Looks like the bio is stating the McComb family is of German origin. Jesse
McComb is the subject of the bio, not the Campbell, who was his mother. His
origin would follow the father's line, I would guess.
Marge
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> Sketch of Jesse McComb
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> from the History of Vigo County, IN
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> by H. C. Bradsby, 1891
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> Jesse McComb, farmer and stock grower, Honey Creek Township, P. O. Terre
Haute, was born in Honey Creek Township, Vigo county, IN., July 25, 1820,
and is a son of William and Catherine Campbell McComb, a former native of
Kentucky, of German origin, later of Ohio. The father was a
farmer who came
to Honey Creek Township in 1817 and settled on the farm where he died in
1850. Our subject who is the eldest of six sons was reared in the township
on the family homestead. He has made agriculture his vocation and is the
owner of a farm of 203 acres. He was married in Vigo county April 5, 1849,
to Amy Ann, daughter of George and Mary (Curry) Clem, who were of German
descent. The father was the first permanent settler of Honey Creek, coming
from Ohio in 1814 and settling among the Indians. The union of
Mr. and Mrs.
McComb has been blessed with six children-five sons and a daughter-as
follows: William, John D., Watson G., Wood, George and Mary Catherine. In
politics he is a Republican.!
> Mrs McComb is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Altogether,
here is a family highly esteemed.
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