Individual Details
Brown Comstock
(29 Jul 1797 - 3 Jun 1852)
1830 Census - Madison Co KY. Brown was enumerated twice, apparently at his country home and at his home in Richmond. One entry on p. 165; one on p.171. They are identical.
1m -5; 1m 5-10 [George Cook], 2m 20-30, 1m 30-40 [Brown himself]
1f 5-10; 1f 20-30 [Hannah]
Slaves are on 2nd page of this 1830 census
16 male slaves age 10-25; 8m 24-36; 5m 36-55; 1 female 10-24; 2f 24-36
Total of 39 people in the household.
Information from a descendant, reveals that Brown Comstock operated a rope walk - the slaves would have been his workers. His older brother Lyndon had also been involved, perhaps as an overseer, in a rope walk business in Lexington.
1840, Hamilton Co OHIO, Whitewater Twp
p.317
Brown Comstock
1m 15-20 [George Cook]; 1m 40-50 [Brown]
1f 10-15 [???]; 1f 30-40 [Hannah]
George Cook Comstock is the only known child of Brown; it appears there may have been a daughter as well. Descendants believe George was the only child - perhaps the young lady is a servant.
Found on USGENWEB - Madison Co KY site:
A History of Masonry in Madison County, Kentucky 1812-1913, compiled and written by Robert R. Burnam, 1914, p. 56:
BROWN COMSTOCK appears on the records of the Grand Lodge as a representative in that Grand Body from No. 25 with that of John Lawrence. He may have served a half year as Master. Of the bearer of this name I can find no trace except that it appears at a later date on the roll of the Presbyterian Church. Comstock Lawrence.
Brown Comstock was a physician. He went overland to California in a prairie "schooner" during the gold rush, and returned by way of Panama.
Brown Comstock died of cholera. He is buried St. Stephens Episcopal Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co, IL.
Events
| Birth | 29 Jul 1797 |  | |||
| Marriage | 30 Dec 1820 | Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio - Hannah Cook | | ||
| Death | 3 Jun 1852 | Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois | | ||
| Occupation | Physician | |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Cook (1801 - 1884) |
| Child | George Cook Comstock (1821 - 1845) |
| Father | DANIEL COMSTOCK (1745 - 1814) |
| Mother | Sarah Fuller (1761 - ) |
| Sibling | Lyndon Comstock (1784 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Comstock ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Comstock (1792 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Ann "Nancy" Comstock (1793 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Andrew Comstock ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
2. Kentucky Surnames - IGI (LDS Microfiche).
3. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
4. Cyrus B. Comstock, Editor, A Comstock Genealogy; Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn. who died after 1662. Ten Generations (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1907) Now available online at FamilySearch Books https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE529637, p.155.
5. Cyrus B. Comstock, Editor, A Comstock Genealogy; Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn. who died after 1662. Ten Generations (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1907) Now available online at FamilySearch Books https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE529637, p.155.
6. Cyrus B. Comstock, Editor, A Comstock Genealogy; Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn. who died after 1662. Ten Generations (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1907) Now available online at FamilySearch Books https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE529637, p.155.