Biographical Sketch of Dr. James McComb, Laclede County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** Dr. James McComb, physician and surgeon at Lebanon, Mo., was born near Jacksonville, Ill., March 12, 1832, and is the son of James and Eliza- beth (Lewis) McComb, natives of Knox county, Tenn., and of Scotch descent. The paternal grandfather, William McComb, crossed the ocean to America, and died, after several years, in Tennessee. James McComb, Sr., was reared by an uncle in Tennessee, his parents having died when he was quite young, and attained his growth on a farm. He was married to Miss Lewis in Tennessee, and afterward moved to Morgan county, Mo., where he died in 1837. The mother died several years afterward. They were the parents of ten children, six now living: William, Lewis, Mary, Amy, Dr. James and David. Dr. James McComb was but five years of age when his father died, and he remained with his mother until after her death, which occurred when he was seventeen years of age. He received his early education in the log school houses, but later attended two years at Warsaw College. He then taught school for two years in order to get money to further his education. In 1856 he attended the State University, in the meantime studing medicine. In 1857 he took his first course of lecture at St. Louis Medical College, and practiced as a first course student until 1865, when he graduated at the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. In 1858 he came to Laclede county, Mo., and locted at Lebanon in 1863, where he has since practiced his profession with great success. He is now the oldest practicing phys- ician in the county, and has built up a large and lucrative practice. He was married in 1860 to Miss Mary L. Holman, who was born in North Carolina, and who became the mother of seven children: Charles A., James A., Virgil J. (a druggist), George E. (deupty county clerk), William E., Ernest H. and Floyd J. The latter three are in school. Charles and James graduated in medicine, and are now practicing their profession, the former at Dixon, Mo., and the latter at Bentonville, Ark. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also the A. O. U. W., and he and Mrs. McComb and their children, except the two youngest, are members of the Christian church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================