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Comstock, Kalamazoo, MI
Comstock Township was organized by an act of the Territorial Legislature in 1834. Previously, it was a part of Arcadia Township (later renamed Kalamazoo Township), which initially comprised all eight townships in the northern half of Kalamazoo County. In June 1832, Richland Township was set off, consisting of Richland, Ross, Charleston, and Comstock townships. On March 7, 1834, Comstock township was set off, comprising Comstock and Charleston townships and also Climax Township, which had been set off from Brady Township. Climax was set off from Comstock on December 30, 1837, and Charleston in 1838.
Comstock Township became a charter township in 1964.
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1854 - Comstock
Comstock, a post-township in the N. E. central part of Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Population, 1202.
Comstock, a thriving post-village in the above township, on the right or N. bank of the Kalamazoo river, and on the Central railroad, 136 miles W. from Detroit. It is one of the principal villages of the county, and contains several mills.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1878 - We acknowledge the receipt of a copy of a mammoth publication named the Weekly Visitor, published at Galesburg, Mich. It ought to have a mammoth circulation.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 3, 1878
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1895 - Comstock
Comstock, a post-village of Kalamazoo co, Mich., in Comstock township, on the Kalamazoo River and the Michigan Central Railroad, 3 miles E. of the city of Kalamazoo. t has 2 churches, 2 flouring-mills, a foundry, and a ma chine-shop, Pop. about 200; of the township, 1974.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1916
Comstock, a post-village of Kalamazoo co., Mich., on the Kalamazoo River and on toe Michigan Central R., 3 miles E. of the city of Kalamazoo. Pop. about 200.
Galesburg, a banking post-village of Kalamazoo co., Mich., on the Kalamazoo River and on the Michigan Central R., 9 miles E. of the city of Kalamazoo. It has various manufactures. Pop. in 1900, 689.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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Edwin MCCAVE (1748, , Michigan, USA - 30 January 1831, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Daniel SULLIVAN (1783, , Ireland - 4 March 1875, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))John Cornelius POWLISON (16 January 1788, Cambria, Niagara, New York, USA - 5 May 1859, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Montgomery PERCIVAL (1789, , Massachusetts, USA - 1 September 1876, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Pliny BILLINGS (1791, , Massachusetts, USA - 19 July 1880, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Robert THOMPSON (1792, , Scotland (United Kingdom) - 21 November 1879, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Walter HUNTINGTON (1792, - 6 January 1876, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Daniel BOROUGHS (1792, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg) - 19 August 1871, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Michael BROGAN (1794, , Ireland - 15 June 1875, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg))Ancestors Who Were Married in Comstock, Michigan, USA
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John SCHRODER (15 March 1836 - 10 March 1920) and 
Mary Eliza BOSTWICK (8 July 1842 - 4 March 1923) married 20 December 1859
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