Holcombe, Hosea
clergyman, author, was born July 20, 1780, in Union district, S. C. He was a baptist clergyman of Alabama, and the author of Collection of Sacred Hymns; Anti-Mission Principles Exposed; and History of Alabama Baptists. He died in 1841, in Jefferson county, Ala. HOLCOMBE, JAMES PHILEMON, lawyer, educator, author, was born Sept. 25, 1820, in Lynchburg, Va. He was a lawyer and educator of Virginia, professor of law in the university of Virginia in 1852-60, and a member of the confederate congress in 1861-1863. He was the author of Law of Debtor and Creditor ; Literature and Letters; Introduction to Equity Jurisprudence; Leading Cases upon Commercial Law; Digest of United States Supreme Court Decisions; and and Merchants' Book of Reference. He died Aug. 26, 1873, in Capon Springs, Va.