Individual Details

James Harvey Comstock

(8 Jun 1878 - 3 May 1951)



1900 Census. Justice Prec 8, Montague Co, TX, Hh 395
James A. Cassels, b. Jul 1859, age 40, b. GA, farmer
Mary E., wife, b. Apr 1870, 30, married 10 years, 4 children - 3 are living, b. MO
Willie L., dau, b. Mar 1891, age 9, b. TX
Winnie B., dau, b. Dec 1892, 7, b. TX
Mattie B., dau, b. Apr 1894, age 5, b. TX
Harvey Comstock, nephew, b. Feb 1878, age 22, b. TX, farm labor

1910 Census. Willis, Marshall, OK, Hh 158
James H. Comstock, 30, married 1 time for 7 years, b. TX, father b. MO, mother b. TX
Bessie, wife, 25, 4 children, b. OK
Children all born in Oklahoma:
Pearl, dau, 6. Earl, son, 4. Manie, dau, 2. Mamie, dau, 11 months.

12 Sep 1918
World War I Draft Registration
James Harvey Comstock lived at Willis, Marshall Co, OK. He was age 41, born 8 Jun 1878. Self-employed as a farmer. His nearest relative was Bessie Comstock. Short, slender, dark hair - listed with one blue eye, one brown eye.

1920 Census. Taliaferro Twp, Marshall Co, OK. Hh 183
James H. Comstock, 43, b. TX
Bessie, wife, 37, b. OK
Earl, son, 15, b. OK
Manie, dau, 13, b. OK
Mamie, dau, 11, b. TX
Lola, dau, 9, b. OK
Oda, dau, 7, b. OK
Ona, dau, 4, b. OK
Arthur, son, 1, b. OK

1930 Census. Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX, Hh 803
Bessie Comstock, 44, Housekeeper, Private Family
Odah, dau, 17, Housekeeper, Private Family
Onie, dau, 14, Housekeeper, Private Family
Arthur H., son, 11

1930 Census. Marshall Co, OK, Hh 34
Ephraim H. Comstock, 74, married at age 20, b. MO, Farmer
Jennie, wife, 57, married at 17, b. TX
James H., son, 52, Single, b. TX, father b. MO, mother b. TX, Farm Labor
J------(marked over) - Granddaughter, 20, single, b. OK (could this be Mamie - that had some sort of mental handicap?)

I think his death may be based on the following census - I'm not sure it is the same man.
In 1940, a Harvey Comstock was in Antlers Twp, Pushmataha Co, OK, Hh 122
They had all lived in rural Pushmataha Co in 1935.
R. E. Speaks, age 24, b. OK
Lucille, wife, 18, b. OK
Kenneth Wayne, son, age 1, b. OK
Harvey Comstock, cousin, age 64, widowed, b. TX

Events

Birth8 Jun 1878Johnson County, Texas
Marriage23 Dec 1901Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory - Rebecca Jane "Bessie" Hutchins
Death3 May 1951Antlers, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseRebecca Jane "Bessie" Hutchins (1883 - 1939)
ChildPearl Naomi Comstock (1902 - 1979)
ChildEarl Comstock (1905 - 1948)
ChildManie Comstock (1906 - 1982)
ChildMamie Margaret "June" Comstock (1908 - 1968)
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FatherEphraim Hubbard Comstock (1855 - 1933)
MotherMinnie/Mamie A. Thomas (1857 - 1880)
SiblingWilliam Henry Comstock (1876 - 1945)

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