> Dear Wanda, > Thank you very much for sending this. I am very interested in this little anecdote > about Phoebe and Jonathan although I don't know if she is mine. My Phoebe would > have been 54 when she married him. Evidence seems to suggest that she had money - > inherited from her grandfather who was quite wealthy in VA. Pehaps Jonathan became > blinded by the glitter of gold. I will keep pursuing this. Sorry I can't help you > out with your own query. > Catherine > > Wanda Avila wrote: > > In "History and Families of Gallatin County 1988," Hannah Combs Friedlander > writes: > > "In 1820, Jonathan [Combs] married Icyvilla Dolan, daughter of Mary > Trousdale and Patrick Dolan.... Icyvilla and Jonathan had eleven > children:.... > > "After many years as a solid citizen and family patriarch, in his old age > Jonathan flung up his heels, divorced his wife and married a much younger > woman named Phoebe Morris. Apparently, she shortly turned him out, and he, > insolvent and ill, was rescued by his oldest daughter, Callista, and was > taken in by his son, George W., until he died shortly thereafter. This > escapade was very upsetting to all his children. That may be why burial is > unknown, as is that of Icyvilla." > > Apparently, Jonathan and Phoebe never had children. > > What particulary interests me about this anecdote is the identity of Patrick > Dolan. I had a great grandfather named Patrick Dolan, who was in Gallatin > County for a few years (in the 1830s I think) but who later moved to White > County. Does anyone know if he was the Patrick Dolan who had a daughter with > Mary Trousdale? The dates do not match, Patrick coming from Ireland after > Icyvilla married (1829). Are the dates wrong, or were there two Patrick > Dolans in Southeastern Illinois? > > Thanks for any information you may have. > > Wanda Avila >