Individual Details

Her side of the cemetery Monument reads
"I Don't Want to Die. If it is the Lord's Will, I guess it's the Best. Mother."

Another strange coincidence in research is the discovery that an ancestor of Temperance's sold land to an ancestor of Dolph Comstock's back in Old Pendleton, SC, in 1802.
Here is the deed:
Pendleton DB G, p.301 9 Mar 1802 Mary Jones, John & Robert McWhirter [sic] sold to Samuel Brown, 250 acres for $250. Witnesses were Thomas Brown, John McWhirter. Thomas Brown made oath that he was present, 9 Oct 1802, and the deed was recorded 15 Mar 1803.
Temperance's mother was a McWhiter, later more of found as McWhorter. John McWhirter of the above deed was her great grandfather. Dolph's mother was Miranda Brown, great granddaughter of Samuel.

From an old newspaper clipping
"The home of Randolph Comstock was cast in sadness and despair Friday morning when the heavy tramp, tramp of the Dark Angel entered his home and took away a loving wife and precious mother. The affliction was pronounced Cancer of the Liver.
The seriousness of her illness was well-known, but the sadness of her death came as a painful surprise to her many friends. She did not complain of any ill feeling and went about her usual work almost up to the day of her departure. Only the members of her immediate family were present when the end came.
Mrs. Temperance U. Spier Comstock was born in Georgia June 7th 1868, but was brought by her parents to Crawford County before she reached the age of womanhood and had lived here since then. For many years she had been an active member of the Christian Church, and also a Charter member of the Order of Eastern Star. She was married to R. Comstock in the year 1890, and leaves the husband, and six children, five brothers and three sisters to mourn her departure. The funeral services were conducted at the Christian Church Saturday afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. Peters, of Ft. Smith and at the Cemetery here by the Order of Eastern Star. The beautiful floral offering was expressive of the high esteem in which the deceased was held, and the funeral service was largely attended by many and sympathetic friends.
To the bereaved family we would say, weep not as those without hope for among the last words of our Saviour as He ascended were - "I go to prepare a place for you that where I am, ye may be also."
'Tis only parting for a season, Mother has only gone before, and we may expect to meet her at the Judgment Bar of God, and if we have lived rightly, expect to be with her evermore. A place has been made vacant here that can never be filled, but our consolation is that our loss is Heaven's gain. May the sad experiences of this life only encourage us toward better living and nobler purposes.
We miss thee from our home dear Mother.
We miss thee from thy place.
A shadow o'er our lives is cast,
We miss the sunshine of thy face.
We miss thy kind and willing hand.
Thy kind and earnest care
Our home is dark without thee
We miss thee everywhere."

"Resolutions of Respect
To the Worthy Matron Officers and members of Uniontown Chapter No. 164 O.E.S.
We your committee appoint to draft resolutions on the death of our beloved sister, Temperance U. Comstock, who was associate matron of our chapter.
That on the 23rd day of May, 1913, it was the will of the Eternal Master to summon our beloved sister Temperance U. Comstock, to that Eternal Eastern Star on high to be a member of that august body.
Sister thou was mild and lovely,
Gentle as the summer breeze,
Pleasant as the air of evening,
When it floats among the trees.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in the grave so low,
Thou no more will join our number
Thou no more our songs shall know.
And dear sister we will miss you
When 'round our star we gather there,
Yet some bright day we hope to meet you
In that land so bright and fair.
That in the death of sister Comstock, that brother R. Comstock has lost a dear and loving wife; the brothers and sisters a true sister and the children a tender, loving and devoted mother.
And our Chapter a worthy and devoted member and the community a true christian lady. One of whom it may be truthfully said, that to know her most was to love her best, and that the doors of her home were ever open to enterprise and for all that was good.
She is not dead she has but passed
Beyond the mists that bind us here;
Into that new and larger life,
Of that serener sphere.
We bow with reverent head
And drop a heartfelt tear
For her of whom 'tis safely said,
She's reached the highest sphere.

Faithfully and fraternally submitted,
Minnie Snow, Bobbie Delzell, W.K. Walker"

Birth	7 Jun 1868	Walker County, Georgia
Marriage	13 May 1890	Speir, Crawford County, Arkansas - Randolph "Dolph" Comstock
Death	23 May 1913	Uniontown, Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	Randolph "Dolph" Comstock (1865 - 1924)
Child	Clara Blanche Comstock (1891 - 1892)
Child	Miranda Ethel Comstock (1893 - 1938)
Child	Ione Grace Comstock (1895 - 1979)
Child	Sylvia Ruth Comstock (1898 - 1984)
Child	Hugh Barton Comstock (1900 - 1970)
Child	Leonard Hy Comstock (1902 - 1902)
Child	Ralph Klondike "Dike" Comstock (1903 - 1987)
Child	Norma Ann Comstock (1910 - 1990)

Father	John "Jack" Speir (1819 - 1883)
Mother	Sarah Ann McWhorter (1830 - 1894)
Sibling	William Lafayette Speir (1853 - 1917)
Sibling	Eleanor Elizabeth Speir (1854 - 1934)
Sibling	Seaborne Scott Speir (1855 - 1931)
Sibling	Melvin C. Speir (1856 - 1870)
Sibling	Wilbern A. Speir (1862 - )
Sibling	John W. Speir (1863 - )
Sibling	Sarah M. Speir (1866 - )
Sibling	Thomas U. Speir (1868 - 1891)
Sibling	Mary C. Speir (1871 - )
Sibling	Charles W. Speir (1873 - 1957)