LAST OF TERRY RANGERS DIES.

Frontier Times Magazine
Vol 3 No. 5 - February 1926

Brief account of the life of David S. Combs, an original recruit in Terry's Texas Rangers, and thought to be the sole survivor of that world famous band of guerilla warriors that fought through the Civil War. Combs was prominently identified with Texas ranching, establishing the Combs ranch at Marathon in 1900. Prior to that he lived in San Antonio and established extensive ranching interests in the Big Bend district. In 1880 he formed a partnership with W. D. and J. M. Kincaid for ranching near San Angelo. He joined Terry's Texas Rangers in 1861, when he was 22 years old. He joined Company D, then known as the Eighth Texas Cavalry, which organized at Bastrop. Combs married in 1873. His wife died in 1916. Surviving are two daughters, Mr's. Nora C. McGhee and Mrs. Lila C. Matthews and son, Guy S. Combs, all of San Antonio. Burial was at San Marcos.