Eleazer McComb
Eleazer McComb (born August 11, 1740 in Cumberland , Province of Maryland , † December 1798 in Wilmington , Delaware ) was an American politician who participated as a delegate from Delaware at the Continental Congress.
McComb was a businessman in Kent Counties , Maryland and Dover, Delaware , before the Revolutionary War . He ran farms and department stores; he also made his living by shipping. In 1774 he was appointed to the Kent County's Committee of Correspondence , which contacted similar bodies to plan the separation from Great Britain . He then served as captain of a unit in the Delaware militia during the Revolutionary War .
In 1779 McComb was appointed to the Privy Council , the advisory body to the President of Delaware. From 1783 to 1784 he was then a member of the Continental Congress as a representative of his state, which during this time mainly met in Annapolis . In 1786 he was on a commission that dealt with the planning of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal . From 1787 to 1793 he was once again as an auditor of accounts in the service of the state of Delaware.
In 1792 McComb moved to Wilmington; In 1795 he was appointed director of the Bank of Delaware . Three years later, he and his wife Lydia were among the fatalities of a yellow fever epidemic that killed nearly 300 people in Wilmington alone. His daughter Jennette was married to US Senator Thomas Clayton .
Web links
- Eleazer McComb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Eleazer McComb in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | McComb, Eleazer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cumberland , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1798 |
| Place of death | Wilmington , Delaware |