Individual Details
Leander Brown Comstock
(Abt 1828 - 31 Aug 1877)
Land Patent from Land Office in Springfield, MO dated 30 Oct 1857. NE Qtr of the NE Qtr of Section 14, Twp 23, Range 30. 40 acres in McDonald County. This land sold for $50 to Calvin Adkins on 19 Dec 1868. Leander B. and Nancy H. stated to be of Greene County MO. Taxes paid on the 1861 Tax List: Comstock, L. B. T23 R30.
The family is found in the 1860 McDonald Co Census. Child Mary, age 10 was born in TN but child George, age 8 was born in Missouri. Looks like they moved about 1851.
1870 Census in Greene Co MO. Leander Comstock age 45, b. TN, Farmer. Nancy age 36, b. Tenn. William age 19 and Mary age 16, both born in TN. The rest of the children born in Missouri: George 14, John 12, Sophronia 10, Amanda 8, and Thomas 6. A 25 year old hired hand b. in New Hampshire lived with the family - his name unreadable.
When John A. Comstock was compiling Comstock Family in America, he had some difficulty placing Leander. He at first had him as marrying a Caroline. He did have a son Kendrick [William Kendrick] who had a son Luke living in Springfield. Not much else. After receiving information from some of the children - John P. & Amanda - John A. Comstock eventually got the family put together.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1828 | Tennessee |  | ||
| Death | 31 Aug 1877 | Greene County, Missouri | |||
| Marriage | Nancy Forgason | |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy Forgason (1830 - 1878) |
| Child | William Kendrick Comstock (1850 - 1897) |
| Child | Mary Comstock (1852 - 1889) |
| Child | George Oliver Comstock (1855 - 1930) |
| Child | John Phelps Comstock (1857 - 1952) |
| Child | Sophronia Comstock (1859 - 1942) |
| Child | Amanda L. Comstock (1861 - 1956) |
| Child | Thomas Henry Comstock (1864 - 1905) |
| Father | EPHRAIM FLOR HUBER COMSTOCK (1795 - 1847) |
| Mother | NANCY GOODMAN (1805 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Caroline Zelphia Ann Comstock (1823 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Hugh Bonaparte Comstock (1827 - 1856) |
| Sibling | William Decatur Comstock (1832 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Warren Harris Comstock (1834 - 1864) |
| Sibling | James Irving/Ervin Comstock (1837 - 1893) |
| Sibling | ELIJAH THOMAS "Tom" COMSTOCK (1838 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Harvey Alexander Comstock (1841 - 1882) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
2. Tennessee Surnames - IGI (LDS Microfiche).
3. US Census 1860 MO, McDonald County (NARA Microcopy 653; Roll 633; LDS Microfilm #0803633), Page 61; Household 412 Richwoods Twp.
4. John Adams Comstock of Del Mar, California, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, (Los Angeles, CA: The Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1949), p.358.