Faulk County, SD Biographies.....McComb, Edwin 1840 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 10, 2005, 12:18 am Author: C. H. Ellis EDWIN McCOMB was born October 4, 1840, in Ontario county, New York. In-1862 he enlisted in the Union Army, in Company F., 126th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry and remained in service until the muster out of the regiment in 1865. While serving in the eastern division or army of the Patomac, he was wounded at Martins Ford in 1863. He experienced a full share of the work that made the record of that celebrated regiment. After his return from the army he married Miss Catherine Bruglen of Ontario county, New York. In 1882 he came to South Dakota and in the spring of 1883 located in what is now the town of Fairview in Faulk county, where he has since resided. He has lately sold his homestead for $6000.00 and is living with his sister near his old home where his wife died March 10, 1896. Mr. McComb has had the experience of the average pioneer settler. First hardship, privation and want, followed by abundant prosperity. He is a devoted Dakotian and interested in all that makes it one of the American Union of States. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF FAULK COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS ILLUSTRATED 19O9 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/faulk/bios/gbs61mccomb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb