“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


AUSTIN HOLCOMB,  farmer, Sec. 7;  P.O. Farmington; born in Lorain 
Co., Ohio, June 27, 1830; spent his early life in Ohio; came to Concord 
in June, 1851; worked many years as a farm laborer, and, after his 
marriage, settled on his present farm of eighty acres.  Married Miss 
Abbie J. Wanzer March 24, 1859; they have seven children – Martha E., 
Loammi, Charles W., Abbie M., William G., Austin and Maud L.  Mr. 
Holcomb is a Republican and a member of Farmington Lodge, No. 35, 
I.O.O.F.; he began life with nothing, and is one of the self-made men of 
his county.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)