Individual Details

Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate #1020
Ruel Paul Comstock was born in Uniontown, Union Twp, Crawford Co on 4 Nov 1906 to James Monroe Comstock, age 47, b. McDonald Co, MO, Merchant and Lucretia Ellen Wood, age 40, b. Douglas Co, Kansas. He was the 10th child - 8 are living. Affadavit signed by Mrs. Lucretia Ellen Comstock of 524 N. 13th St, Van Buren. April, 1943.

Obituaries, Death Notices & News Items Extracted from the Van Buren Press Argus 1925
Vol 9, Fran Alverson Warren, p.16
16 Jan 1925
Who's Who, Van Buren High School
Dizziest boy - Paul Comstock

Ft. Smith City Directory, 1938
Paul Comstock (Mildred) order runner, Berry Dry Goods Co.
h 910 So. 22d

1940 Census. Ft. Smith, Sebastian, AR, Hh 181
Living at 910 S. 2nd St with his in-laws.
Luther W. Hopkins, age 67, b. MS, lived in the same house in 1935. business manager for retail gas & oil co.
Laura, wife, age 62, b. AR
Paul Comstock, son-in-law, age 33, b. AR, lived in Van Buren in 1935, salesman, wholesale dry goods
Mildred, daughter, age 25, b. AR, Proprietor, ???

17 Apr 1942. Divorce Petition Filed in Sebastian Co Chancery Court. Mildred Comstock, Plaintiff; Paul Comstock, Defendant. Married Ft. Smith, AR, 14 Nov 1936. For Cruel Treatment - Paul is said to be living in Columbus, Indiana.

World War II Enlistment Records:
Ruel P. Comstock, born 1906 in Arkansas, resided Crawford Co Arkansas. Enlisted 16 Oct 1942 at Little Rock as a Private in the Warrant Officers for the duration of the War plus six months. He had 4 years of high school and was an Oboe player in a band and a Parts Clerk in an automotive store. He was divorced with no dependents. He was 5' 10' tall and weighed 170 pounds. He was discharged 17 Sep 1945.

24 Oct 1946 Marriage Certificate Paul Comstock, age 39 and Miss Neva C. Hogan, age 36, both of Van Buren. He was born 3 Nov 1906 in AR; Neva was born 10 Sep 1910, Ark.

1950 Census. Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 360
1117 Baldwin
Ruel P. Comstock, 43, Proprietor, Retail Dry Goods
Neva H., wife, 44, Teacher, Public School


Paul Comstock of Van Buren, 84, businessman, civic leader.
VAN BUREN - Paul Comstock, 84, of Van Buren, co-owner of Comstock's Dry Goods Store, past president of Van Buren Chamber of Commerce and former Crawford County Quorum Court member, died Monday.
Comstock was an elder at Wood Memorial church, a former member of the Van Buren Water Commission, past president of Van buren Lions club, a member of Van Buren Masonic Lodge, Royal Arch, Western Arkansas Consistory, The Grotto nd an Army veteran of World War II.
Funeral will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Ocker Funeral Home by the Rev. Richard Hubbard. Burial will be in Gracelawn Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Neva comstock, and several nephews and nieces.

Paul Comstock, 84, of Van Buren, Arkansas died Monday, April 29, 1991 at a Van Buren nursing home.
He was a retired retail merchant, a member and elder of the Wood Memorial Christian Church, the co-owner of Comstock Dry Goods Store in Van Buren for many years, a former employee of the Boston Store, an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Phillipines and was awarded three bronze stars. He was a member of the Van Buren Masonic Lodge, Royal Arch. the Western Ark, Consistory, the Grotto, a former civic leader of Van Buren and was past president of the Van Buren Chamber of Commerce and the Van Buren Lions Club. He was a former member of the Crawford County Quorum Court and the Van Buren Water Commission. He was born at Uniontown and was a member of a pioneer Crawford County family.
Survivors are his wife, Neva, several nieces and nephews including Eula Rainwater. and KM.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday at Ocker Memorial Chapel, with burial at Gracelawn Cemetery. The Rev. Richard Hubbard officiated.

Another obituary from the Northwest Arkansas Times, 30 Apr 1991
RUEL COMSTOCK
Van Buren - Ruel Paul Comstock, 84, of Van Buren, died Sunday, April 28, 1991 at Van Buren. Born Nov 4, 1906, at Uniontown, the son of Monroe and Ellen Comstock, he was retired from the dry goods business at Van Buren. He was a World War II U. S. Army veteran serving in the south Pacific and a member of the Wood Memorial Christian Church. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Kenny Comstock and Ira Comstock, and four sisters, Nora Rainwater, Lettie Carney, Pauline Clark, and Maud Redmon.
Survivors include his wife, Neva Comstock of Van Buren; a brother-in-law, Cy Carney of Fayetteville; four nieces, Jo Ellen McKim of Springdale, Kathryn Dickey of Fayetteville, Eula Rainwater of Van Buren, and Cleo Lovett of Muskogee, Okla.; four nephews, Cy Carney, Jr. of Jacksonville, K. M. Comstock of Springdale, Ira Allen Comstock of Virginia and Champ Rainwater of Texas.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ocker Funeral Home. Burial will be in Gracelawn Cemetery.

Birth	4 Nov 1906
Marriage	23 Nov 1932	Crawford County, Arkansas - Louise Clark
Divorce	21 Feb 1936	Crawford County, Arkansas - Louise Clark
Marriage	14 Nov 1936	Sebastian County, Arkansas - Mildred Hopkins
Divorce	1942	Mildred Hopkins
Marriage	24 Oct 1946	Neva C. Hogan
Death	29 Apr 1991	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse

Neva C. Hogan (1905 - 1993)

Spouse

Louise Clark ( - )

Spouse

Mildred Hopkins (1915 - )

Father	JAMES MONROE "MON" COMSTOCK (1860 - 1928)
Mother	LUCRETIA ELLEN WOOD (1867 - 1963)
Sibling	Dora Comstock (1886 - 1886)
Sibling	KENNEY MARCUS COMSTOCK (1887 - 1958)
Sibling	Nora Hessa Comstock (1889 - 1973)
Sibling	Lelia Ethel Comstock (1890 - 1904)
Sibling	Ira Vard Comstock (1892 - 1968)
Sibling	Fannie Maude Comstock (1894 - 1988)
Sibling	Edna Eugenia Comstock (1899 - 1956)
Sibling	Letisha Miranda "Lettie" Comstock (1901 - 1980)
Sibling	Rebecca Pauline Comstock (1905 - 1984)