Jennie Elizabeth Comstock

Brief Life History of Jennie Elizabeth

When Jennie Elizabeth Comstock was born in July 1836, in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, David Ruggles Comstock, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Gilson, was 27. She married Seymour Augustus Wilkins Jr on 26 October 1870, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Sharon Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Millcreek Township, Union, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 5 September 1915, in Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Seymour Augustus Wilkins Jr
1840–1918
Jennie Elizabeth Comstock
1836–1915
Marriage: 26 October 1870
Grace Elizabeth Wilkins
1871–1944
Walter Wilkins
1872–1873
Frankie Wilkins
1874–1952
Nannie Maude Wilkins
1876–1960

Sources (26)

  • Jenna Comstock in household of Ruggles Comstock, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Jennie E. Comstock, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997"
  • Jennie Elizabeth Wilkins, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (Devon): habitational name from Clumstock (Devon). This surname is now rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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