Catherine Eliza Monk, born 3 Aug 1873, was the daughter of William Monk (b. 16 Aug 1831) and Margaret Anne Newcomb (b. 23 Jan 1834). John Bearse Newcomb said that Margaret and William had no children. B.M. Newcomb indicated that this child was born to them after 21 years of marriage, when Margaret was 39 years old. Not impossible, but somewhat unusual. Catherine may have been adopted.
Alberta Kintz (b. Jan 1879) was the second wife of James Wilbur Newcomb (b. 1 Mar 1859, BMN #1435). B.M. Newcomb thought her surname was Kurtz, but public records and her descendants verify that it was Kintz.
Cynthia Anna Garman (b. 11 Sep 1912) was the daughter of Ira S. Garman (b. 4 Sep 1847) and Bertha Gertrude Newcomb (b. 1 Aug 1887). B.M. Newcomb listed Cynthia as the daughter of Ira and Bertha, and she is listed in the 1920 census as their daughter. However, according to BMN, Ira’s son Raymond also had a daughter name Cynthia, born at about the same time. Cynthia was also the name of Ira’s first wife (Raymond’s mother). None of Ira and Bertha’s other children were born in Arkansas, whereas Raymond’s daughter Marie was born in Arkansas. Were there really two little girls named Cynthia, one born to the father and the other born to the son? Or was there just one Cynthia? If she was staying with her grandparents the census taker may have listed her as their daughter.
Paul Z. Burrell married Hazel Delight Newcomb (b. 3 Jun 1889) in 1909. B.M. Newcomb said he was “of Nashville, Tenn” and that they resided in Los Angeles. I think it highly unlikely that Paul ever lived in Los Angeles. In 1910, he and Hazel lived in Kansas and Illinois. Paul died sometime between 1910 and 1915. By 1920 Hazel was separated from her second husband, Benjamin Jordan. She was living in Los Angeles County, using the name Burrell.
Harry B. Houghton was the son of Harry B. Houghton (b. Sep 1858) and Lottie (b. Aug 1861). The 1900 census states he was born Aug 1879, but I am inclined to think that this is wrong, just because there are so many other numbers that were crossed out and corrected, some by as much as 10 years. A birth date in 1879 doesn’t fit with the likely date of his parents marriage, which was probably around 1882. There is a Harry B. Houghton Jr. of Ohio who appears in the census in 1910 and 1920 who would have been born around 1889.
Simon (BMN #4) and Simeon (BMN #3) Newcomb were sons of Lt. Andrew Newcomb (BMN #2) and his first wife Sarah. I have run across a number of websites made by people who think that Simon and his brother Simeon are the same person. This leads to a lot of confusion, especially since Simeon’s name was sometimes incorrectly written as Simon.
He was the son of George Henry Newcomb and Molly Sled and lived in Bontetourt Co. near Troutville Vir. until immigrating to Ark. and Mo. in 1890
Can someone give me a source where I can purchase the Newcomb Book by B.M. Newcomb. Thank You
John McAvoy was the son of John Vincent McAvoy (b. 11 Jul 1878) and Marian Newcomb (b. 21 Nov 1877). The old Newcomb books state that John was born 10 July 1910. However, he appears in the 1910 census already two years old. It was his brother Richard McAvoy who was born in 1910.
Sarah “Sally” Maria Lewis (b. 26 Jul 1802) married Harvey Courtland Newcomb (b. 1 Oct 1803, BMN #311). According to the old Newcomb books, she died in 1860, but she was still alive in the 1870 census, living with the family of her daughter Margaret.