Josiah Comfort\Margaret Ann O'Daniel

Josiah Comfort, son of Nathaniel Comfort and Margaret Ann Baker , was born May 25,1834 in Ithaca Twp, Tompkins Co, New York. He married Margaret Ann O'Daniel September 29, 1862 in Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas. He died August 28, 1882 in Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas. Margaret Ann O'Daniel, daughter of James Franklin O'Daniel and Margaret "Peggy" Ann Howell , was born September 29, 1838 in Kentucky. She died June 25, 1885.

Children of Josiah Comfort and Margaret Ann O'Daniel are:

1. Robert Josiah Comfort, b. November 04, 1866	See Robert Josiah Comfort & Alice Lenora Cougher
2. Nathaniel Comfort, b. June 13, 1863	See Nathaniel Comfort & Sarah Elizabeth Murphy OR Nathaniel Comfort & Laura Belle Robbins
3. Franklin "Frank" Willis Comfort, b. 1865	See Franklin "Frank" Willis Comfort & Hattie L. Bell
4. Louis Lyman Comfort, b. April 30, 1869	See Louis Lyman Comfort & Jennie Brown
5. Theresa "Tressie" Pearl Comfort, b. February 21, 1871	See John Brooke McClure & Theresa "Tressie" Pearl Comfort

Notes for Josiah Comfort:

Census 1850 Rock Island Co, Illinois - in the household of his step-father Charles Marshall
Census 1870 Pottawatomie Twp, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas, p409b - 35, Blacksmith, 3000, 2200, NY
Census 1875 Rock Creek Twp, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas
Census 1880 Rock Creek Twp, Pottawatomie Co, KS, p293c - 46, Farmer, b. NY, f. NY, m. NY
Burial Admantha Cem, Pottawatamie Co, Kansas

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He was b. at Ithaca, and was a farmer and blacksmith. He and his brother
William moved (1860) from Ill. to Westmoreland, Kan. The 1850 census of
Rock Island Co., Ill, enumerated him in the household of his step-father
Charles Marshall, a blacksmith. At Westmoreland, he had a blacksmith
shop on his farm, and is said to have been one of the first men of that
area to obtain a living by service to the public. He and Margaret are
bd. in Admantha Cem. Identify of dates and place make it virtually
certain that his death in Pottawatomie Co. was recorded under the name C.
Comfort; the later was a farmer, ae. 74, who d. on Aug. 29, 1907.

Note: In Josiah's household:
Census 1870 - Pottawatomie Twp, Pottawatomie Co, KS - Koag, William, 20,
Works on a farm, Calif.

Sources for Josiah Comfort:

Census: 1880-KS, Pottawatomie Co, Rock Creek Twp, J. COMFORT, Male 46 NY Farmer NY NY
LDS IGI,
Cemetery: KS, Pottawatamie Co, Admantha/Jenkins Cemetery, "COMFORT, Josiah 5/25/1834 8/28/1882"

Notes for Margaret Ann O'Daniel:

Census 1850 KY, LaRue Co, Hamilton Dist., 406a, fam 114 - "M A ODaniel", 11, b. KY
Census 1870 Pottawatomie Twp, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas, p410a - "Comfort Margaret A", 31, Keeping House, KY
Census 1880 Rock Creek Twp, Pottawatomie Co, KS, p293c - "M. A.", 41, House Keeper, b. KY, f. KY, m. KY
Burial Admantha Cem, Pottawatamie Co, Kansas
Migration 1852 Kentucky to Parkville, Platte Co, Missouri
Migration 1859 Parkville, Platte Co, Missouri to Rock Creek, near Westmoreland, Pottawatomie Co, Kansas

Sources for Margaret Ann O'Daniel:

Census: 1880-KS, Pottawatomie Co, Rock Creek Twp, M. A. COMFORT, Wife Female 41 KY House Keeper KY KY
LDS IGI, "29 September 1835"
Newspaper: Westmoreland Recorder - Railroad Edition,
Cemetery: KS, Pottawatamie Co, Admantha/Jenkins Cemetery, "COMFORT, Margaret A. 9/29/1838 6/25/1885"

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