Mary Catharine (Johnston) Johnson Combs [my great-grandmother, mother of my paternal grandfather, Eddie P. Johnson] Children of Mary Catherine & Thomas H. J. Johnson were: John Wesley, Sankey Thomas, James Lindsey "Jim", William F. and Eddie Peterson (my paternal grandfather) Johnson. Children of Mary Catherine & William Edward Combs were: Dr. Robert Lee "Bob", Susan Catherine, Charles Piner and Annie Josephine Combs. After Mary & William died in 1878, the children still at home, went to live with relatives: Eddie lived with Sankey; Bob lived with Jim; Susan lived with her Aunt Rebecca A. (Johnston) White, Charles lived with his Aunt Eleanor Combs and Annie lived with her Aunt Ella Perkins. Epitaph: "Our Darling Mother Mary Catharine Combs wife of Wm. Combs. B. 3/12/1834 D. 10/3/1878, Was Married first to Thomas H. J. Johnson April 1, 1851, being left a Widow during the Civil War. Was Married again Feb. 11, 1865 to Wm. Combs. Whom She sinned but six days, Dau. be of good cheer Thy Faith Hath Made Thee Whole" Pierce Cemetery William Edward Combs [Second husband of Mary Catherine] Epitaph: "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Psalms XXIII: Vs.4." Pierce Cemetery Susan Catherine (Smith) Johnston [my great-great-grandmother, paternal grandmother of Eddie P. Johnson] Children of Lindsey & Susan were: Harriet Ann, Rebecca A. "Becky", Elizabeth Caroline "Lizzie", Mary Catherine (my line), James L., John Calvin, Susan J. and Martha J. Johnston of Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Epitaph: "The wife, the friend, the mother dear, in dreamless sleep reposeth here. May those whose love to her was given, All meet and live with her in Heaven." |