I'm studying tombstones in the Evergreen Hill Cemetery and the original families of Chagrin Falls, OH, and I came across Zopher Holcomb as an eary settler in a history of Chagrin Falls Township, which was around 1840. In the family trees here on rootsweb, I found a match for the family, and so far found a couple tombstones to confirm that this is the one I am looking for. The stone I found is for Mary M. Holcomb, wife of Z. B. Holcomb. She should be the same person as Polly Maria Schofield Holcomb. She was born about 1811, died May 11, 1875. Thomas J Holcomb (T.J.) stone is there too, but the stone is very difficult to read. Reading the stone, he died May 31, 1883. From the family tree , he should be the son of Zopher B. Holcomb and Polly (Mary) Maria Schofield Holcomb, the family from Granby, CT.
Further researching the names, I found postings referring to this family as going to Chagrin Falls, Cuyohaga (sic) County, New York, when in fact they are in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
I have posted this on findagrave.com, and I know there are some more Holcomb stones that I did not photograph yet, but now I want to try to figure out who they are... again they are difficult to read.
Zopher B. Holcomb is the son of Benajah and Hulda Post Holcomb. My research into Trumbull County Ohio Bushnell families in the past made this name familiar; Hulda Holcomb, the sister of Zopher Holcomb, married Sterling Graves Bushnell and they settled in Ashland Ohio.
(I am related to SG Bushnell, descending from Alexander Bushnell and Chloe Waite of Hartford, Ohio)
Anyone interested in this family I would like to hear from you.
Dave Bowe, Chagrin Falls, OH