Individual Details
Sophronia Comstock
(15 Mar 1859 - 5 Feb 1942)
Found in a questionnaire by an unknown author sent to John A. Comstock, circa 1945. Sophronia Comstock [Mrs. Jackson P. C. Langston] was born 15 Mar 1859 and died 5 Sep 1942; buried Danforth Cemetery, near Strafford, MO.
Death Certificate gives Sophonia's father as George Comstock, b. Kentucky, mother as Mary, birthplace unknown. The informant was her daughter Mazie [Mrs. Mazie Sweetin], who was obviously uninformed about Sophronia's parents. Mazie gave her father's name as Jack Langston. Sophronia died of heart failure.
Events
| Birth | 15 Mar 1859 | McDonald County, Missouri |  | ||
| Marriage | 31 Dec 1877 | Jackson Perry Carroll Langston | | ||
| Death | 5 Feb 1942 | Strafford, Greene County, Missouri | |
Families
| Spouse | Jackson Perry Carroll Langston (1856 - 1927) |
| Child | Hettie Langston (1879 - 1909) |
| Child | Arby Jackson Langston (1880 - 1946) |
| Child | Mazie Jane Langston (1884 - 1977) |
| Child | Inez Langston (1886 - 1976) |
| Father | Leander Brown Comstock (1828 - 1877) |
| Mother | Nancy Forgason (1830 - 1878) |
| Sibling | William Kendrick Comstock (1850 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Mary Comstock (1852 - 1889) |
| Sibling | George Oliver Comstock (1855 - 1930) |
| Sibling | John Phelps Comstock (1857 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Amanda L. Comstock (1861 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Thomas Henry Comstock (1864 - 1905) |
Endnotes
1. John Adams Comstock of Del Mar, California, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, (Los Angeles, CA: The Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1949), p.358.
2. US Census 1860 MO, McDonald County (NARA Microcopy 653; Roll 633; LDS Microfilm #0803633), Page 61; Household 412 Richwoods Twp.
3. US Census 1880 - FamilySearch CD-ROM Transcription of entire 1880 Census by the LDS; 2000., Missouri, Greene Co, Jackson, p.63C.
4. U.S. Census. HeritageQuest digital images. Subscription., 1870, MO, Green Co, Johnson Twp, p.208, Household 2179.
5. John Adams Comstock of Del Mar, California, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, (Los Angeles, CA: The Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1949), p.358.
6. John Adams Comstock of Del Mar, California, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, (Los Angeles, CA: The Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1949), p.358.
7. Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1957 http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/, Death Certificate #6698.