Ninth Generation

666. James Harvey COMSTOCK was born on 8 June 1878 in Johnson County, Texas.²⁸⁶ He died on 3 May 1951 at the age of 72 in Antlers, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.

1900 Census. Justice Prec 8, Montague Co, TX, Hh 395
James A. Cassels, b. Jul 1859, age 40, b. GA, farmer
Mary E., wife, b. Apr 1870, 30, married 10 years, 4 children - 3 are living, b. MO
Willie L., dau, b. Mar 1891, age 9, b. TX
Winnie B., dau, b. Dec 1892, 7, b. TX
Mattie B., dau, b. Apr 1894, age 5, b. TX
Harvey Comstock, nephew, b. Feb 1878, age 22, b. TX, farm labor

1910 Census. Willis, Marshall, OK, Hh 158
James H. Comstock, 30, married 1 time for 7 years, b. TX, father b. MO, mother b. TX
Bessie, wife, 25, 4 children, b. OK
Children all born in Oklahoma:
Pearl, dau, 6. Earl, son, 4. Manie, dau, 2. Mamie, dau, 11 months.

12 Sep 1918
World War I Draft Registration
James Harvey Comstock lived at Willis, Marshall Co, OK. He was age 41, born 8 Jun 1878. Self-employed as a farmer. His nearest relative was Bessie Comstock. Short, slender, dark hair - listed with one blue eye, one brown eye.

1920 Census. Taliaferro Twp, Marshall Co, OK. Hh 183
James H. Comstock, 43, b. TX
Bessie, wife, 37, b. OK
Earl, son, 15, b. OK
Manie, dau, 13, b. OK
Mamie, dau, 11, b. TX
Lola, dau, 9, b. OK
Oda, dau, 7, b. OK
Ona, dau, 4, b. OK
Arthur, son, 1, b. OK

1930 Census. Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX, Hh 803
Bessie Comstock, 44, Housekeeper, Private Family
Odah, dau, 17, Housekeeper, Private Family
Onie, dau, 14, Housekeeper, Private Family
Arthur H., son, 11

1930 Census. Marshall Co, OK, Hh 34
Ephraim H. Comstock, 74, married at age 20, b. MO, Farmer
Jennie, wife, 57, married at 17, b. TX
James H., son, 52, Single, b. TX, father b. MO, mother b. TX, Farm Labor
J------(marked over) - Granddaughter, 20, single, b. OK (could this be Mamie - that had some sort of mental handicap?)

I think his death may be based on the following census - I'm not sure it is the same man.
In 1940, a Harvey Comstock was in Antlers Twp, Pushmataha Co, OK, Hh 122
They had all lived in rural Pushmataha Co in 1935.
R. E. Speaks, age 24, b. OK
Lucille, wife, 18, b. OK
Kenneth Wayne, son, age 1, b. OK
Harvey Comstock, cousin, age 64, widowed, b. TX

James Harvey COMSTOCK and Rebecca Jane "Bessie" HUTCHINS were married on 23 December 1901 in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Rebecca Jane "Bessie" HUTCHINS was born on 29 November 1883 in Oklahoma. She died on 10 August 1939 at the age of 55 in Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas.

Buried Wood Cemetery, Gladewater, Gregg Co, TX

James Harvey COMSTOCK and Rebecca Jane "Bessie" HUTCHINS had the following children: