Combs, R. W. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 971, Young Hickory Township
R. W. Combs was born in Greenbrier county, Va., Nov. 22, 1796; came to Fulton county, in 1835; in younger days he worked at the wagon-maker's trade, but has generally followed farming; owns 395 acres of land; lives on sec. 1; P. O., Midway; was Justice of the Peace 16 years, has been School Director and Assessor; married Martha Parker June 4, 1818; has had 6 boys and 4 girls, of whom 3 are dead and the rest married.