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Cyrus Ballou Comstock - Civil
War General
"General Cyrus Ballou Comstock, son
of Nathan (2) Comstock, was born February 3, 1831, at Wrentham, and died
May 29, 1910.
He graduated at West Point in 1855 and served through all grades
in the Engineer Corps to the rank of colonel and was brevetted brigadier-general
and major general of volunteers. He was chief engineer of the Army of the
Potomac, and took part in many important battles in the civil war; senior
engineer at the surrender of Vicksburg: chief engineer at the assault and
capture of Fort Fisher; senior-aide-de-camp of Lieutenant-General U. S.
Grant; promoted brigadier-general U. S. A., and retired April 23, 1904.
He was a member of the Permanent Board of Engineers in New York City; for
many years member and president of the Mississippi River Commission; member
of the National Academy of Sciences; author of "Primary Triangulation of
the United States Lake Survey."
He married, February 3, 1869, Elizabeth Blair, born April 25, 1841,
died August 6, 1872, daughter of Montgomery Blair. and granddaughter of
Francis P. Blair Sr, Child; Elizabeth Marion, born August 5, 1872, died
August 9, 1872." New England Families Genealogical and Memorial:
Volume IV, Pp 1980-1
The Comstock line of descent to Cyrus Ballou Comstock is:
1 William Comstock 1595 - 1683
.. +Which Wife Mom, ? 1595 -
.... 2 Samuel Comstock 1628 - 1659
........ +Anne Tucker, ? 1628 - 1667
........... 3 Samuel Comstock 1654 - 1727
............... +Elizabeth Arnold 1654 - 1747
.................. 4 Samuel Comstock 1679
- 1727
...................... +Anne Inman 1679 -
........................ 5 David Comstock
1704 - 1771
............................ +Deborah Brown
1706 -
............................... 6 Nathan
Comstock 1739 - 1832
................................... +Abigail
Arnold 1744 - 1830
Nathan Comstock voted for the Constitution in Mass Convention
...................................... 7
Cyrus Comstock 1763 - 1827
.......................................... +Abigail
Leland 1766 - 1843
............................................ 8
Nathan Comstock 1806 - 1858
................................................
+Betsey Cook 1806 -
...................................................
9 Cyrus Ballou Comstock 1831 - 1910
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Henry Comstock and The Comstock
Lode
James Flood is not a Comstock. His bio-sketch, from Notable Americans,
indicates the impact the Comstock had on financial America
FLOOD, James Clair, capitalist, was born on Staten Island, N.Y.,
Oct. 25, 1826. He was an irregular attendant at the public schools of New
York city, worked in a shipyard, and in 1849 went to California. In the
mining camp at Yerba he accumulated $3000 in gold and returned to New York
city. He then removed with his parents to Illinois, where he purchased
them a farm and again went to California. With William S. O'Brien, a fellow-traveller
on his first trip, he set up a liquor Saloon in San Francisco in 1856,
which became the headquarters for miners and dealers in mining claims.
This led the partners to speculate in mining claims and they soon established
a regular brokerage office. In 1862 they invested heavily in mining stocks
of the Comstock lode which proved exceedingly profitable, and they joined
J. M. Walker, James G. Fair and John W. Mackay, forming what became known
as the Bonanza firm, in purchasing all the mines and claims in the Comstock
lode for a sum reported to have Been $75,000. They at once placed $5,000,000
of stock of the Consolidated Virginia and the California mines On the market,
developed the mines and in 1875 announced an astonishing discovery of silver.
In six years the two properties yielded in gold and silver $172,275,270,
and the stock paid in dividends between 1875 and 1879, $75,000,000. Speculation
ran the price of shares up to $800 and the partners were reported to have
divided $100,000,000 in profits. Walker having sold out his interest to
Mackay, this division gave Flood, Fair and O'Brien $20,000,000 each and
J. W. Mackay $40,000,000. The production of the mines then fell off and
the price of shares declined to $8. The partners then organized the Nevada
bank in San Francisco with Mr. Flood as president, as a rival to the Bank
of California, of which W. C. Ralston was president. The latter bank was
forced to suspend Aug. 26, 1875; this calamity brought down with it two
other San Francisco banks and caused the suicide of Mr. Ralston. Mr. Flood
owned a house on Nob Hill worth $1,500,000, and an estate in San Matco.
He died at Heidelberg, Germany, Feb. 21, 1889.
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans: Volume IV
Links:
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Gerald Ford,
President - Comstock Line of Descent
1 William Comstock 1595 - 1683 b:
Abt. 1595 in Culmstock, Devonshire, England
.... +Elizabeth Daniel 1608 - b: January 08,
1608 in Culmstock, Devonshire, England
. 2 John Comstock 1624 - 1680 b: Abt.
