HOLCOMBE, Charles A., E. Feliciana Parish, then E. Baton Rouge Parish,
Louisiana
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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 208.  Edited by Alcée
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Holcombe, Charles A., district attorney, Baton Rouge, La., was born in East
Feliciana parish, La., Sept. 6, 1884; son of Dr. A. R. and Lula (Gordon)
Holcombe, both of whom were born in the State of Louisiana.  The father is at
this time a practicing physician at Jackson, La.  The mother died at the age
of about 32 years.  Five sons and 1 daughter were born to their union, of whom
Charles A. Holcombe was the 3rd son. He attended the public schools of the
locality in which he was born, later graduating from Centenary college,
Jackson, La.  After the completion of his academic education he entered the
law school of Tulane university, from which in due time he graduated with the
class of 1905.  Shortly following his graduation he opened law offices at
Baton Rouge and there began a legal practice that soon brought him into note
as a learned and able counselor-at-law.  In the year 1910 he was elected
district attorney to fill an unexpired term, and so well were his constituents
pleased with his administration of the duties of that important office that in
1912 he was re-elected to succeed himself as district attorney for a term of 4
years, being at this time incumbent of that position.  Mr. Holcombe is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Royal Arch Mason and a Knight
Templar.  He is a member, also, of the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the
World, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  In 1907 Mr. Holcombe was
married to Miss Ray Jones, a daughter of S. B. and Margaret (Kent) Jones, and
two daughters have been born to their union, these being  Margaret and  Ray. 
Within the comparatively few years that Mr. Holcombe has been in practice at
Baton Rouge, he has firmly established a reputation as a pains-taking,
diligent and loyal attorney, in all respects fully capable of safeguarding the
interests of his clients and vigorously prosecuting infractions of the law. 
He holds the esteem of both bench and bar, and as a citizen is regarded as a
man of sterling character holding an exalted sense of the obligations of
American citizenship and the requirements of integrity and personal honor.