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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRAR1 OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Corns tock, Mrs. Anna Botsford, lecturer, author, was born Sept. 1, 1854, in Otto, N.Y. In 1878 she married Professor John Henry Comstock of Cornell university; and since 1899 she has been professor of Cornell extension work in nature study. She is the author of Problems of the Sixartist,

footed.

Comstock, Anthony, soldier, reformer, auwas born March 7, 1844, in New Canaan Conn. He was educated in the district schools thor,

at Wyckoff academy at New Canaan; and at the high school at New Britain, Conn. He left school in 1861 and enlisted in the seven-

teenth regiment Connecticut volunteer infantry. He served under General GiUuore in the third separate brigade of the department of the south. In 1865 he was mustered out; and since then has been postoffice inspector of New York. As secretary and special agent of the New York society for the supression of vice, he has brought over three million to justice; and has destroyed a hundred tons of obscene literature and pictures. He is the author of Fraud E.xiposed Gambling Outrages; Morals vs. Art; and Traps for the Young. Comstock, Charles Carter, manufacturer, congressman, was born March 5, 1818, in Sullivan, N.H. He was mayor of Grand Rapids in 1863-64; was the democratic candidate for governor of Michigan in 1870; the people's candidate for congress in 1873; and the greenback candidate for congress in 1878. In 1885-87 he was a representative from Michigan to the forty-ninth congress. He died Feb. 20, 1900, in Grand Rapids, Mich. ,

Comstock, Cyrus Ballou, soldier, civil enwas born Feb. 3, 1831, m "West Wrentham, Mass. He was a colonel of the engineer corps in the United States army, and brevet major-general of United

vention of 1867. He died Sept. 37, 1892, in Syracuse, N.Y. Comstock, Gideon, lawyer, jurist. In 176667, 1769-70 and 1779-81 he was an associate justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island.

Comstock, Mrs. Harriet Theresa, writer, author, was born in 1860 in Nichols, N.Y. She is a writer of stories for children; ana resides in Flatbush, N.Y. She is the author of tle

Boy of a Thousand Years Ago; A LitDusky Hero; and Tower or Throne. Also

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The Queen of Hostage, a novel; and a more recent book for children, entitled Meg and the Others.

Comstock, John Henry, educator, author, was born Feb, 24, 1849, in Janesville, Wis. He was United States entomologist during 1879-81; and is now a professor of entomology and general invertebrate zoology at Cornell university. He is the author of Notes on Entomology; Report on Cotton Insects;. Introduction to Entomology; and A Manual for the Study of Insects. Comstock, John Lee, author, was bom in 1789 in Lyme, Conn. He was the author of The Elements of Chemistry; Introduction to Mineralogy; System of Natural Philosophy; History of the Precious Minerals; and Natural History of Quadrupeds. He wrote also A History of the Greek Revolution. He died Nov. 21, 1858, in Hartford, Conn. Comstock, Oliver C, congressman, was born in 1784. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1810-12; in 1813-19 he was a representative from New York to the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth congresses; and subsequently officiated as chaplain of the house of representatives. He died

Jan. 11, 1860, in Marshall, Mich. Comstock, Solomon G., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born May 9, 1842, in Argyle, Maine. He was educated in the public and private schools of his native state. He

was county attorney

gineer, author,

made a number

States volunteers; and

of

important government surveys. He retired from the army in 1895. He is the author of Notes on European Surveys; Surveys of the Northwestern Lakes; and Primary Triangulation of United States Lake Survey. Comstock, George Cary, astronomer, was born Feb. 12, 1855, in Madison, Wis. He is and director of the a noted astronomer Washburn observatory of Madison, Wis. Comstock, George F., lawyer, jurist, was horn Aug. 24, 1811, in Williamstown, N.Y. He was appointed reporter of the decisions

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and published four volumes. In 1852 he was appointed solicitor of the United States treasury. In 1855-61 he was judge of the court of appeals; and was chief justice during the last year. He was a member of the state constitutional conof the court of appeals



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'1872-78 was a representative to the Minnin legislature esota I1S75-81; and he was state senator in 1882SS, when he resigned. In 1889-91 he was a from representative [Minnesota state to the fifty-first congress as a republican and was a member of several important committees while in congress. Comstock, Theodore "Bryant, educator, author, was born July 27, 1849, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He was professor in Illinois university; was president of university of Arizona during 1893-95; and since 1895 general manager of Prescott development syndicate, limited. He is author of Outlines of General Geology: Classification of Rocks; and va;

rious p'ublished articles and reports.