This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holcomb, Kearney Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VEC.2ACI/3675 Message Board Post: Everett Daily Herald 6/4/1923 Walter Holcombe 76 years old, died Friday morning at Everett hospital following two weeks illness. He was a resident of Mukilteo for a number of years and a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in company C, 12th regiment, Indiana cavalry. Surviving relatives who are known are a nephew; Ralph Holcomb of Taft, CA and a niece, Mr. R.E. Kearney of Cheyenne, WY. Funeral services in charge of the members of the G.A.R. and Sons of Veterans and auxiliaries were held from the chapel of Challacombe & Fickel Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery. I find Walter Holcomb in 1920 Snohomish Co. census living alone and single at age 72. He notes b/West VA and parents b/NY Walter Holcomb served with 12th IN Cavalry as a private he requested pension from that service in 1891 from the state of CA.