1842 – Nov 28. born in London, Ohio, son of Robert Cooper McComb and Ann Spencer Kemper McComb. His father R. C. was pastor of the London Ohio Presbyterian Church from 1840 – 1854.
1850 – Federal Census with parents in Madison County, Ohio
1855 – Father R. C. serving Crawfordsville Iowa Presbyterian church
1856 – State Census with parents & siblings in Crawford, Washington County, Iowa
1856 – Father R. C. serving Presbyterian Church (O.S.) in Ft. Madison, Iowa.
1856 – Aug 24. death of Peter’s father Robert.
1860 – Federal Census with mother & siblings in Hanover, Indiana
1863 – June. Draft registration Hanover, Indiana
1864 – graduated Hanover College, Indiana w/ B.A.
1864 – May 16 – Sept 21. Sargeant in Company K of 137th Indiana Infantry
1864 – 1865 – teacher
1865 – 1868 – student at Princeton Theological Seminary
1867 – licensed by Presbytery of Miami
1870 – ordained Presbytery of Carlisle
1868 – 1870 – Pastor at New Bloomfield, PA
1869 – June 10. Married Virginia Belle Hackett of New Bloomfield, PA
1870 – Feb 28. Chosen as pastor at Macomb, Illinois
1870 – Federal census Macomb, IL w/wife
1873 – Feb 15. son Ernest Hackett Kemper McComb born in Macomb, Illinois
1873 – May 1.. resigned position at Macomb
1873 – 1877 – Pastor Elect at Louisiana Missouri
1876 – Apr. 11. daughter Virginia Mary McComb born in Louisiana, Missouri
1877 – 1887 – Pastor at Webster Groves, Missouri
1878 – Oct. 9 daughter Harriet Spencer McComb born in Webster Groves, Missouri
1880 – Federal Census St Louis MO w/wife & 3 children
1886 – Oct 3. dau Lois Kemper McComb born in Webster Groves, Missouri1887 – 1892 – Pastor at Bucyrus, Ohio
1890 – Veteran Census at Bucyrus, Ohio
1892 ++ Professor of History & Political Science, Hanover College, Indiana
1900 – Federal census Hanover, Indiana w/wife and 3 daughters
1909 – Family traveled to Liverpool England
1910 – Federal census Hanover, Indiana w/wife and daughter Lois
1917 – Dec 19. died
Ref:
- Robinson, E. S. The Ministerial Directory. http://books.google.com/books?id=9WXozG4cLPIC
- Kemper, W. M. and Vright, H. L. (). Genealogy of the Kemper Family in the United States. http://books.google.com/books?id=YB5WAAAAMAAJ
- http://www.londonfirstpres.org/whoweare/ourstory.aspx
- Descendants of Jonathan Kearsley, 1712-1782, and his wife Jane Kearsley. (). http://books.google.com/books?id=qTpWAAAAMAAJ
- Hubbard, J. W. (). The Presbyterian Church in Iowa, 1837 – 1900. http://books.google.com/books?id=s_dBAAAAYAAJ