Excerpted From 1884 History of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois, p.543-44. (Crooked Creek Township)

   "WILLIAM H. McCOMAS was born January 3, 1842, and is the son of Henry C. and Mary (Kibler) McComas, who were born in Virginia, were married in Rush County, Ind., and who came to this township in 1837, entered land in Section 19, and there resided until their respective deaths in 1855 and 1873. William H. McComas was educated at a subscription school taught in a log house, and was reared a farmer, having begun at the age of six. May 30, 1869, he married Eliza E. Carr, born in Ohio, February 6, 1844, and the daughter of Reuben and Mary (Creamer) Carr, formerly of Virginia but latterly of Ohio. Mr. McComas began housekeeping in a log house on part of his father's farm, but in 1875, put up a comfortable frame dwelling. He owns 108 acres of the old homestead and does general farming and deals with cattle. His children are three in number -- Laura A., Mary A. and William E.  In 1881, Mr. McComas was elected school trustee by the Republicans. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and the Methodist Episcopal Church; his wife is a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. McComas' father died in 1871, and her mother in 1875 -- both church members."

-Submitted by Minga (Buckle) Stivers