Family Group Sheet
NameRichard Combs
Birthabt 1820, Kentucky
Death1887, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Marriage1 Jan 1839, Perry Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary “Polly” Back
Birth6 Feb 1823, Perry Co., Kentucky
Death26 Jan 1914
BurialAlberty Cemetery, Sportsmen Acres, Mayes Co., Oklahoma
FatherJoseph Back (1802-1850)
MotherPermelia “Melia” Belle Hogg (1802->1880)
Children
Birthabt 1850, Bath Co., Kentucky
SpouseGeorge W. Sexton , 2C5R
Notes for Mary “Polly” Back
Her gravestone spells her name as Pollie Combs, and gives her dates as Feb. 6, 1820 to Feb. 14, 1914.
There is a long notation at her FindaGrave memorial which relates:
“Mary "Polly" (Back) Combs was actually born February 6, 1823 and died January 26, 1914. Polly was the daughter of Joseph and Permelia (Hogg) Back and was born in Perry (now Breathitt) County, Kentucky.
She married Richard Combs, the son of Matthew and Frances (Brown) Combs. After Richard died, Polly came to Oklahoma to live with her daughter, Dicie, who had married Thomas Patrick. Polly's husband Richard and most of their children are buried at the Higgins Cemetery, in Morgan County, Kentucky.
I, Paul Downing, came from Michigan to Oklahoma in 2001 and after a terrible time finding the cemetery, I found Polly's headstone face up beside its base and sunk in the ground about six inches. By myself, without any tools and in 95 degree heat, I struggled for about two hours, using nothing but my hands and a dead branch for a pry bar, getting the stone out of the ground and back on its base. (Note hole on left side of picture) By the time I walked back to my car which was parked about three miles away, I did not have one dry thread on my body.
Polly was a sister to my great grandfather, Stephen "Steve" Back.
Added by: Paul Downing”
(The author of the note, Paul Grant Downing son of Noah B. Downing and Pearl Mae Back, is in this database. He is my third cousin once removed on the Downing side.)
There is a long notation at her FindaGrave memorial which relates:
“Mary "Polly" (Back) Combs was actually born February 6, 1823 and died January 26, 1914. Polly was the daughter of Joseph and Permelia (Hogg) Back and was born in Perry (now Breathitt) County, Kentucky.
She married Richard Combs, the son of Matthew and Frances (Brown) Combs. After Richard died, Polly came to Oklahoma to live with her daughter, Dicie, who had married Thomas Patrick. Polly's husband Richard and most of their children are buried at the Higgins Cemetery, in Morgan County, Kentucky.
I, Paul Downing, came from Michigan to Oklahoma in 2001 and after a terrible time finding the cemetery, I found Polly's headstone face up beside its base and sunk in the ground about six inches. By myself, without any tools and in 95 degree heat, I struggled for about two hours, using nothing but my hands and a dead branch for a pry bar, getting the stone out of the ground and back on its base. (Note hole on left side of picture) By the time I walked back to my car which was parked about three miles away, I did not have one dry thread on my body.
Polly was a sister to my great grandfather, Stephen "Steve" Back.
Added by: Paul Downing”
(The author of the note, Paul Grant Downing son of Noah B. Downing and Pearl Mae Back, is in this database. He is my third cousin once removed on the Downing side.)
