COMSTOCK, JOAB

COMSTOCK, LEMON, LORAIDA, ELLIOTT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/12/2025 at 17:16:30

BURLINGTON CITY.
(P. O. BURLINGTON)

COMSTOCK, JOAB, retired; born Feb. 9, 1804, in Hamilton Co., Ohio; came to Des Moines Co. in 1839, and bought a farm in Union Tp., seven miles from Burlington, where he has followed farming until 1868. Married. Sept. 12, 1823, Jane Lemon ; they had eleven children, seven living—Milton L., Loraida E., Austin AV., Mary E., Martha J., Joab C. and O. B. C. Mrs. Comstock died in May, 1875. Second marriage June 6, 1877, to Eliza Elliott. Mr. Comstock is a Republican.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879