Marshalltown (IA) Republican, August 23, 1917, p. 11. NOTE: The item below
was abbreviated from the original as shown by the ellipsis.
Wallace Roscoe Holcomb, aged 18, died at St. Thomas Hospital at 1:30 o'clock
this afternoon.The young man was born at Elkins, N. C., in November 1898 and
came to Marshalltown about two years ago.He is survived by his father,
Sanford Holcomb, of Jonesville, N. C., two brothers, Walter of this city and
Marion Holcomb of Jeffersonville, In., and three sisters, Misses Katherine
Holcomb of Huntington, Ind., who was with him when he died, and Lillie and
Collie Holcomb of Elkins, N. C.
The body will be sent to Elkins for burial.