- J. I. COMSTOCK, foreman of East Side mill, Rock River Paper
Co.; was born in Florence,
- Oneida Co., N.Y., Jan. 3, 1834, where he received his early
education and assisted his father on the farm; he came to Wisconsin
Nov. 5, 1856, locating at Beloit; from Florence he moved to Stephenson
Co., Ill., and then to Beloit; was at first foreman of the saw-mill,
which was afterward turned into a paper-mill, in which he engaged
as general help; in 1873, he was appointed foreman of the East
Side works of the Rock River Paper Co., which position he now
holds. He enlisted in September, 1861, in Co. E, 34th Ill. V.I.,
Col. Kirk, and received his discharge from that regiment in June,
1862; he then enlisted in the 16th Wis. V.I., Co. F., Col. Fairchild,
and received his discharge in July, 1865; he was engaged in the
battles of Mumford, Ky.; Shiloh, April 7, 1862; first siege of
Corinth, Big Shanty Station, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Ga.;
Lovejoy Station and Bentonville, N.C., and through to the Atlantic
with Gen. Sherman. Mr. COMSTOCK married, in March, 1878, Elizabeth
PANGBORN of Worth Co., Ga.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis.," (c)1879,
p. 743.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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