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- Her mother died when she was young and she was sent to Scranton, Pa.,to live with relatives until maturity. She then returned to HenryCounty to visit relatives and there met Edward Arthur Combs, herhusband.
Funeral services were held on 17 May 1950 at Stackhouse Funeral Homein Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois.
One of the sources of information provided on this family is by,
Carol Combs of California
10 March 2006
"I got the marriage date from the Illinois Marriage Records online andit mentions the same date February 26, 1895 in her obituary. In the1880 Census Amy "May" Butterfield is living with her family inBraceville, Grundy Co., IL. - Oliver and Lydia (Leach) Butterfield.Her mother died when she was young so she was sent to live with anaunt in Scranton, PA., and stayed there until she grew to maturity.Then she went to Henry County to visit relatives and met Edward A.Combs and they were then married February 26, 1895 in Gardner, GrundyCo., IL. This information comes from the article in History of HenryCounty Volume 2 Page 890 EDWARD ARTHUR COMBS." Per e-mail dated April23, 2006 from Carol Combs.
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SOURCE: Booklet-HENRY COUNTY, IL CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS-MUNSONTWP-GREENLEE HILLCREST HOME PLEASANT HILL-OSCO TWO-GRACE EPISCOPALMORRISTOWN HENRY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOC.; EXCERPT PORTION OF BOOKLETOBTAINED: GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH CEMETERY, Hwy 16, Co. Rd. 1400N; 24February 2009, Pages 1-10; Morristown, Osco Township, Henry County,Illinois; From: Cambridge Library, Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois;Ref. 929.5 HEN; By: Michael Dean McCoy II, Moline, Rock IslandCounty, Illinois; H/O Jozett Marie Blair McCoy; Method: DigitalCamera Photo Copies.
"OBITUARY OF MAY COMBS, 78, CAMBRIDGE, DIES
MOLINE, THE DISPATCH NEWSPAPER, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Dated:14 May 1950.
CAMBRIDGE -- Mrs. May Combs, 78, died about 7 Sunday evening after shesuffered a heart attack while riding in East Moline in a car with herson-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Blair of Cambridge, withwhom she resided. East Moline police used a resuscitator in a futileeffort to revive the woman. The body was taken to the Schroderfuneral home in Silvis and later it was removed to the Stackhousefuneral home in Cambridge. FUNERAL IS WEDNESDAY Funeral serviceswill be at 2 Wednesday afternoon in the Stackhouse chapel with theRev. Chaning Savage, rector of Christ Episcopal church, Moline,officiating. Burial will be in Grace Church Cemetery at Osco (This isactually north of Cambridge in Osco Township). Friends may call atthe funeral home from 7 to 9 Tuesday evening. Mrs. Combs was bornSept. 22, 1871 at Braceville. Her parents were Oliver and LydiaButterfield. She had lived in Cambridge vicinity 55 years. Hermarriage occurred Feb. 26, 1895, at Gardner to Edward A. Combs. Hepreceded her in death. Mrs. Combs was a member of the CambridgeBaptist church and Grace church guild of Osco. Survivors include ason, charles, of Peoria; two daughters, Mrs. John Lough, of Geneseo;and Mrs. George Blair of Cambridge; 12 grandchildren, fivegreat-grandchildren." [Transcribed 21 April 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]
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