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Comstock, John J., son of Israel and Jane (Sutton) Comstock, was born July 30, 1826, in Jerusalem, N. Y., was
educated in Penn Yan Academy, and has been a farmer in this town ever since. He has been a Republican ever since
the party was organized, and has been commissioner of highways for three terms, and in 1887 was elected justice
of the peace and still holds that office. His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of
the oldest members of the Milo Lodge, F. and A. M., at Penn Yan, N. Y. He married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Robert
and Susan (Wagner) Miller, of Pultney, N. Y. Their children are Robert L, born March 15, 1855; John A., born March
26, 1858; George B., born March 26, 1862; and Wilber F., born November 21, 1863.
From:
History of Yates County, N. Y.
with illustrations and biographical sketches
of some of its prominent men and pioneers.
Edited by: Lewis Cass Aldrich
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1892
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