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INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS.
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surgeon in the Confederate army during the war
between the States, when Gen. Magruder commanded
in Texas. Among other signal services to
the Confederate cause he aided in passing large
quantities of arms, ammunition and much needed
medical stores into the country.
In the Diaz Revolution in 1876, he espoused that
cause, and was a staunch supporter and friend of
Gen. Diaz. He was commissioned a surgeon in
the Mexican army, and served as chief surgeon of
the Military Hospital at Matamoros from 1878 to
1882, under Gen. Servando Canales. During this
period he rendered important quarantine services
to both the United States and Mexico. He has
served Texas as a State health officer, and has also
been an officer of the National Board of Health.
His eminent and faithful public services ended in
1882, since which time he has quietly practiced his
profession, and devoted much of his time to the
care of his landed and stock interests.
Dr. Combe is president of the Medical Examining
Board of his district, has been president of the
Brownsville and Matamoros Medical Association,
once an important, useful and prosperous organization,
and has served his city as a member of its
board of Aldermen.
He married, May 15th, 1865, Miss K. M. Impey,a step-daughter of the Hon. Stephen Powers of
Brownsville.
She was a lady of broad intellectual culture and
social accomplishments. She was a daughter of
Frederick Impey, a merchant of New Orleans,
where she was born. Five sons have been born of
this union, viz.: Frederick J. Combe, M. D.,
Charles B., Jr.; Frank B., Dr. Joseph K., and
Emile B. Combe.
The life of Dr. Combe has been a busy and useful
one and connected with many incidents that
have largely made up the most thrilling part of the
history of the southwestern portion of the State.
He is quiet and unassuming in manner and is
esteemed as one of Brownsville's most worthy
citizens. During the yellow fever epidemic of
1882, Dr. Combe distinguished himself by the
promptitude with which he diagnosed the early cases,
and his heroic conduct generally throughout the
epidemic. He was in constant communication with
Surgeon-Gen. J. B. Hamilton, of the United States
Marine Hospital Service, Washington, D. C., who
complimented him for his services. Dr. Combe
enjoys not only the confidence and esteem of his
fellow-citizens of Brownsville and thd members
of his profession, but has thousands of friends and
admirers throughout Texas and Mexico.HARVEY MITCHELL,
BRYAN,Was born April 9th, 1821, near Cornersville, Middle
Tennessee, and was brought up on a farm. His
education was limited to a common school course,
as his father was not able to send him off to college.
At the age of eighteen he joined a company of
young men and came to Texas overland with emigrant
wagons, reaching old Tinninville, Robertson
County, in the fall of 1839, where he joined Capt.
Eli Chandler's company of " Minute Men " and
remained in the frontier military service under
Capts. Chandler and Wm. M. Love, until January
1st, 1842.
When not in the woods on duty during this
period, he was employed by the few families at
Tinninville, to teach school during 1840, and was
similarly employed by Maj. Eli Seales and neighbors
on Cedar creek (now Brazos County), during 1841.
Tinninville at that time was headquarters for
38all military operations between the Trinity and
Brazos rivers, and, being on the extreme northern
boundary of the settlements, there was not a single
civilized human habitation north of it in Texas. It
was the place of rendezvous and starting-point for
all the company's expeditions. The service of the
company to which Mr. Mitchell belonged consisted
in periodical excursions from river to river in search
of Indian marauders and in the pursuit of them
when they succeeded in getting into the settlements
and stealing horses, which they frequently did,
sometimes killing and scalping a lone man and
carrying off his wife and children.
In this service the company had numerous skirmishes,
but no pitched battle of note.
Brazos County having been created and organized
bv invitation Mr. Mitchell moved his residence to
old Boonville, January 1st, 1842, to take charge of
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