Iowa Family Group Sheet for the William Nelson COMFORT Family

Submitted by: Kay Corson Pease 


HUSBAND: William Nelson COMFORT
Birth date: 13 Feb 1827
Birthplace: Streetsville, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada
Death date: 20 Oct 1899
Place of death: Jesup, Buchanan Co., Iowa
Burial date: Cedar Crest Cemetery
Burial place: Perry Twp., Buchanan Co., Iowa
Other Spouse: 
Father: William Johnson Comfort
Mother: Elizabeth Marlatt

Marriage date: 2 Sep 1849
Marriage place: Illinois

WIFE: Matilda BLACKMAN
Birth date: 6 Sep 1827
Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
Death date: 17 Jul 1910
Place of death: Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa
Burial date: Cedar Crest Cemetery
Burial place: Perry Twp., Buchanan Co., Iowa
Other Spouse: 
Father: Zenas BLACKMAN
Mother: Eliza (last name unknown)


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Zenas Allan COMFORT
Sex: M
Birth date: 19 Aug 1850
Birthplace: Cook Co., Illinois
Death date: 16 Oct 1934
Place of death: Jesup, Buchanan Co., Iowa
Burial date: Cedar Crest Cemetery
Burial place: Perry Twp., Buchanan Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Mary Jane WILLS
Marriage date: 6 Sep 1875
Marriage place: Brandon, Buchanan Co., Iowa

Child No. 2: William Johnson COMFORT*
Sex: M
Birth date: 7 Aug 1852
Birthplace: Cook Co., Illinois
Death date: 18 Apr 1924
Place of death: Black Hawk Co., Iowa
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Spouse's name: Gertrude NOYES
Marriage date: 23 Dec 1877
Marriage place: Jesup, Buchanan Co., Iowa

Child No. 3: George Nelson COMFORT
Sex: M
Birth date: 14 Jul 1855
Birthplace: Cook Co., Illinois
Death date: 1 Mar 1890
Place of death: Mt. Vernon, Davison Co., South Dakota
Burial date: 
Burial place: Mt. Vernon, Davison Co., South Dakota
Spouse's name: Evangeline SAYLES
Marriage date: 23 Dec 1877
Marriage place: Jesup, Buchanan Co., Iowa

Child No. 4: Erastus Wyman COMFORT**
Sex: M
Birth date: 27 Nov 1858
Birthplace:  Illinois
Death date: 23 Nov 1935
Place of death: 
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Spouse's name: Mary L. YOUNG
Marriage date: abt 1881
Marriage place: Iowa

Child No. 5: Levi L. COMFORT
Sex: M
Birth date: 21 Dec 1860
Birthplace:  Illinois
Death date: 17 Nov 1906
Place of death: Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., Iowa
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Spouse's name: Lora BRAINARD
Marriage date: abt 1894
Marriage place: Iowa

Child No. 6: Elmer Ellsworth COMFORT
Sex: M
Birth date: 12 Jan 1863
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: 6 Aug 1938
Place of death: 
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Spouse's name: Mary Ella BAYSINGER
Marriage date: abt 1886
Marriage place: 

Child No. 7: Mary Matilda COMFORT
Sex: F
Birth date: 18 Apr 1866
Birthplace: Illinois
Death date: 1903
Place of death: Iowa
Burial date: 
Burial place: 
Spouse's name: John CRUIKSHANK
Marriage date: abt 1888
Marriage place: 


Documentation and Sources:

*William Johnson Comfort was divorced from his first wife, Gertrude Noyes, in abt 1908 
and in abt 1911 he married Lora Brainard Comfort, widow of his brother Levi L. Comfort.

**Erastus Wyman's first wife, Mary L. Young, died in about 1886. On 1 Sep 1887, he married 
Anna M. Van Eman. 

Information came from "Comfort Families of America" by Cecelia C. and Roland B. Botting (pub. 1971), 
as well as census records, death records, and items from Waterloo, Iowa, newspapers of the last 
quarter of the 19th century and the early 20th century. 


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