Malcolm Holcomb was born in Ontario in December 1854. He came to North Dakota in 1881 and worked in the Casselton area. The next year 1882 he came to Foster County and took a homestead on Section 26, Carrington Township.
In 1896 he married Mary Buchanan, the daughter of John Buchanan Sr. They lived on a farm for a number of years and lived in town before moving to Alberta in 1921.
They were the parents of three children: Evelyn, Jemima and John.
Mr. Holcomb died in 1928.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 28B