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Irving Newcomb (BMN #2972) was born 11 Nov 1872 in Iowa, the son of Edgar Enos Newcomb. B.M. Newcomb said that Irving died in 1916, but he was still alive for the 1930 census.

John Virgil Newcomb was born 12 Feb 1914, the son of  Cleveland Guy Harrison Newcomb (b. 8 Nov 1892, BMN #3063) and Josephine Collins. The old Newcomb books state that his parents were married in December 1914. The Social Security Death Index  states he was born in February 1914. It is highly unlikely he was born a few months before his parents’ marriage. These dates need to be checked.

Lucy Merrill (b. 8 Apr 1835) married Joseph L. Newcomb (b. 1840, BMN #1312) in 1867. Her obituary in the Boston Globe indicates that her first husband’s name was McGee, whereas the old Newcomb books give it as McPhee. More research is needed.

Samuel Newcomb (BMN #296) was born 4 May 1775, the son of Cyrenius Newcomb (BMN #116, b. 15 Jan 1749). The old Newcomb books say Samuel’s wife was Joseph Stubinger, but I wonder if  she was really named Josephine.

Fay A. Newcomb (BMN #2586a) was born 27 Apr 1884, according to his WWI draft registration (which gives his middle name as Alva). According to B.M. Newcomb, he was born 25 Apr 1889, in Carrollton MO, the son of Matthew Dickey Newcomb (b. 12 Oct 1847, BMN #1518) and Aurilla Moulton (b. 29 Jul 1859).  However, he does not appear with them in the 1900 census, when he would have been between 11 and 16 years old. Their other children are listed. The 1900 census does list Alva F. Newcomb, born Apr 1888, living with his divorced mother, Ida M., in Carrollton, living with her family, the Chapmans. Missouri marriage records show a marriage between Matthew D. Newcomb and Ida W. Chapman 5 Aug 1877 in Carroll MO. The 1880 census shows Matthew D. and Ida M. Newcomb in Carrollton with their child Ona (one of the children BMN listed with Matthew and Aurilla) and an infant son. Were there two different Matthew D. Newcombs in the same area at the same time, both of whom happened to have a child named Ona, thus confusing B.M. Newcomb? Or did Matthew have two wives (possibly marrying one before divorcing the other)?

John Knight Newcomb (b. 10 Oct 1809, BMN #922) married Julia Ann Enock (b. 17 Apr 1814).  B.M. Newcomb said that John and Julia were married in Apr 1833 and that their son William was born in Jan 1833. This is extremely unlikely. In the 1830′s in a respectable, middle-class family, a couple would manage to get married before the birth of the child.

Perry Winfield Newcomb (b. 5 May 1881, BMN #2621) married Estherline C. Adams (b. May 1879).  B.M. Newcomb gave their marriage date as 18 April 1901, but they were already married a year at the time of the 1900 census, and had been married 11 years at the time of the 1910 census.

Norman Newcomb (BMN #2020) was born 16 Mar 1852, the son of Ebenezer Newcomb (b. 30 Nov 1819, BMN #984). He married a woman named Emma (b. Feb 1853), possibly Emma Hinman. BMN did not provide much information about Norman and appears to have confused him with a different Norman Newcomb, who may or may not have been a son of Frank P. Newcomb (BMN #1360).

According to BMN, Norman #2467 was born around 1873. However, if his father was Frank P. Newcomb, this would have been impossible, since Frank was born in 1870.

Mary J. Young (ca 1837) married Obadiah William Newcomb (b. 23 Dec 1834, BMN #1046) in 1856.  The old Newcomb books say she died 24 Jun 1880 in Kansas, but she was listed in the census 28 Jun 1880 in Iowa.

Daniel Webster Newcomb (BMN #1845) was born 15 May 1838 or 1840. the old Newcomb books state that he married Gayette Landon. But in the census records, his wife’s name is always Samantha.