The marriage record of Rebecca Daily to
Felix Coombs on 15 April 1840, was located in the
Clark County marriage records. Census
records indicate Felix was either born between
1815 and 1818. His parentage is not yet
known as there were a number of Coombs in this
county during the time he and Rebecca lived there
and he is born too early to have been listed with
his parents in the census records. Rachel
Coombs, is the eldest of this name to have been
located in the Clark county census records and is
probably a widow and therefore not born a
Coombs. She was born about 1780 in
Pennsylvania and was listed in the Plummer
household in 1870. The head of this
household was David Plummer, a 54 year-old
Charlestown farmer who had been born in
Indiana. His wife Mary was four years his
senior, thier daughter Missouri age 22, sons
Stephen 21 and Jennings 18. Also listed in
this household was 56 year-old Dolly Howard who
had been born in Indiana. -Though not known which
families the Plummer family married into as it
was not traced, this family name was a fairly
frequent name in the Clark county records.
Jesse
Coombs was the next eldest of this name, born
about 1788 in Kentucky. His wife Mary who
was born in 1790, was born in TN. They were
listed in the 1850 Clark County census, Jesse being 62
year-old farmer, his wife age 60, sons Jesse age
28 and William age 18. Although the other
children are apparently grown, it is possible
though not known for certain, that Jesse could
have been the father of Felix despite the fact
that none of their sons are named after him.
There is
the possibility that Felix was the son of David
Coombs who was born in Kentucky in 1790. He
was listed in 1850 as a 60 year-old farmer with a
woman who appears to be his wife, Loraine,
despite quite an age difference. She is
listed as 34 years of age, having been born in
Kentucky and their children listed in the
household were Newton age 11, Margaret age 9,
Rebecca age 6, Sarah age 3, and Mary E. age 2 -
all whom were born in Indiana. So, unless
this was a second marriage for David, it seems
highly unlikely that he was the father of Felix.
Born
about 1801, William Coombs and his wife Margaret
(1804) were listed in the 1850 Clark county census with their
children Mary (1830), Silas Allen (1832), Nancy
(1834), Catherine (1838), Margaret (1840),
William H. (1842), Elizabeth (1845), and J.
Mathias (1848).
Another
Jesse Coombs, though not the son of the above
Jesse Coombs, is listed in the 1850 census in Charlestown. He was
born in Indiana in about 1805 and a check into
the marriage records indicate he married Malinda
Drummond on 31 July 1827. Malinda was born
in about 1808 in Indiana, and their eldest child
Sarah was born in about 1829 and was listed with
them in the census as were James (1833), Madison
(1835), Julia (1838), John (1841), Thomas D.
(1842), David (1847) and Campbell (1848).
Also listed in their household was 22 year-old
George Weir which is significant in the fact that
the Weir family appears randomly next door and in
other Daily households.
In July
of 1860, Jesse and Malinda were living in Union
township with sons John, Thomas, David, Campbell,
and another son Mahlon born about 1852 after the
last census. Listed also in the household
in twelve year-old Rebecca Porter. It
should be noted that the family of John and Eliza
Weir live next door to them, and next to John and
Eliza is the household of Melvin Weir, with the
James Weir family living not far away.
Hannibal
Coombs, born 28 Aug 1810 in Indiana, was first
married to Catherine Newland who was born in 1810
and died 25 Dec 1862. They were married on or
about 04 January 1830. they were issued a license
in Washington County, Indiana, but no date of
return is listed to prove the exact date of
marriage. They had two daughters, Nancy who was
born 27 Nov 1830 and Hannah who was born on 31
Dec 1832. A divorce was granted to them on 28 Mar
1834, and on 14 Mar 1837 Hannibal married Rachel
Hoagland who was born in about 1817. Listed in
the 1850 Clark county census living
in Charlestown in September is: Hannibal age 40,
wife Rachel 33; and children: Nancy (1831),
Hannah (1832), Margaret (1838), Benjamin (1840),
Maria C. (1842), Mary (1844), and Hannibal, Jr.
(1847).
Specific
information on Hannibal's family was provided in
January 2005 by James VanDerMark, a descendant of
daughter Nancy Coombs. He may be contacted at jdvandermark@yahoo.com
The
family of John D. Coombs, who was listed in the
court records of Clark county, Indiana, appears
to be the son of William and Nancy Coombs, his
siblings being Pope, William, and Margaret.
He seems to have been the one who married Sarah
Hester on 30 November 1830.
These
court records indicate that the mill owned by the
Coombs in Union township was used first for a saw
mill in about 1812 by Joseph Carr and that later
Enos Tuttle built a log grist mill for the
grinding of corn in about 1818 but it burned down
and the site fell into the hands of Jesse Coombs
who rebuilt it for grinding wheat and corn.
The present mill house built in 1840-41 belonged
then to the heirs of John D. Coombs. - A
will of William Coomb's dated April 9th 1810
mentioned son John Coombs whom he gave two beds
and bedding with curtians, case of drawers, the
cupboard and furniture, the fallen leaf table,
one half dozen chairs and kitchen furniture -
also choice of a horse beast and saddle, the loom
and tackling - and the crop of wheat that was
growing. He also mentioned sons Pope,
William, and his daughter Margaret. His
executors listed were Thomas Carr/Nancy Coomb.
William
Coombs, who was born in Indiana in 1830, was also
listed in the 1850 census in Owen township as
a carpenter with his wife Susan (1828).
Apparentley, the couple had recently been married
as no children are yet listed in their
household.
James
Coombs, the son of Jesse and Malinda
Drummond-Coombs, who was born in 1805, was listed
in Union township in July of 1860 as a farmer
with his wife Martha (1837) and children James N.
(1857), Elizabeth (1858), and their infant
daughter Marietta who was about six months
old. Listed in their household was 18
year-old William Ferguson who was a farm
labor. It can be noted here that 1850
assistant marshall and thereby census taker was
often J.D. Ferguson, the Ferguson name appearing
randomly in the Clark county records.
Lastly,
information on Rebecca Daily's family indicates
that she and Felix were married in Clark county
on the 15th of April 1840. Their first
child was Arabel born in 1841. The family
was listed in the 1850 census in Charlestown which was
taken in September. Felix is listed as age
35, Rebecca 29, and their children Arabel age 8,
Mary A. age 7, Rebecca age 4, Dallas age 3, and
Felix age 2. Listed with them in the
household was Napthah Russell, age 38 of North
Carolina.
By 1860
Felix and Rebecca have parted ways. He appears to
be listed in Centerville Twp., Linn Co., Kansas
with wife Welthy and her four daughters all last
name of White (Nancy, Clemenzia, Margaret &
Ida) and his ten year old son Felix. It should be
noted, though not proven, that Welthy may have
first been marired to a man by the name of Smith
White. A Smith and Welthy White were located in
the 1850 Adair Co., MO census records - their
first son George, having been born in Indiana,
giving Felix an opportunity to have known them at
that time. The ages of the persons, especially
daughter Nancy, matches fairly good from 1850 to
1860 census. - Although not located in 1870,
Felix shows up again in the household of his
daughter Arabel, wife of Thomas Greenwood in 1880
where the family is residing in Elk Co., Kansas.
Rebecca
is listed as head of household in 1860 with her thirteen year-old
daughter Loretta and possible niece India K., age
eight. She remains living in Charlestown until
the time of her death 18 Aug 1908.
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