• General Notes

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  [Br²derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Apr 16, 2002]
  
  "Samuel Combest and His Descendants" book
  In the year 1847, Archibald took leave of his family for a year to enlist
  and serve in the "War with Mexico." He was a private in Captain N.B.
  Holden's Company B, 12th Regiment of Infantry and was discharged in
  Mexico City on 13 January, 1848. (His discharge was a result of disability, a case of chronic diarrhea.) He made claim for bounty land, requesting a land warrent of 100 acres.
  Archibald was a large man, according to his discharge papers. At age 29
  he was six feet tall, with dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes, and his
  occupation was listed as "farmer."
  After the death of Anelina, Archibald met and married Mary Ann Roy, who
  became his wife on 25 November, 1855 in Russell County, Kentucky. Mary
  Ann was the daughter of Lemuel and Eleanore Wilson Roy of Russell County,
  Kentuck. The ceremony took place at the home of her parents, in the
  prescence of Alexander Combest, Lemuel Roy, and John Stephens. William
  Roy, a minister of the Baptist Church, performed the ceremony, Mary Ann
  Roy Combest died 6 March, 1900.
  A story told by Archibald's son Andrew James to his son gives us an idea
  of the wisdom of Archibald and of their family life. One day, Archibald
  went to visit a neighbor. While he was away, his son, Andrew James, took
  his father's rifle intending to go hunting. Taking his dog, he followed a
  trail towards Epperson's Mill, near their home. Near the mill he spotted
  what he thought was a wild animal, drew a bead and fired. However, he
  didn't know what it was. Archibald heard the shot and came to meet his
  son. "What have you done, son?" he asked. Andrew James said, "I shot
  something." Archibald suggested they go and see what it was and said, "I
  sure hope it isn't one of the neigbor's colts." They went to see the
  animal, Andrew James dreading it because, by now, he was sure he had
  killed the neighbor's colt. Reaching the dead animal, Archibald didn't
  say a word but, being a large man, shouldered the carcass and started
  home. Andrew James trotted along behind his father, scared to death. They
  reached home and Archibald dropped the animal beside the woodpile in the
  back yard. Archibald's wife Mary Ann came running out and said, "Oh Arch,
  where did you get the deer?" It was the first the boy knew it was a deer
  he had killed -- his first deer, shot with his father's old
  muzzle-loader.
  The owner of the gun today is Phillip Combest of Russell Springs,
  Kentucky, great-grandson of Archibald Combest.
  
  Janie Shanks which wrote me in response to a letter I sent an uncle of
  her's which had died inquiring about the Combest's is descended from this
  Archibald Combest.

Details of Archibald's family with Angelina West

Details of Archibald's family with Mary Ann Roy