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John Combs

Biography
Born 12/29/1830
Birth Location Russell Co., NC
Died 03/31/1887
Death Location Sullivan Co., TN
Father Alexander Combs
Mother Lodisa (Dicy) Perry
Married 02/09/1860
Spouse Margaret Dorton
Military Units
22nd Cavalry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
22nd Cavalry
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Census Information:

1850: 821, Age 19
1860: 1094, Age 29
1870: Moccasin 161, Age 38
1880: Sullivan Co., TN, D17 308, Age 49
1900: DEAD
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Notes: CSR probably wrong. Per "Families and Histories of Sullivan County", moved to Bristol in 1876, and Sullivan County in 1882; died after being kicked by a mule.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company A, 22nd Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for to Oct. 31, 1863 (Dated Oct 31, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: June 13, 1863
Where: Russell Co., Va
By whom: H. F. Kendrick
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Absent without leave

Card 2

Appears on a List of prisoners of war buried at Camp Chase, Ohio.

Date of death: Feb. 24, 1865
Where: Hosp.
No. of grave: 1416
Remarks: Coonts x

x In pencil on register

Card 3

Appears on a Military Prison Record.

Date of death: Feb. 24, 1865
Cause of death: General Debility

No. of grave: 1416
Locality of grave: 1/3 Mile South of C. C.

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