Individual Details
Elizabeth Rebecca Weeks
(24 Oct 1828 - 21 Mar 1855)
They moved from Perry County in 1854, going by ox wagon to McDonald Co., Mo. where they homesteaded 160 acres. According to Gratis, Rebecca was a delicate woman, considered "tubucular" and she died in the first year after moving. During her illness, she painted beautiful pictures on eggshells for her sons. Hugh married again and when he died the following year, the new wife sold everything and moved to Colorado, leaving the two boys to find for themselves.
Exact birthdate from descendant.
Events
| Birth | 24 Oct 1828 | Perry County, Tennessee |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1846 | Perry County, Tennessee - Hugh Bonaparte Comstock | | ||
| Death | 21 Mar 1855 | |
Families
| Spouse | Hugh Bonaparte Comstock (1827 - 1856) |
| Child | William Riley Comstock (1848 - ) |
| Child | James Harvey "Harve" Comstock (1850 - 1940) |
| Child | Thomas Ewing Comstock (1852 - 1855) |
Endnotes
1. Tonya Mercer, Gedcom from Tonya Lanette (Nunn) Mercer
2. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
3. Tennessee Surnames - IGI (LDS Microfiche).