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DAVID McCOMB was born in Dane county, Wis., in 1858. His father, Robert McComb, was a native of Ireland, was born in 1807 in county Down, and migrated to America, settling in Dane county, Wis. There he engaged in farming until 1872, when he immigrated to Furnas county, Nebr. Here he became very prosperous in stock-raising and speculating, and in 1882, while on a business trip to Wisconsin, he sickened and died. For years he had been an active and energetic member of the Christian church, and his presence and counsel were deeply missed. He was a good man and very kind to the poor and distressed. He was so devoted to his church that he would often walk six or seven miles to attend service. In 1850 he was married to Miss Catherine Patterson, a native of Pittsburg, Pa., where she resided until her marriage. She was born in 1824 and is the mother of ten children, viz. — William, in Furnas county, Nebr., farming and stock-raising; Maggie (Mrs. Crooks), in Kearney, her husband being a carpenter; James, in Furnas county, farming and stock-raising; John, in Furnas county, farming and stock-raising; Robert, living in Wisconsin; Nancy (Mrs. Downing), in Kearney, her husband being in the lumber and grain business; Charles, in Furnas county, stock-raising; Amazon (Mrs. Banister), in Kearney, her husband being a speculator, and Mary (Mrs. Tuttle), whose husband is in the livery business. In 1875, after three years of traveling, David McComb located in Furnas county, Nebr. In 1883 he moved to Elm Creek, to take the management of the Downing Elevator Company, where he still remains. He is a master workman of the A. O. U. W. In 1879, at Wilsonville, Furnas county, he was married to Miss Clara Backus, a native of Iowa and born in 1862. She had been a teacher for some time and was also an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She is the mother of two children, viz. — Robert, born in 1882, and Harry, born in 1885.