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James Henry Combs Full Name: James Henry Combs Date of birth: March 2, 1841 Date of death: July 16, 1926 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 91 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches 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. Biographical sketch, J.H. Combs, p. 20. Born March 1841 in Johnson County, Missouri. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Obituary, Dr. James H. Combs, "Longtime Citizen of San Marcos Dies, 85," The Bastrop Advertiser, 7/22/1926, p. 1, crediting Bastrop Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Military Service Notes 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. Other Resources 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. Photographs Photograph. J.H. Combs, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Prairie View Normal School, and Sam Houston Normal School at Huntsville   Educational   Penitentiaries   Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas

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