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
Birth | 19 Oct 1805 | ||||
Marriage | 21 May 1829 | Richmond, Ontario County, New York - Jane Garlinghouse | |||
Marriage | Abt 1858 | Mary [Comstock] | |||
Death | 8 Mar 1879 | Avon, Livingston County, New York | |||
Burial | Allen's Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Ontario County, New York |
Families
Spouse | Jane Garlinghouse (1810 - 1851) |
Child | Delphine Comstock (1831 - 1832) |
Child | Isabel Comstock (1835 - ) |
Child | Alice M. Comstock (1841 - ) |
Child | Samuel Comstock (1842 - 1842) |
Child | Edgar Pinckney Comstock (1845 - 1862) |
Child | Jane Comstock (1851 - 1851) |
Spouse | Mary [Comstock] (1826 - ) |
Child | Louise B. Comstock (1860 - ) |
Father | Samuel Comstock (1770 - 1818) |
Mother | Eve [Comstock] ( - ) |
Sibling | Abner Comstock (1797 - ) |
Sibling | Melinda Comstock (1800 - 1852) |
Sibling | S. Harlow Comstock ( - ) |
Sibling | Minerva Comstock ( - 1828) |