~James Ellsworth Coombs~ - Faith Sisters Scrapbooking Gallery

I wanted to do a separate page on my great grandfather because I find him a rather fascinating character. Gram never spoke of her father but she kept all these pictures and articles about him. My mom has little recollection of him other than he was cold and standoffish and scared her to death =) The journaling is from an article he wrote about himself for kind of a Pastors Who's Who from 1887. Seemed like an interesting Chap =)
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JOURNALING:

James Ellsworth Coombs was born in Taberg, Oneida Co NY, October 17, 1861. Between the ages of seven and eleven he was employed in a cotton mill at Clinton NY. In 1872 his parents removed to Oneida Knox Co Illinois and at the age of 14 he was overseer in the spinning room of a cotton mill near Rook Island. He afterward conducted for a year a large creamery and cheese factory at Ontario Illinois, where he was converted in 1882 and baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church. The following spring he went to Huron, South Dakota and engaged in wheat raising, being active in religious, temperance and political affairs. Here he was offered the Prohibition nomination of the state Legislature.
Mr. Coombs entered Shurtleff College in the fall of 1886, pursing theological studies. While a student here he supplied churches in Edwardsville, Auburn, Girard and Della. In the Presidential campaign of 1888 he stumped Mangamon County in the interest of the Prohibition candidate for the Legislature, speaking frequently in Springfield, where he was soon afterward called to be associate pastor with Rev O Fletcher with special charge of mission work in the city. After a very successful work here he signed to take up general missionary work in Northeaster Montana , six months later removing to Laconner ,Washington on account of the climate. Less than two years in this place resulted in the increase of membership from 45 to 150 , the erection of a beautiful chapel in the country and a tiny parsonage in town. His next field of labor was Victoria BC. His pastorate in this city was cut short by the chronic illness of one of his children. Mr. Coombs and family now removed to Los Angeles California while Mr. Coombs in company with Rev Orson Read engaged in evangelistic work in Ontario Canada. In this they were very successful with the blessing of God. After some time spent in Los Angeles, Mr. Coombs entered into evangelistic work in Eastern Washington and finally settled in Colfax April 1, 1895 where he has since been.
Mr. Coombs has been very active in BYPU work in the West. He was at one time Convention President in Western Washington and now fills this office for Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. He was Superintendent of the CCC Assembly held in Chatcolet, Idaho in 198.7 He is professor of Bible Instruction in Colfax College and also a Trustee of the institution. He is Moderator and Secretary for Foreign Missions in the Palome Association.