Individual Details

Orville Comstock

(19 Oct 1805 - 8 Mar 1879)



Orville married (1) Jane Garlinghouse and (2) Mary Garlinghouse.

In February of 1829, my collateral ancestor Nathaniel Allen of Richmond, Ontatio Co NY sold his various tracts of land to his son-in-law Robert Rose. He had owned Lot 38 of the town and had sold many pieces of it through the years - it was obviously part of the town. At the time of the sale Nathaniel mentioned several of the present owners of the small parcels - one of these was "Orville Comstock, the tavern stand". So once again is one of those genealogical coincidences where two families that would one day be related are acquainted many years earlier.
Orville was my cousin - sixth cousin, five times removed - or five generations closer to our common ancestors, William & Elizabeth Comstock.
Nathaniel Allen was my third great grand uncle.

Geneva Gazette
May 27 1829
MARRIED - In Richmond, Orville Comstock to Jane Garlinghouse.

1850 Census. Town of Avon, Livingston Co, NY, Hh 254
Orville Comstock, 44, landlord, property worth $12,000
Jane, 39
Isabel 15. Allice, 9, Pinkney 5.
Richard A. Tonner, 29, Bartender, b. NY
William M. Ellie, 21, Bartender, b. NY
William P. Johnson, 25, Black, waiter, b. CT
Robert H. Johnson, 25, same as William
Horatio W. Ray, 17, Black, waiter, b. NY
William R. Mortimer, 17, Black, waiter, b. NY
William Bishop, 19, Black, waiter, b. NY
John Gray, 25, Black, Laborer, b. NY
John Paine, 15, Black, Laborer, b. NY

Orville took a second wife:
1860 Census, Avon, Livingston, NY, Hh 169
Orville Comstock, 54, Farmer
Mary 34
Isabella 18. Alice 18.
Pinckney E., 15
Louise B. Comstock, age 3 months
Rosannah McLaughlin 17, servant, b. Ireland

1870 Census. Lima, P. O. town of Avon, Livingston, NY, Hh 182
Orville Comstock, 64, farmer
Mary G. 64 [third wife? or mistake in age?]
Alice M. 28, music teacher
Louise B. 10
Sarah Geddes, 19, domestic servant, b. Scotland

Events

Birth19 Oct 1805
Marriage21 May 1829Richmond, Ontario County, New York - Jane Garlinghouse
MarriageAbt 1858Mary [Comstock]
Death8 Mar 1879Avon, Livingston County, New York
BurialAllen's Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Ontario County, New York

Families

SpouseJane Garlinghouse (1810 - 1851)
ChildDelphine Comstock (1831 - 1832)
ChildIsabel Comstock (1835 - )
ChildAlice M. Comstock (1841 - )
ChildSamuel Comstock (1842 - 1842)
ChildEdgar Pinckney Comstock (1845 - 1862)
ChildJane Comstock (1851 - 1851)
SpouseMary [Comstock] (1826 - )
ChildLouise B. Comstock (1860 - )
FatherSamuel Comstock (1770 - 1818)
MotherEve [Comstock] ( - )
SiblingAbner Comstock (1797 - )
SiblingMelinda Comstock (1800 - 1852)
SiblingS. Harlow Comstock ( - )
SiblingMinerva Comstock ( - 1828)