I first learned about my wife's Combs connection through researching the Johnson family of Madison County, Arkansas. Since then I have also found out there is a very active Combs family group of researchers that have an e-mail list with Rootsweb and a large database of Combs ancestors and descendants. Also several different web sites that trace my Combs line and the connections with the Johnson family. One thing special about this line is that Sarah COMBS was married to Martin JOHNSON, a soldier of the War of 1812. I've not been able to find any other War of 1812 ancestors in my wife's family or my own.

An interesting sidebar I should mention is that in working at the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center (Assemblies of God Archives) I have come into contact with an import evangelist couple named Joe and Ada Combs. They are traveling evangelists with the Assemblies of God. They were even featured on a German TV documentary because of their cross-country preaching expeditions. In fact, a portion of this documentary is included in the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center Museum which I help to manage at my job. This couple is in the late 70s, but they still continue to preach wherever God leads them. I've also met one of their sons, Phillip Combs, who is now a missionary in Yigo, Guam. Also, their daughter is Bonita Storey, who is employed in the Human Resources Office at the Assemblies of God Headquarters where I work in Springfield, Missouri. It is a small world. You never know who you may run into who could be distantly related.

Here is my wife's COMBS lineage as far as can be proven:

1. Sarah COMBS, b. 1779 Hawkins Co., TN, d. 1829 Warren Co., TN; md. Martin JOHNSON, b. 1777 Lunenberg Co., VA, d. Feb. 1851 Madison Co., AR (Soldier in the War of 1812)
2. Thomas Murrell JOHNSON, b. 9 September 1811 Warren Co., TN, d. ? Madison Co., AR (served in Union Army); md. 1831 Madison Co., AR to Sarah MCMURRY, b. 12 Jan. 1809 Warren Co., TN, d. ? Madison Co., AR
3. Lt. John JOHNSON, b. 29 July 1833 Madison Co., AR, d. 14 Oct. 1906 Madison Co., AR (he served in Company G, 1st Arkansas Infantry in Union Army); md. 7 April 1853 Madison Co., AR to Rosanna ALLISON, b. 29 Sept. 1833 Maury Co., TN, d. 7 Jan. 1916 Madison Co., AR (both buried in the Wesley Cemetery, Madison Co., AR)
4. Sarah Frances "Fannie" JOHNSON, b. 22 Feb. 1854 Madison Co., AR, d. 1920 Madison Co., AR; md. May 1870 Madison Co., AR to John Calvin CALLICO, Jr., b. May 1847 Madison Co., AR, d. 22 Feb. 1927 Madison Co., AR (both buried in Wesley Cemetery, Madison Co., AR)
5. Franklin Montgomery CALLICO, b. 9 July 1877 Drake's Creek, AR, d. 15 Nov. 1969 Ely, White Pine Co., NV; md. 1900 Madison Co., AR to Kima Nevada ROBERTS, b. 1882 Japton, AR, d. 23 Dec. 1944 San Bernardino, CA (buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA)
6. Bonnie Ruth CALLICO, b. 5 Aug. 1905 Drake's Creek, Madison Co., AR, d. 1 Dec. 1968 San Bernardino, CA; md. 22 Aug. 1928 to Robert Archie HENRY, Jr., b. 26 Aug. 1902 Cycles, OK, d. 10 June 1944 Los Angeles, CA (both buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA) *These are my wife's grandparents.
   

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