1624 in Culmstock, Devonshire, England
....... +Abigail Chappell 1644 - b: September
01, 1644
.... 3 John Comstock 1676 - 1748 b: September
30, 1676 in Lyme, New London Co, Conn
.......... +Mary Colt 1676 - b: Abt. 1676
........ 4 Abner Comstock 1727 - 1811
b: Abt. 1727 in Lyme, New London Co, Conn
.............. +Eunice Goodspeed 1731 - 1809
b: April 06, 1731 in Barnstable, Mass
........... 5 Anselm Comstock 1762 - 1845
b: August 25, 1762 in Lyme, New London Co, Conn
................. +Elizabeth Jewett 1771 - 1860
b: February 28, 1771 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co, Conn
.............. 6 Betsey Comstock 1795
- 1857 b: July 13, 1795 in Lyme, Conn
.................... +Daniel Butler 1792 - b:
Abt. 1792 in of Montpelier
.................. 7 George Selden Butler
1820 - 1907 b: July 01, 1820 in Rhinebeck, New York
........................ +Elizabeth Ely Gridley
1826 - 1921 b: June 16, 1826 in Clinton, New York
..................... 8 Amy Gridley Butler
1848 - 1916 b: June 09, 1848 in Clinton, New York
........................... +George Manney Ayer
1840 - 1914 b: March 1840 in Kenosha, Wisconsin
........................ 9 Adele Augusta
Ayer 1867 - 1938 b: October 22, 1867 in Youngstown, Ohio
.............................. +Levi Addision
Gardner 1861 - 1916 b: April 24, 1861 in Solon Mills, Illinois
............................ 10 Dorothy
Ayer Gardner 1892 - 1967 b: February 27, 1892 in Harvard, Illinois
.................................. +Leslie Lynch
King 1882 - 1941 b: July 25, 1882 in Chadron, Nebraska
................11 Gerald Rudolph
Ford, President 1913 - b: July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska
Primary Source: Ancestors of American Presidents, Roberts,
1995
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller is a cousin to us via both Comstock and
Aldrich lines. He was a cousin to the president he served under, Gerald
Ford, via his Comstock ancestry.
1 William Comstock 1595
- 1683
.... +Which Wife Mom, ? 1595 -
. 2 Samuel Comstock 1628 - 1659
....... +Anne [Tucker?] 1628 - 1667
.... 3 Samuel Comstock 1654 - 1727
.......... +Elizabeth Arnold 1654 - 1747
........ 4 Samuel Comstock 1679 - 1727
.............. +Anne Inman 1679 -
........... 5 Anne Comstock 1709 - 1731
................. +Richard Steere 1709 -
.............. 6 Anne Steere 1731 -
.................... +Daniel Aldrich 1731 -
.................. 7 Job Aldrich 1770
-
........................ +Jane Jones 1770 -
..................... 8 Anan Aldrich 1810
-
........................... +Abbie Ann Burgess
1810 -
........................ 9 Nelson Wilmarth
Aldrich 1841 - 1915
.............................. +Abby Pierce
Chapman 1841 -
............................ 10 Abby Greene
Aldrich 1870 -
.................................. +John Davidson
Rockefeller, Jr. 1874 - 1960
............................... 11 Nelson
Aldrich Rockefeller 1908 - 1979
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Tennessee
Williams - Playright
1 William Comstock 1595 - 1683
*1nd Wife of William Comstock: Unknown
*2rd Wife of William Comstock: Rebecca Daniels,
?
.... +Which Wife Mom, ? 1595 -
. 2 Daniel Comstock 1630 - 1683
....... +Paltiah Elderkin 1636 - 1713
.... 3 Anne Comstock 1661 - 1727
.......... +Ebenezer Billings 1661 - 1727
........ 4 Margaret Billings 1693 -
.............. +Jeremiah Burtch 1673 - 1762
........... 5 Mary Burtch 1722 - 1790
................. +Jeremiah Sabin, Jr. 1717
- 1790
.............. 6 Elijah Sabiin 1755 -
1843
.................... +Mary Salmon 1756 - 1839
.................. 7 Mary Ann Sabin 1793
- 1877
........................ +James Dakin 1790 -
1857
..................... 8 Edwin Francis
Dakin 1819 - 1892
........................... +Hannah Jane Bellar
1825 - 1886
........................ 9 Walter Edwin
Dakin 1857 - 1955
.............................. +Rosina Maria
Francesca Otte 1863 - 1944
............................ 10 Edwina
Dakin 1884 - 1980
.................................. +Cornelius
Coffin Williams 1879 - 1957
............................... 11
Thomas Lanier 'Tennessee' Williams 1911 - 1983
See: The
Tennessee Williams Page - at the Mississippi Writers Page
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