COMSTOCK, Capt. S. C.

COMSTOCK, EVANS

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Date: 10/3/2001 at 16:10:52

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

Capt. S. C. Comstock, yard master of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad at Clinton; is a native of Philadelphia, Jefferson Co., N. Y; was born in 1835; he began railroading at an early age; he came West, and was connected with the Illinois Central Railroad for some years; he was conductor of a passenger train on that road when the war broke out; he resigned his position and enlisted in the Railroad Regiment -- 89th Ill. V. I., and was commissioned Captain Co. I; he was wounded May 27, 1864, and was also slightly wounded at the battle of Stone River; after the war, he returned, was given his old position as conductor on the Illinois Central Railroad, but was obliged to give it up on account of injuries received from an accident on his train; he engaged in contracting and building the Houston & Great Northern Railroad in Texas; also, had a contract on the Chicago & Alton Railroad; he was appointed to his present position Dec. 2, 1876. He married Miss Fidelia L. Evans, of New Hampshire; they have one daughter -- May.