CANTON WEEKLY REGISTER Canton, IL Thursday Jan 27, 1887 London Mills "Uncle Bobby" Combs, mention of whose serious illness was made in these columns recently, died at the "old Combs place" Sunday morning, of old age and general debility. Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church at Midway on Monday morning, the Rev. Boatman officiating. "Uncle Bobby" , as he was familiarly called, was probably the oldest settler in North Fulton and was one of the men who pitched their tents among the trees and wild grasses that waved in the breezes for hundreds of years undisturbed, and helped subdue the wilderness and convert it into what we now behold. We owe a debt of gratitude to those who pioneered Fulton County which can never be repaid. *********************** CANTON WEEKLY REGISTER Canton, IL Thursday Feb 24, 1910 London Mills J. N. Combs(sic, J. M.), who has been sick for some time, died at his home southeast of town, Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock. The funeral was held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Mount Pleasant church. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery, the Rev. H. Essex of this place officiating. Mr. Combs leaves a widow, Mrs. Mary (Cowman) Combs, two daughters, Mrs. Ellery Mills and Mrs. Wilbur Hummel, and four sons, Milton, Henry, Elmer and Bruce, and a number of Grandchildren, all of the immediate relatives living here. He had a large number of friends who, with the relatives, greatly mourn his demise --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.