Individual Details
Vernon Phelps Comstock
(8 Feb 1881 - 14 Nov 1953)
Married 1st Rose Etta Dunn, Apr 18, 1899 in Springfield MO; 2nd Jannie Nancy Barnes on Mar 21, 1914 in Springfield MO. He was a photographer. Children by Rose were Amos Burney, born Jan 29, 1900; Winnie Elizabeth, born Sep 14, 1901; Mentor John, born Feb 23, 1903; Herschell Ingram, born Nov 18, 1904; Richard Allen, born Aug 30, 1906; Gracie, born June 17, 1910 and died Dec 28, 1914. Children by Jannie were Dorothy Tid, born Jun 11, 1915; Charlene Claire, born Nov 25, 1917; Bonnie Leon "Bonetta", born Nov 5, 1924.
12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Vernon Phelps Comstock lived at RFD 1, Strafford, Greene Co, MO. He was 37, born 8 Feb 1881.
Medium height, stout build, dark blue eyes, black hair. He was a farmer, self-employed. His wife Janie Comstock was his nearest relative.
Death Certificate for Rosetta Comstock gives her death as 16 May 1912 from acute atrophy of the liver. She was born 12 Dec 1877 and was 34 years, 5 months, 4 days, when she died. Her father was John B. Dunn, her mother Sarah L. Hickman. Vern Comstock, her husband, was the informant. She was burined Danforth Cemetery. (Vernon is also buried Danforth Cemetery, Strafford.
Events
Birth | 8 Feb 1881 | Strafford, Greene County, Missouri | |||
Marriage | 21 Mar 1914 | Springfield, Greene County, Missouri - Nancy Jane "Jannie" Barnes | |||
Death | 14 Nov 1953 | Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri |
Families
Spouse | Nancy Jane "Jannie" Barnes ( - ) |
Child | Dorothy Comstock (1915 - 1996) |
Father | John Phelps Comstock (1857 - 1952) |
Mother | Sophronia Geraldine "Tiddie" Simpson (1862 - 1953) |
Sibling | Lula Viola "Ola" Comstock (1883 - 1931) |
Sibling | Minnie Clara Comstock (1885 - ) |
Sibling | Joseph Claude Comstock (1887 - 1953) |
Sibling | Dohnaldine Lester Comstock (1907 - 1953) |
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. 456.