After the war he took up his residence in Todd county, Minnesota, where he married Edith E. Webster, at Gordontown January 1, 187<>. After living for three years in Montana and returning to Minnesota for another three years, Mr. Comstock moved with his family to Kearney, Nebraska. In the spring of '86 the Comstocks settled in the North Platte Valley at Chimney Rock where the family lived for thirty years. In ISOh, he united with the United

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Brethren church of which he was a faithful member until the day of his departure from this life.

In 1916, Mr. Comstock retired from the farm and took up his residence in Bayard where he has since lived. He had not been well for some months but was taken down with his last illness the Fourth of July, and had been confined to his bed most of the time since. He passed quietly away September 9, 1919. He has four brothers and four sisters living, three of whom were at his bedside at the time of his death. There also remain to mourn his departure, his wife, Edith E., and three children, Edward E. of Morrill ; George A. of Bayard; and Nellie F. Leytham of Bayard, and nine grand children, besides many friends and neighbors.

Angora

Situated on the Burlington Alliance-Bridgeport line near the north edge of Morrill county is the village of Angora, the third town of importance in the county. Its territory is the Good Streak country to the west, where ciryfarming is practiced to considerable success, and a prosperous community is the result; while to the east stretches the great sand hills, where thousands of cattle graze. This town is well represented in mercantile lines, and has churches, schools and other community conveniences, including banking facilities.