COMSTOCK, DANIEL WEBSTER: 1840-?
Daniel Webster Comstock ,, son of Dr. James and Mary Wade Comstock, was born in Germantown, O., on Dec. 16, 1840. He attended local schools, graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1860 and began the study of law.
In September, 1860, he located in New Castle, Ind., was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law–a practice soon to be interrupted by his enlistment page: 69[View Page 69] in the 9th Indiana Cavalry for Civil War service. He was assistant adjutant general of the 1St Brigade at the close of the war.
In 1866 he settled in Richmond, Ind., and the next year married Miss Josephine A. Rohrer, of Germantown, O. In Richmond he practiced law, was elected to the state Senate in 1878 and was elected judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit in 1884, serving two terms without opposition.
Information from Taylor–Biographical Sketches and Review of the Bench and Bar of Indiana.
- 9th Cavalry, 121St Regiment Indiana Volunteers.
Richmond, Ind., 1890.
