Individual Details

Lyndon was an accountant and an auditor for the War Department.

From: LyndonComs@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007
Peter Twist is the alias that Lyndon M. Comstock used when he enlisted in the Canadian army in 1918. He married my grandmother under that name. He kept using it after the war ended, he is in the 1920 census under that name, so he was still using it when he was back in the U.S. My aunt Mary was born under the name Twist. It was passed off as just something that he did so he could enlist in the Canadian army because the American army wouldn't take him since he was too old. I think there's more to it. Indeed, I'm quite suspicious that he never divorced Carrie Kent, and that she was still alive when he married my grandmother. That would be quite a good sized skeleton to tumble out of the closet if that turns out to have been the case.
Lyndon


Lyndon did not mention his first wife in the following questionnaire, apparently sent by John A. Comstock when he was compiling his book Comstock Family in America. I have abbreviated the questions.
Name in full: Lyndon Madeira Comstock
Born: Jan 29, 1877 Columbus, Indiana
Father: Lyndon Walker Comstock
Born: July 15, 1843 Columbus, Ind. Died Jan 13, 1911
Mother: Charlotte Emeline Comstock nee Davis
Born: Dec 15, 1845, New Washington, Indiana
Grandfather (Comstock): George Chastler Comstock
Born: Maysville, Ky
Wife: Margaret Mary Flexman
Born: Oct 4, 1887 Southall, Middlesex, England
Her Parents: James Flexman and Mary Flexman nee Brent
Married: Aug 17, 1918 Witley, Kent, England
Children:
Margaret Mary Charlotte Comstock, born Apr 8, 1920, Chicago
Lyndon David Comstock, born 17 Feb 1922, St. Joseph, Michigan
Other living Comstock relatives
Two nephews, sons of my brother Walter, deceased
Walter Comstock, 733 35th St. South Bend, Indiana
Richard Comstock, 1807 S. 4th Ave. Maywood, Illinois
Father's children:
Walter, Apr 13, 1865, died 1913
Nellie, Apr 27, 1867, died 1867
Nona, Jul 30, 1871, died 1873
Lyndon, Jan. 29, 1877
Carlton, June 17, 1882, died 1885
Other facts: great-grandfather was Dr. Brown Comstock

Birth	29 Jan 1877	Columbus, Bartholemew County, Indiana
Marriage	Ca 1905	Helen Augusta Scott
Divorce		Helen Augusta Scott
Marriage	17 Aug 1918	Whitley, Kent, England - Margaret Mary Flexman
Death	26 Jun 1948	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Spouse	Margaret Mary Flexman (1887 - 1968)
Child	Living
Child	Lyndon Davis Comstock (1922 - 2002)

Spouse	Helen Augusta Scott (1879 - 1960)
Child	Bertha Helen Comstock (1907 - 1907)

Father	Lyndon Walker Comstock (1843 - 1911)
Mother	Charlotte Emeline Davis (1845 - 1936)
Sibling	Walter Stansifer Comstock (1865 - 1913)
Sibling	Nellie Comstock (1867 - 1867)
Sibling	Nona Comstock (1871 - 1873)
Sibling	Carlton Chastlar Comstock (1882 - 1885)