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Edward Owen “Owens” Comstock

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Edward Owen “Owens” Comstock

Birth
Knox County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Jul 1896 (aged 67)
Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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cakemp1 originally shared this on 25 Apr 2016:

Edward Owens Comstock never married. His date of death and burial info from Decatur Co, IA genweb site: Comstock, Edward - died July 12, 1896; 66y. 11m. 28d. (Court House).

And from lookup volunteer Clarence Priest, [email protected], of Decatur Co, IA, who went to the Decatur County Court House , the following: Decatur County, Iowa, Death Records, Book B - Edward Comstock, Single, KY, 66y/11m/28d, died 12 Jul 1896, burial Young Cemetery.

From lookup volunteer Clarence Priest, [email protected], of Decatur Co, IA, the following death notice for Edward in the Decatur County Journal dated July 16, 1896, under "Grand River":

"Died at the home of his brother-in-law, Wm. Kirkpatrick, on Friday, July 10th, Omer (sic) Comstock. He had been sick for a short time with a complication of ailments. Deceased was a bachelor and an old settler, having lived here as boy and man since the earliest settlement of the county." THIS RECORD SEEMS TO INDICATE EDWARD USED HIS MIDDLE NAME.

1830 CENSUS
Edward's father Coleman Comstock appears in Jackson Co, IN.

1840 CENSUS
Edward's father Coleman Comstock appears in Jackson Co, IN.

1850 CENSUS
Need to locate. Where is Edward? He is not with his mother in IN. He would be about 21 years old.

1860 CENSUS
Edward appears in his mother's household in Decatur Co, IA, age 31.

1870 CENSUS
Need to locate. Edward is not listed in his mother's household in Decatur Co, IA.

Found at the Decatur Co, IA genweb site a reference to an 1875 Richland Twp, Decatur Co, map from A. T. Andreas' Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, Andreas Atlas Co., Lakeside Press, which shows ownership: Name - Comstock, E. O.; Residence - Section 35; Business - farmer; Nativity - Knox Co, KY; Came to State - 1857; Post Office Address - Westerville.

1880 CENSUS
Edward appears in his mother's household in Decatur Co, IA, age 42, an incorrect age. He dies in 1896.
cakemp1 originally shared this on 25 Apr 2016:

Edward Owens Comstock never married. His date of death and burial info from Decatur Co, IA genweb site: Comstock, Edward - died July 12, 1896; 66y. 11m. 28d. (Court House).

And from lookup volunteer Clarence Priest, [email protected], of Decatur Co, IA, who went to the Decatur County Court House , the following: Decatur County, Iowa, Death Records, Book B - Edward Comstock, Single, KY, 66y/11m/28d, died 12 Jul 1896, burial Young Cemetery.

From lookup volunteer Clarence Priest, [email protected], of Decatur Co, IA, the following death notice for Edward in the Decatur County Journal dated July 16, 1896, under "Grand River":

"Died at the home of his brother-in-law, Wm. Kirkpatrick, on Friday, July 10th, Omer (sic) Comstock. He had been sick for a short time with a complication of ailments. Deceased was a bachelor and an old settler, having lived here as boy and man since the earliest settlement of the county." THIS RECORD SEEMS TO INDICATE EDWARD USED HIS MIDDLE NAME.

1830 CENSUS
Edward's father Coleman Comstock appears in Jackson Co, IN.

1840 CENSUS
Edward's father Coleman Comstock appears in Jackson Co, IN.

1850 CENSUS
Need to locate. Where is Edward? He is not with his mother in IN. He would be about 21 years old.

1860 CENSUS
Edward appears in his mother's household in Decatur Co, IA, age 31.

1870 CENSUS
Need to locate. Edward is not listed in his mother's household in Decatur Co, IA.

Found at the Decatur Co, IA genweb site a reference to an 1875 Richland Twp, Decatur Co, map from A. T. Andreas' Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, Andreas Atlas Co., Lakeside Press, which shows ownership: Name - Comstock, E. O.; Residence - Section 35; Business - farmer; Nativity - Knox Co, KY; Came to State - 1857; Post Office Address - Westerville.

1880 CENSUS
Edward appears in his mother's household in Decatur Co, IA, age 42, an incorrect age. He dies in 1896.


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