Individual Details
Clinden "Den" Comstock
(18 Feb 1873 - 29 Feb 1912)
The 1910 Census:
Union Twp, Crawford Co AR, Hh 44
Clenden Comstock, 37, married once; he was 15 when he married, b. AR
Birdie, wife, 30, says married once at 18, 4 children, b. AR
Jennie, dau 8. Dink, son 5. Charlie, son, age 3, Minnie, dau age 4 months
A Marriage license was issued in Sebastian Co, AR, 5 Apr 1905 to Den Comstock of Uniontown, age 32, to marry Birdie Houghton of Van Buren, age 26. John Q. West, Church of Christ Minister married them on the 6th of April 1905. It appears that one child had already been born to the couple and another was on the way.
His grave marker reads "A precious one from us has gone. A voice we love is still. A place is vacant in our home which he can only fill." Den is buried in the Comstock Cemetery, as is a young son, Thomas Denzil who was age 6 when he died.
Events
| Birth | 18 Feb 1873 | Barcelona, Crawford County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Apr 1905 | Birdie Chadwick | | ||
| Death | 29 Feb 1912 | Crawford County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Birdie Chadwick (1879 - 1978) |
| Child | Charles Franklin "Charlie" Comstock (1908 - 1986) |
| Child | Patricia Minerva "Pat Minnie" Comstock (1910 - 1998) |
| Child | Edward Den Comstock (1912 - 1997) |
| Father | ELIJAH THOMAS "Tom" COMSTOCK (1838 - 1917) |
| Mother | MIRANDA JANE BROWN (1842 - 1912) |
| Sibling | JAMES MONROE "MON" COMSTOCK (1860 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Theodore Comstock (1861 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Randolph "Dolph" Comstock (1865 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Green Comstock (1868 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Minnie Comstock (1870 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Cornelia Comstock (1875 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Hardy "Tack" Comstock (1877 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Piney Comstock (1882 - 1886) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
2. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Union Twp. p.227b Household 121.
3. US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000., Arkansas, Crawford Co, Jasper Twp; p.514C.
4. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Name on son's grave marker.
5. Don Comstock Reed [now deceased], Family File of Don Comstock Reed, descendant of Tack Comstock and Emily Deese.
6. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County (LDS Microfilm #1374061), Union Township; Household 43.
7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Buried in Comstock Cemetery.
8. Grave Marker, Comstock Cemetery visited 25 Jun 1998.