Individual Details

Calvin Enos Comstock

(19 Nov 1875 - 3 May 1941)



In 1900, young Calvin was in South Dakota, Pear Creek, Beadle County, still single, as a "servant" in the home of Geo. W. Alley, b. Aug 1861, who certainly must be kin [perhaps to his mother] because George was also born in Wisconsin, parents born in Canada and had a four-year-old daughter named Electa....  George's wife was Kittie, b. May 1871 in NY.

Yes, the young Calvin was my grandfather. He was working ranches in Oklahoma, then in South Dakota where he met his future wife, Isabel Waldron, near Huron, SD and they homesteaded near Bowman, ND in 1902 where my father, Walter, was born in 1910. Then in the flu epidemic of 1918, my grandmother Isabel (Waldron) died and my grandfather with all the kids (8) moved in 1919 to Clam Falls, Polk Co, WI.

The North Dakota State Census for 1915, has the family in Grand River, Bowman Co.
then in 1920, Calvin is widowed and living in Clam Falls, Polk Co, WI with his 7 children, some born in South Dakota, some in ND.
1915 ND State Census, Grand River, Bowman Co
C. Comstock - Native [to the U.S.], White, Male, age 35
Isabel - Native, White, Female, age 28
Iva Merle, 10
Ovil [Orvil?] age 9
John age 7
Donald
age 6
Walter age 5
Calvin age 3
Etecta, age 1 [should probably be "Electa" after her grandmother]

1920 Census. Clam Falls, Polk County, WI
Calvin Comstock, age 44, widowed, b. Wisconsin
Iva 15, Irvil 14, John 12 - all born in South Dakota
Donald 10, Walter 9, Calvin 7, Aletta 5, all born in North Dakota

Events

Birth19 Nov 1875Fitchburg, Dane County, Wisconsin
Marriage6 Jan 1904Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota - Isabel Amanda Waldron
Death3 May 1941Scio, Lane County, Oregon
BurialWaverly Memorial Cemetery, Albany, Linn County, Oregon

Families

SpouseIsabel Amanda Waldron (1887 - 1918)
ChildIva Merle Comstock (1904 - 1963)
ChildOrvil Comstock (1906 - 1975)
ChildJohn Sterling Comstock (1908 - 1996)
ChildDonald Evan Comstock (1909 - 1995)
ChildWalter Comstock (1910 - 1980)
ChildPhillip Comstock (1911 - 1918)
ChildCalvin Enos Comstock (1912 - 2005)
ChildElecta Ann Comstock (1914 - 1998)
ChildJames Comstock (1918 - 1918)
FatherCalvin Comstock (1838 - 1893)
MotherElecta Gifford ( - 1900)