Benjamin Coombs
Benjamin Coombs (1789-1851) was born 27 Jun. 1789 in Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine. He was the son of Anthony Coombs and Anna Stinson. He married Frances Quimby on 20 Jul. 1810 in Vinalhaven; widowed 28 Mar. 1848. He married Olive Shephard on 11 May 1849 in Castine, Hancock Co., Maine. He hosted Wilford Woodruff regularly from 1837 to 1838 when Wilford was serving as a missionary in the Fox Islands, Hancock Co., Maine. He died 10 Jun. 1851 in Castine.
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