Brief Life History of Sophronia Antoinette
When Sophronia Antoinette Comstock was born about 1839, in Connecticut, United States, her father, William Pitt Comstock, was 30 and her mother, Almantha Bailey, was 39. She married Robert R Loomis on 18 August 1857, in Union City, Naugatuck, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Union City, Naugatuck, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1880.
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- Sophrona A Loomis in household of Robert Loomis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nettie Comstock in entry for William J. Loomis, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- S A Loomis in household of Wm P Comstock, "United States Census, 1860"
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1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day .
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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