Individual Details

No children.

First cousin, once removed, to John Adams Comstock who wrote The Comstock Family in America.

1867 Chicago City Directory
Comstock, William C., bookkeeper for Charles Comstock; lives rural Evanston.
Comstock, Charles, agt. Salt Co. of Onondago and dealer in fine, coarse and dairy salt, 50 S. Water, residence Evanston

1870 Census. Evanston, Cook Co, IL, Hh 333
Wm Comstock, 23, Commission Dealer, b. NY
Ellen, 29, b. Ohio
Samuel Douglass, 59, retired judge, b. Maryland
Lizzie Hason, 20, servant, b. Norway

1880 Census. Village of Evanston, Cook Co, Il, Hh 136
Chas Comstock, age 66, Pres. Traders Ins. Co. b. NY, parents, b. CT
Julia J., 54, wife, b. NY, parents b. CT
Wm C, 31, son, Member of Board of Trade, b. NY
Ellen R, 31, dau-in-law, b. Ohio, father b. MD, mother b. OH
Alice J., 33, dau
Alfonso S., 19, son, clerk
Fannie, 15, dau
Chas. Gunther, 22, Coachman, b. Ger, parents b. Germany
Marcella Fallen, 23, cook, b. VT, parents b. Ireland
Lucy Brackendork, 18, servant, b. IL, parents b. Germany

5 Oct 1891 Ship's Passenger List for the S. S. Furst Bismarck, from Hamburg, Germany & Southampton, England, arriving in New York
[barely readable]
Wm C. Comstock, 44, married, from Chicago, Bookkeeper
Ellinora, 44, wife

Passport Application stamped as issued 8 Feb 1896. William C. Comstock, Orange Co, FL, was born in the state of New York on 20 Oct 1847. His permanent residence is Chicago. He is a merchant about to go abroad and will return within one year. Signed 4 Feb 1896.
He was 48 years old, 5'9" tall, blue eyes, hair brown with gray, complexion, dark.
He requested the passport be sent to William C. Comstock, Winter Park, FL.
Henry A. Thompson was witness.

1900 Census. Chicago Ward 1, Cook Co, IL, Hh 14
William C. Comstock, Boarder in the household of Willis W. Keer and wife.
Born Oct 1847, age 52, married 1 time, b. NY, father b. CT, mother b. NY, Merchant

1910 Census. Chicago Ward 1, Cook Co, IL
Auditorium Hotel
William C. Comstock, Boarder, 62, widowed, b. NY, Grain Business, Own Account

Built home "Eastbank" in Winter Park, FL; the name was since it was located on the east bank of Lake Osceola. It was placed on the National Register of Historical Homes in 1983.
William first moved down to central Florida about 1872 - in 1882, he bought a farmhouse on sixty acres and built a home in the Queen Anne style, similar to the homes in Evanston, IL on Lake Michigan. Most of the materials were shipped down the St. John River to Sanford and then hauled by ox-drawn sledges the 20 miles to Winter Park. He wintered in Florida, returning to Chicago for the summer. He was president of the Board of Trade in Chicago until his death, September, 1924.

The sixty acres surrounding Eastbank was sold and subdivided. In 1927, Eastbank was purchased by John and Flora Harris. Four generations of their family have lived in the house.

He is buried Rosehill Cemetery & Mausoleum, Chicago.

Will, Book 148, p.288, Cook Co, IL
11 Jun 1902
William C. Comstock of Chicago...
To sisters, Alice J. Comstock, Kate Laura Cutler, Fannie Whitefield, and brothers, Alphonso S. & Alexander G. Comstock, share and share alike, the homestead in Evanston, IL, bequeathed to me by my father, Charles Comstock. Lot 1 of Subdivision of Lots One and 2 of the Owners Subdivision of Block 44 of the original village of Evanston (except Lot 14). If any do not survive, to be divided among their surviving issue or spouse, or if they have none, between the remaining siblings.
The remainder: 2/3 to the same as above.
1/3 to my sister-in-law, Sarah C. Flood, wife of James Ramsey Flood, and her four children as: First - 1/2 of 1/3 to my sister-in-law and her daughter, my sister-in-law to have life estate in 1/2, and her daughter to receive the other 1/2 and her mother's at her death. Second - the 1/2 of 11/3 to the three sons of my sister-in-law in equal shares.
The Northern Trust Company to be Executor, no bond required.
Signed: William C. Comstock
Wit: John P. Wilson, Chicago; William B. McIlvaine, Lake Side, IL; Houston C. Adcock, Western Springs, IL
Proved in Open court, 20 Oct 1924.

Birth	20 Oct 1847	Oswego County, New York
Marriage	8 Sep 1868	Evanston, Cook County, Illinois - Eleanora K. Douglas
Death	29 Sep 1924	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Spouse

Eleanora K. Douglas (1849 - 1902)

Father	Charles Comstock (1814 - 1895)
Mother	Julia Jeannette Sprague (1825 - 1901)
Sibling	Alice Julia Comstock (1845 - 1943)
Sibling	Cornelia Comstock (1853 - 1856)
Sibling	Kate Laura Comstock (1855 - 1941)
Sibling	Alphonso Sprague Comstock (1860 - 1936)
Sibling	Fannie Comstock (1864 - 1958)