Lewis E. McComb was born on April 14, 1883 in Thetford Township, Genesee County, Michigan and died on April 16, 1902 in Millington, Tuscola County, Michigan. He was the son of Levi McComb (1850-1942) and Lorinda C. BROWN (1857-1924).
Lewis' siblings were:
Edith L. (1875-1879), Floyd C. (1876-1879), Elsie May (1879-1891, William (1880- ), and Levi, Jr. (1883-1942).
The family lived in Genesee County but had moved to Tuscola County, Michigan by the time of the 1900 census. Lewis is not listed on the 1900 census with his parents and two youngest siblings and we cannot find where he was living.
Per his death certificate, Lewis died of pneumonia after having been sick with it for 11 days.
Note that Lewis' headstone indicates he was 19 years and 6 months old, but his birth date on his death certificate indicates born in April 1883. Given the age on his headstone, that would equate to Lewis being born in either October or November 1882. I'm not sure which is accurate as we cannot find him on the 1900 census which might answer the question. His birth date on his death certificate has a line drawn through it, but they definitely wrote 1883 as a year. I think whoever filled it out may have initially started to put his death date of April 16th and then corrected it.
Lewis' headstone is about 20 feet from his grandfather's grave site (Nathan McComb) which can be seen clearly in the last picture as the double "white" headstone (it looks close to the tree, but is actually about 30' away from the tree). Lewis' three oldest siblings, who died as children, are buried next to Lewis - Edith, Elsie and Floyd.
There are no row markers for this cemetery (nor is there a sign), but each of the children's grave sites has a headstone and there is a large family headstone near the graves.
The cemetery is on a little hill on the side of Willard Road (nearest cross road is Irish which is less than an 8th of a mile from the cemetery). The latitude and longitude of the cemetery is Latitude: 43.223N Longitude: -83.565W (a map shows Willard Road as being "Willard" on the west side of Irish and North County Line on the east).
This is a link to info on Hopkins Cemetery http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=115894
*A findagrave member contacted me and told me that she used to walk through this cemetery as a child. She said there had been a large wrought iron sign for the cemetery and the cemetery was full of headstones - some with birth dates in the late 1700's. Many thanks to her for letting me know.
This is her full message to me: "When I was a child there was a sign for this cemetery. It was one of those tall wrought iron ones..I also remember when every stone was standing as we would go and look at all the headstones of the people and be amazed of the ones born in the late 1700's. There are barely any stones left that can be seen, and none that are as old as I remember, they are all on the ground and covered with dirt and grass. We have been in this area for 50 years so I have seen a lot of changes."
I went back to the cemetery this past summer (2015) and there are even fewer headstones standing from when I was there in 2009.
Lewis' siblings were:
Edith L. (1875-1879), Floyd C. (1876-1879), Elsie May (1879-1891, William (1880- ), and Levi, Jr. (1883-1942).
The family lived in Genesee County but had moved to Tuscola County, Michigan by the time of the 1900 census. Lewis is not listed on the 1900 census with his parents and two youngest siblings and we cannot find where he was living.
Per his death certificate, Lewis died of pneumonia after having been sick with it for 11 days.
Note that Lewis' headstone indicates he was 19 years and 6 months old, but his birth date on his death certificate indicates born in April 1883. Given the age on his headstone, that would equate to Lewis being born in either October or November 1882. I'm not sure which is accurate as we cannot find him on the 1900 census which might answer the question. His birth date on his death certificate has a line drawn through it, but they definitely wrote 1883 as a year. I think whoever filled it out may have initially started to put his death date of April 16th and then corrected it.
Lewis' headstone is about 20 feet from his grandfather's grave site (Nathan McComb) which can be seen clearly in the last picture as the double "white" headstone (it looks close to the tree, but is actually about 30' away from the tree). Lewis' three oldest siblings, who died as children, are buried next to Lewis - Edith, Elsie and Floyd.
There are no row markers for this cemetery (nor is there a sign), but each of the children's grave sites has a headstone and there is a large family headstone near the graves.
The cemetery is on a little hill on the side of Willard Road (nearest cross road is Irish which is less than an 8th of a mile from the cemetery). The latitude and longitude of the cemetery is Latitude: 43.223N Longitude: -83.565W (a map shows Willard Road as being "Willard" on the west side of Irish and North County Line on the east).
This is a link to info on Hopkins Cemetery http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=115894
*A findagrave member contacted me and told me that she used to walk through this cemetery as a child. She said there had been a large wrought iron sign for the cemetery and the cemetery was full of headstones - some with birth dates in the late 1700's. Many thanks to her for letting me know.
This is her full message to me: "When I was a child there was a sign for this cemetery. It was one of those tall wrought iron ones..I also remember when every stone was standing as we would go and look at all the headstones of the people and be amazed of the ones born in the late 1700's. There are barely any stones left that can be seen, and none that are as old as I remember, they are all on the ground and covered with dirt and grass. We have been in this area for 50 years so I have seen a lot of changes."
I went back to the cemetery this past summer (2015) and there are even fewer headstones standing from when I was there in 2009.
