Background
Holcomb, Oscar Raymond was born on December 31, 1867 in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. Son of Silas Mercer and Mary Anne (Hopkins) Holcomb.
Holcomb, Oscar Raymond was born on December 31, 1867 in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. Son of Silas Mercer and Mary Anne (Hopkins) Holcomb.
Graduate Southwestern Indiana Normal School, Princeton, 1888. Bachelor of Laws, Chicago College of Law, 1892.
Walter Ginder). Admitted to Indiana bar, 1890, practiced at Fort Branch and Evansville. Removed to Ritzville, Washington, 1894. Prosecuting attorney Adams County, Washington, 1895-1898.
Commissioner of arid lands, State of Washington, 1898-1901.
Judge Superior Court of Washington for Adams, Benton and Franklin counties, 1909-1915. The American Association Foreign Justice, Supreme Court of Washington, 1915-1938 (chief justice June 1, 1919-January 12, 1921).
Retired January 8, 1938.
Mason.
Married Eva Staser, June 12, 1894 (died January 10, 1934). Children: Silas Raymond, Maurice Staser, Mistress Marjorie Reed, Leland Mercer, Miriam Gladys (Mistress J. Harold Pfeffer), Mary Maxine (Mistress Georgia