Iowa Family Group Sheet for the William Nelson COMFORT Family Submitted by: Kay Corson PeaseHUSBAND: 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. ************************************************** Copyright © 2009 by Kay Corson Pease. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************