San Joaquin County Biographies
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EUGENE S. McCOMB
The son of one of San Joaquin County's pioneer settlers, Eugene S. McComb was born near Woodbridge, September 15, 1865. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Lane) McComb, the former of Scotch descent, while the mother was a native of Tennessee; both are now deceased. John McComb crossed the plains in 1861, arriving in San Joaquin with a steer and a cow yoked together, drawing his prairie schooner. He settled near New Hope and followed farming, being foreman of the DeVrier ranch for many years. Later he engaged in lumbering in the redwoods in Humboldt County, and there he passed away about twenty years ago. These worthy pioneer parents had five children: Eugene S., of this sketch; Jerome B.; William; Mrs. Mattie George; and Alden McComb, deceased, who was formerly chief of police at San Mateo.
Eugene S. McComb attended school at Arcata, Humboldt County, and as early as nine years of age began to work in a sawmill there. At the age of sixteen he returned to San Joaquin County and worked as a rancher for a time, and then went to San Francisco and learned his trade of bricklayer, which he has followed ever since in various places in central California. In 1906 he came to Stockton and worked for the pioneer brick contractors, Eli Confer, Ed Hanke, and George Summerville. He was foreman on the following buildings in Stockton: Flint & Bigelow Block, Knutzen Block, T & D Theater, Congregational Church, McCoy Block, and the addition to the California-Moline Plow Works. In Lodi he worked on many of the buildings erected in the early days, and in later years on the Corey Block and the Post Office Building. He worked on the Hotel Modesto, in Modesto, and on many buildings in San Francisco before the fire. For four years during the war he was in the employ of the Stockton Fire & Enamel Brick Company, and with the Hoffman Brick Company.
Mr. McComb's marriage united him with Miss Mary E. Troy, a native of Ireland, and they are the parents of five children: Frances P., Mrs. Marie Dundero, Mrs. Elizabeth Ivy, Raymond, (deceased), and Delmar.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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