Oscar Henry Comfort\Adaline Martha Woodward

Oscar Henry Comfort, son of Amzi Wickman Comfort and Eliza Van Ornum , was born March 19,1843 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He married Adaline Martha Woodward February 15, 1872 in Madison, Wisconsin. He died March 12, 1916 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co, Minnesota. Adaline Martha Woodward was born abt. 1850 in of Madison, Wisconsin. She died February 17, 1899.

Children of Oscar Henry Comfort and Adaline Martha Woodward are:

1. Henry "Harry" Marsh Comfort, b. December 25, 1872

Notes for Oscar Henry Comfort:

Burial Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey Co, Minnesota
Occupation: learned the shomaker's trade; later he was a farmer, practiced law, and entered politics
Occupation: 1874 Attorney, Stillwater, Minnesota
Military Service August 13, 1862 enlisted. Served in Civil War
Census 1880 St. Paul, Ramsey Co, Minnesota

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He served in the Civil War as a bandsman; he enlisted on Aug. 13, 1862,
from Linden, Iowa Co., Wisc., and was discharged on June 12, 1865. He
was taken prisoner on June 15, 1863, and was paroled on July 1. He l. at
Mineral Point until Oct., 1866, and then at Portage, Columbia Co., Wisc.,
where he read law during part of the time until Sept., 1870. He
practiced law at Kingston, Mo., until July, 1872. He then moved to
Stillwater, Minn., where he entered politics. In Oct., 1878, he located
in St. Paul as a lawyer.

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Notes for Adaline Martha Woodward:

Burial Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey Co, Minnesota

Notes for Henry "Harry" Marsh Comfort:

Born December 25,1872 in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Residence 1916 St. Paul, Ramsey Co, Minnesota
Occupation: telegrapher and electrician

unmarried.

Sources for Henry "Harry" Marsh Comfort:

History: Comfort Families of America, p.248

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