Lewis E. McComb was born on April 14, 1883 in Thetford Township, Genesee County, Michigan and died on April 16, 1902 in Millington, Tuscola County, Michigan. He was the son of Levi McComb (1850-1942) and Lorinda C. BROWN (1857-1924).
Lewis' siblings were:
Edith L. (1875-1879), Floyd C. (1876-1879), Elsie May (1879-1891, William (1880- ), and Levi, Jr. (1883-1942).
The family lived in Genesee County but had moved to Tuscola County, Michigan by the time of the 1900 census. Lewis is not listed on the 1900 census with his parents and two youngest siblings and we cannot find where he was living.
Per his death certificate, Lewis died of pneumonia after having been sick with it for 11 days.
Note that Lewis' headstone indicates he was 19 years and 6 months old, but his birth date on his death certificate indicates born in April 1883. Given the age on his headstone, that would equate to Lewis being born in either October or November 1882. I'm not sure which is accurate as we cannot find him on the 1900 census which might answer the question. His birth date on his death certificate has a line drawn through it, but they definitely wrote 1883 as a year. I think whoever filled it out may have initially started to put his death date of April 16th and then corrected it.
Lewis' headstone is about 20 feet from his grandfather's grave site (Nathan McComb) which can be seen clearly in the last picture as the double "white" headstone (it looks close to the tree, but is actually about 30' away from the tree). Lewis' three oldest siblings, who died as children, are buried next to Lewis - Edith, Elsie and Floyd.
There are no row markers for this cemetery (nor is there a sign), but each of the children's grave sites has a headstone and there is a large family headstone near the graves.
The cemetery is on a little hill on the side of Willard Road (nearest cross road is Irish which is less than an 8th of a mile from the cemetery). The latitude and longitude of the cemetery is Latitude: 43.223N Longitude: -83.565W (a map shows Willard Road as being "Willard" on the west side of Irish and North County Line on the east).
This is a link to info on Hopkins Cemetery http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=115894
*A findagrave member contacted me and told me that she used to walk through this cemetery as a child. She said there had been a large wrought iron sign for the cemetery and the cemetery was full of headstones - some with birth dates in the late 1700's. Many thanks to her for letting me know.
This is her full message to me: "When I was a child there was a sign for this cemetery. It was one of those tall wrought iron ones..I also remember when every stone was standing as we would go and look at all the headstones of the people and be amazed of the ones born in the late 1700's. There are barely any stones left that can be seen, and none that are as old as I remember, they are all on the ground and covered with dirt and grass. We have been in this area for 50 years so I have seen a lot of changes."
I went back to the cemetery this past summer (2015) and there are even fewer headstones standing from when I was there in 2009.
Lewis' siblings were:
Edith L. (1875-1879), Floyd C. (1876-1879), Elsie May (1879-1891, William (1880- ), and Levi, Jr. (1883-1942).
The family lived in Genesee County but had moved to Tuscola County, Michigan by the time of the 1900 census. Lewis is not listed on the 1900 census with his parents and two youngest siblings and we cannot find where he was living.
Per his death certificate, Lewis died of pneumonia after having been sick with it for 11 days.
Note that Lewis' headstone indicates he was 19 years and 6 months old, but his birth date on his death certificate indicates born in April 1883. Given the age on his headstone, that would equate to Lewis being born in either October or November 1882. I'm not sure which is accurate as we cannot find him on the 1900 census which might answer the question. His birth date on his death certificate has a line drawn through it, but they definitely wrote 1883 as a year. I think whoever filled it out may have initially started to put his death date of April 16th and then corrected it.
Lewis' headstone is about 20 feet from his grandfather's grave site (Nathan McComb) which can be seen clearly in the last picture as the double "white" headstone (it looks close to the tree, but is actually about 30' away from the tree). Lewis' three oldest siblings, who died as children, are buried next to Lewis - Edith, Elsie and Floyd.
There are no row markers for this cemetery (nor is there a sign), but each of the children's grave sites has a headstone and there is a large family headstone near the graves.
The cemetery is on a little hill on the side of Willard Road (nearest cross road is Irish which is less than an 8th of a mile from the cemetery). The latitude and longitude of the cemetery is Latitude: 43.223N Longitude: -83.565W (a map shows Willard Road as being "Willard" on the west side of Irish and North County Line on the east).
This is a link to info on Hopkins Cemetery http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=115894
*A findagrave member contacted me and told me that she used to walk through this cemetery as a child. She said there had been a large wrought iron sign for the cemetery and the cemetery was full of headstones - some with birth dates in the late 1700's. Many thanks to her for letting me know.
This is her full message to me: "When I was a child there was a sign for this cemetery. It was one of those tall wrought iron ones..I also remember when every stone was standing as we would go and look at all the headstones of the people and be amazed of the ones born in the late 1700's. There are barely any stones left that can be seen, and none that are as old as I remember, they are all on the ground and covered with dirt and grass. We have been in this area for 50 years so I have seen a lot of changes."
I went back to the cemetery this past summer (2015) and there are even fewer headstones standing from when I was there in 2009.
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