John and Martha began thier marriage in a log cabin with the bedroom, living room and kitchen all in one large room. The story is told that at night when John would blow out the lamp, he would lose his sense of direction and would be unable to find the bed unless Martha called out to him. One night she pretended to be asleep and that time he stumbled all around the, getting behind the cookstove and knocking down utensils hung on the wall before Martha finally called out to him. In the late 1800's they built a frame house, where successive generations of the family lived. John died from a malignant sarcoma caused from an infected tooth. He is buried in the Whiteman Cemetery, Michigantown.
Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) • 23 Jan 1902, Thu • Page 10
FRANKFORT. Ind., January 23. - John 'Whitcomb, one of the pioneer citizens of
this county, is dead at his home, near Michigantown. Death was caused by cancer. He was seventy years old and was born in Tippecanoe county.
John and Martha began thier marriage in a log cabin with the bedroom, living room and kitchen all in one large room. The story is told that at night when John would blow out the lamp, he would lose his sense of direction and would be unable to find the bed unless Martha called out to him. One night she pretended to be asleep and that time he stumbled all around the, getting behind the cookstove and knocking down utensils hung on the wall before Martha finally called out to him. In the late 1800's they built a frame house, where successive generations of the family lived. John died from a malignant sarcoma caused from an infected tooth. He is buried in the Whiteman Cemetery, Michigantown.
Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) • 23 Jan 1902, Thu • Page 10
FRANKFORT. Ind., January 23. - John 'Whitcomb, one of the pioneer citizens of
this county, is dead at his home, near Michigantown. Death was caused by cancer. He was seventy years old and was born in Tippecanoe county.
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James Henry Whitcomb
1855–1916
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William Asa Whitcomb
1858–1908
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Isaac Mason Whitcomb
1860–1935
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Marietta "Etta" Whitcomb Ault
1864–1928
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Emma F. Whitcomb Wood
1868–1930
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Fred Raymond Whitcomb
1869–1933
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Eliza Ellen Whitcomb Shearer
1871–1959
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Infant Son Whitcomb
1874–1874
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Lennie L Whitcomb
1876–1892
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Orville F Whitcomb
1878–1935
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