Individual Details

Elijah Comstock

(4 Mar 1808 - 5 Dec 1875)


Lived in Owensboro, KY
1840 Daviess Co KY Census, p.25: Elijah Comstock, 1m 30-40 (he would have been age32), 1f under 5 [Ann Mary age 4], 1f 30-40 [Sabrina] 1 female slave, 1 person in the household engaged in manufacture.

1850 Census: Owensboro, Daviess County.
Elijah Comstock age 42 Cabinetmaker $900 Born KY
Susan (Susannah) 30 KY
Ann M. (Mary) 14 KY (from 1st marriage)
John Spickernagle 16 Cabinetmaker TN (nephew ?)

1860 Census: Owensboro, Daviess Co KY
Elijah Comstock, age 52, Cabinetmaker. Value of property $3000, Personal $2000. Susan, age 42. Eulina Mills age 19 lived with them, as did William Hutchinson age 35, a Grocer.

1870 Census. Daviess Co KY. 1st Ward Owensboro. Hh 75
Elijah Comstock, age 62, Undertaker, b. KY.
Susan, age 53, b. KY
Martha D. Hagen, age 26, Dressmaker


KY Historical Society Online Database.
Elmwood Cemetery, Daviess Co KY.
Elija Comstock: b.3/4/1809 d.12/5/1875
Inscription: Son of Wm; born Breckinridge Co KY
[The date of death for Elijah is the date found in many of the Comstock books for his father William. It is incorrect for William, as he died in the year 1818.]

Events

Birth4 Mar 1808Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Marriage3 May 1832Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky - Sabrina Holmes
Marriage21 Mar 1850Breckinridge County, Kentucky - Susannah Bowlds
Death5 Dec 1875Daviess County, Kentucky

Families

SpouseSabrina Holmes ( - 1844)
ChildAnn Mary Comstock (1836 - 1855)
ChildWilliam Clarence Comstock (1843 - 1844)
SpouseSusannah Bowlds (1817 - 1894)
FatherWILLIAM COMSTOCK (1770 - 1818)
MotherWINNY ANN HARDIN (1775 - 1818)
SiblingEPHRAIM FLOR HUBER COMSTOCK (1795 - 1847)
SiblingLevinia Comstock (1810 - 1837)

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