Gallia County OhArchives Biographies.....MACOMBER, JONAS (Published 1882) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: The Ohio Biographies Project Brysun23@cs.com July 22, 2006, 12:29 am Author: HARDESTY'S BOOK on Families and Bio's. Page 10. >From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html This Information comes from the Personal History Department in Gallia County.Page 10. HARDESTY'S BOOK on Families and Bio's. JONAS MACOMBER--and Sarah McMillin were married in Gallia county, September 24, 1859, where they were both born. The date of his birth is January 13, 1840 and his wife's January 17, 1834. They have the following family; Myra E., born October 19, 1860; Samuel M., February 23, 1863; Edward L., May 29, 1865; Linna C., June 19, 1868; Jonas T., September 23, 1871. The subject of this sketch is a son of Lindsay A. and Calphurnia (Holcomb) Macomber. His mother is deceased. His father came to this county in 1852. The parents of Mrs. Macomber are Edward J. and Laura (Holcomb) McMillin, both of whom are residents of Gallia county. Mr. Macomber was a soldier in the late war. He enlisted in the 60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1862, in Company E. He served one year in that regiment and then reenlisted in the 195th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D. in 1864. He served to the close of the war. He was corporal in Company G, and sergeant in Company D; was mustered out December 20, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia and received his honorable discharge at Camp Chase, Ohio, December 24, 1865. He is a resident of Huntington township, and is engaged as a sawyer. His postoffice address is Ewington, Gallia county, Ohio. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/gallia/bios/macomber227gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb