, Company E, 6th Texas Infantry, enlisted 10/19/1861 at San Marcos. James H. Combs (full name James Henry Combs), death date 7/16/1926 in Hays County, widow Mrs. Fannie A. Combs, marriage date 11/29/1864 in Hays County. Includes obituary of Dr. James Henry Combs from Confederate Veteran, September 1926. Pension File No. 47219. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
Ancestry.com .
Dr. J.H. Combs, birth date 3/2/1841 in Johnson County, Missouri; death date 7/16/1926 in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas; dentist.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
James H. Combs, birth date 3/2/1841, death date 7/16/1926, burial in San Marcos Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays County.
Find a Grave .
"Representative Convention at Seguin," 8/27/1884, p. 3. "Hon. J.N. Stagner, of Caldwell, was elected chairman, and Sterling Fisher, of Hays, secretary." Nomination of J.M. Jolly [sic: Jolley], of Caldwell, and Dr. J.H. Coombs [sic: Combs], of Hays. Account of speech by Hon. W.H. Burges, "to explain why the Democratic majority was reduced in the last election . . . " Sterling Fisher assumed Democrat - all other members present were Democrats.
Galveston Daily News .
Obituary, Dr. James Henry Combs, "Dr. J.H. Combs, Buried Sunday at San Marcos: Aged Churchman and Confederate Veteran Had Devoted Life to Methodist Church," 7/19/1926, p. 15.
Houston Chronicle .