Descendants of William (The Immigrant) Holcombe - Cemetarian

and died November 28, 1920 in East Texas. Buried in Brigham Cemetery, Campbell, Texas.
Notes for William Taylor Holcomb:
William Taylor Holcomb and Eliza Matilda Garret Celebrated the Rite of Holy Matrimony on the 12th
day of August, 1869 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Garrett in Key , Alabama. They were united by
the Reverend B. D. Turner. Witnesses were: S. E. Dykes and Louiza Baker. William Taylor and Eliza
Holcomb had twelve children , all born in Cherokee County, Alabama. The first was born in 1871 and
the last was born in 1895. Eliza died September 13, 1895 and William Taylor Holcomb married Luella
Cantrell Nee Strickland on July 2, 1896.
Luella came to the marriage with four children but after the death of Eliza the younger brothers and
sisters of Will T. and Eliza scattered, living with some of the older ones who were already out on their
own. At some time between 1896 and 1900 William Taylor Holcomb moved his family from Key ,
Alabama in Cherokee County to the vicinity of Gilbert's Cross Roads on Sand Mountain. For a period
of time while living on Sand Mountain, William T. Holcomb carried the mail by horseback from the
railroad depot at Portersville , Al. to three small post offices on Sand Mountain. These post offices
were: Floy, Wills and Ophir(no longer in existence).
At some time in 1903, William Taylor Holcomb moved his family from Alabama to Ladonia, Texas. He
and his family lived in the Ladonia area, Paris area and Greenville area up until at least 1920 when
Luella passed away on November 28,1920. William Taylor Holcomb was 73 years of age at that time
and from that point on until his death on December 31, 1929 he lived with his children, spending
time with each of them and finally dying in the home of his daughter, Esther Clemmentine Dooley Nee
Holcomb. William Taylor Holcomb had fathered 19 Children during his lifetime although some died
at a very young age.
Cherokee County , Alabama marriages:
W. T. Holcombe to Mrs. Louella Cantrel on 2 July 1896 Book D.,page 453
More About William Taylor Holcomb:
Burial: Unknown, Brigham Cemetery, Campbell, Texas
Fact 1: Abt. 1862, Joined Confederate Army
Fact 2: Abt. 1897, Carried US Mail in Sand Mtn Area , Ala.
Fact 3: 1903, Moved from Ala to Ladonia, Texas
More About William Holcomb and Eliza Garrett:
Marriage: August 12, 1869, Cherokee Co. Ala. (Home of James Garrett)
Notes for Louella Strickland Cantrell:
Louella was born in 1866 sans a legitimate father. Do not know who he was. She married at age 15 to
Marcus L. Cantrell and had 4 Children. Marcus Died in 1895 and Louella married William Taylor
Holcomb, or Billy as he was known in Cherokee County, in 1896.
More About William Holcomb and Louella Cantrell:
Marriage: July 02, 1896, Cherokee Co. Ala.
Children of William Holcomb and Eliza Garrett are:
132 i. John Hugh James 24 Holcomb, born August 31, 1871 in Cherokee Co. Ala.; died October 09, 1930 in
Walters, Oklahoma.
Notes for John Hugh James Holcomb:
John Hugh James Holcomb was born in Alabama on August 31, 1871. He was the eldest child of Eliza
Matilda Garret and William Taylor Holcomb. JHJ Holcomb never married. Presumably , he left Key,
Alabama in 1905 at the age of thirty-four and settled in Walters, Oklahoma which was in Cotton
County. It is not known if he stopped in Ladonia, Texas to visit his father there but would assume such a
visit. JHJ Holcomb lived in Walters until October 9, 1930 when , in a state of depression, he shot
himself in the head in his back yard. His brother, Grover Cleveland Holcomb , from Gunter , Texas was
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