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PVT George Washington Comstock
6 Jun 1832 – 4 Mar 1863
| Birth | 6 Jun 1832 |
| Death | 4 Mar 1863 |
| Cemetery | Corinth National Cemetery Corinth , Alcorn County , Mississippi , USA |
| Added by | Stevie on 18 Jun 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3176279 |
Bio
Born 1832, Indiana. Moved with family to Iowa in early 1850s. Married Little Narvesta Wheelis Feb 24, 1859 by Calvin Grimm in Leon,Decatur County, Iowa. Two children: Allen Bush Comstock b.31 Jan 1860 Jane Lydia (Comstock) Hileman b. 23 Jan. 1862 Enlisted in the Union Army on 22 Aug 1862, Co. K, Iowa 39th Inf. Reg. Private Mustered out: 4 Mar 1863 at Corinth, MS (Died of disease - muster out date) Although no official documentation has been located, family lore has indicated he was a doctor who was sent to the front with the Army where he performed amputations and invented a technique still in use today to improve that type of surgery. This idea seems to be bolstered by the following obit posted in the newspaper on behalf of Little Narvesta, George's wife, who passed many years after his death. "Daughter of Josiah and Jane Wheelis. Married Dr. Comstock before the Civil War which took his life, leaving her with two small children, Allen and Jane Comstock. Married Anderson A. Burchett on November 4, 1868. Mother of five Burchett children; Fanny, Will, Anna, Mollie and another. Obit Leon Reporter - copied by Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert"
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- Anna Comstock Anderson 1825–?
- Edward Owen "Owens" Comstock 1828–1896
- Nancy Melvina Comstock Young 1829–1883
- Minerva Elvira Comstock Ladd 1834–1922
- Elizabeth Camelia "Eliza" Comstock Vanderpool 1836–1932
- Elizabeth Comstock 1840–1842
- Sarah Candace Comstock Kirkpatrick 1845–1929
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