Background
Combs, Josiah Henry was born on January 2, 1886 in at Hazard, Perry Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Wesley and Clementina (Cody) Combs.
Combs, Josiah Henry was born on January 2, 1886 in at Hazard, Perry Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Wesley and Clementina (Cody) Combs.
Diploma, Women's Christian Temperance Union School, Hindman, Kentucky, 1905. Bachelor of Arts, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1911. Unmarried.
Teacher Latin and Romance languages, in Kentucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma, since 1911. Was professor Romance languages, Oklahoma North.E. State Normal School Lecturer on Kentucky Highlanders, Folk-Lore, Dialect of the Southern Mountains, and Old Kentucky.
Member American Folk-Lore Society, American Dialect Society, Kentucky Folk-lore Society.