Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Isaac A. COMSTOCK

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 873, 874

Ex-Judge Isaac A. Comstock, late a well-to-do farmer and stockman of 
Barton County, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1818, and is a son 
of Daniel and Elizabeth (Fox) Comstock, who were born in New York State,
and were married there in 1818, and removed to Scioto County, Ohio, the
same year.  In 1834 they removed to the "Hoosier State," and two years
later went by ox-team to Iowa, the country at that time being full of 
Indians.  Mr. Comstock was a member of the first county court of Muscatine
County.  In 1839 he went to Cedar County, being one of its first 
commissioners, and afterward went on horseback to Dubuque to enter the 
land on which to locate the county seat, and helped to lay out the town 
of Tipton.  Here he died on the 19th of July, 1864, respected and esteemed
by all who knew him.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a son 
of Jeremiah Comstock, of Vermont.  His wife died on the 10th of April, 
1858, having been a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 
many years.  Her father, Daniel Fox, was born in New York State, and died
in Madison County, Ohio.  Isaac A. Comstock, the eldest of four sons and 
three daughters, was reared on the frontier of Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, 
receiving but little schooling.  He was married in 1840 to Rebecca, a 
daughter of Goodwin and Jane Taylor, who were born in Virginia and North 
Carolina, respectively, and were married in the latter State, removing 
from there to Indiana when their daughter Rebecca was four years old.  
About 1837 they removed to Muscatine County, Iowa, then to Cedar County,
and afterward to Kansas.  Mr. Taylor died in Nebraska in 1881, and his 
wife in 1879.  He was a farmer and stock-raiser, and held the offices 
of justice of the peace and postmaster, and represented Cedar County, 
Iowa, one term in the State Legislature.  To Mr. and Mrs. Comstock ten 
children were born, eight being now alive: Andrew J.; Mary J., wife of 
G. W. Fall, of Iowa; Albert; Lewis C.; Laura, wife of George W. Harbour; 
Josephine, wife of Joseph Raber; Stephen, and Lawrence.  Mr. Comstock 
resided in Cedar County, Iowa, until 1871, then came to Barton County,
Mo., and purchased the finely improved farm of 300 acres, where his 
family now live, which formerly consisted of 800 acres.  In 1850 he 
crossed the plains to California, but at the end of one year returned 
home via Island of Cuba and New York City.  While in Iowa he was in the 
mercantile business with his father-in-law, and at the age of twenty-two
years he was elected justice of the peace, which position he held many 
years.  In the forties he served two years as county assessor of Cedar
County.  In 1882 he was elected judge of the county court of Barton 
County, serving two years.  He was a Democrat all his life, and cast 
his first presidential vote for Franklin Pierce.  He belonged to the 
Good Templars.  Mrs. Comstock is a member of the Methodist Church.  
Mr. Comstock died June 19, 1889.  His death was a severe loss to the 
county, and the position he occupied, in both private and public life, 
will be one hard to fill.

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