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DANIEL G. COMINGS, of Middletown, was born May 17, 1??? in Sussex County, N. J. His parents were Gilman Taylor
and Rhoda (Worthington) Comings. To this union were born six children, two of whom are living, Daniel G. and Mrs.
Elvira La Forge, who resides at Metuchen, N. J. Daniel attended the district school, where he acquired his education.
When he was thirteen years of age he commenced working on a farm until he was twenty one years old. He then learned
the millright trade, which he followed for twenty two years. In November, 1878, he removed to Orange County, locating
at Middletown, and followed his trade, also engaging in the wholesale and retail ice business and retail coal business,
which he has conducted for sixteen years. he married Louisa C. Smith, of Newark, N. J., July 9, 1884. Their four
children are Mary Viola, Bertha L., Florence A. and William D. Bertha is a pupil at the Oswego Normal School; the
others reside at home. In politics Mr. Comings is a prohibitionist and he and his wife are members of St. Paul's
Methodist Church at Middletown, N. Y.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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