Individual Details
Bennett Comstock
(22 Nov 1812 - 15 Feb 1893)
Bennett probably had a second marriage to Mary Lawrence.
1840 Census. Perry Co, IN
Bennett Compstock: 1 male age 15-20. 1f age 15-20
1850 Census. Clark Twp, Perry Co IN, Hh 60
Bennet Cumstock, age 37, b. Kentucky
Disey, age 31, b. Indiana
Melvina age 9. Virana age 7. Margret E. age 4. Sarah age 1.
Wilson Conner, age 17, b. IN
Enos Comstock, age 41, b. KY "idiot"
1860 Census. Clark Twp, Perry Co IN Hh 988
Bennett Comstock, age 48
Marey, 25
Melvina 19. Viona 16. Jessy 9 (male). James 11. Franklin 4. Wesley 2.
Eanos Comstock, age 50, Insane
1870 Census. Clark Twp, Perry Co, IN, Hh 10
Bennet Comstock, 58, b. KY. Mary, 35, b. KY.
Frank 14. Wesley 12. Isaac, age 10.
William Dodson, 15.
Enos Comstock, age 61, b. KY, Insame
1880 Census. Clark Twp, Perry Co, IN, Hh 51
Benet Comstock, 68, farmer, b. KY, father b. Rhode Island, mother b. KY
Mary, 45, wife
Isaac, 17, son, has fits
Sarah C., 16, Servant girl
Enos Comstock, 71, insane, b. KY, father b. Rhode Island, mother b. KY
Events
| Birth | 22 Nov 1812 | Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 21 Jan 1840 | Perry County, Indiana - Dicey Connor | | ||
| Marriage | 21 Sep 1854 | Perry County, Indiana - Mary "Polly" Lawrence | | ||
| Death | 15 Feb 1893 | Perry County, Indiana | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary "Polly" Lawrence (1835 - ) |
| Child | Franklin M. Comstock (1855 - ) |
| Child | Wesley Comstock (1857 - ) |
| Child | Isaac H. Comstock (1860 - 1897) |
| Spouse | Dicey Connor (1819 - ) |
| Child | Melvina Comstock (1841 - ) |
| Child | Oliver Bennett Comstock (1842 - 1842) |
| Child | Virona Comstock (1843 - ) |
| Child | Margaret E. Comstock (1846 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Comstock (1849 - ) |
| Child | Jesse Comstock (1851 - ) |
| Child | James Comstock (1853 - ) |
| Father | Samuel Oliver Comstock (1766 - 1839) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Comstock (1799 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Rachel Comstock ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Comstock (1802 - ) |
| Sibling | Deborah Comstock ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" Comstock (1801 - ) |
| Sibling | Susan Comstock ( - ) |
| Sibling | Enos Comstock (1809 - ) |
| Sibling | Nathan Comstock ( - 1849) |
| Sibling | Daniel Comstock ( - 1838) |
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), Family 458a.
2. Indiana State Library Online, Indiana Marriages Through 1850 (http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html).
3. Lawrence E. Payne. Email correspondence of 8 May 1999.
4. 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), Family 458a.