Comstock, George F
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 24, 1811, in Williamstown, N. Y. He was appointed reporter of the decisions of the court of appeals, and published four volumes; and in 1852 was appointed solicitor of the United States treasury. In 1855 he was elected judge of the court of appeals, remaining on the bench until 1861, and was chief justice during the last year. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1867.
COMSTOCK, HELEN MARIA FIELD, poet, philanthropist, was born Sept. 3, 1840, in Chesterfield, N. H. She attended the public schools, and the academy of her native city. She has been a writer for the Chicago Tribune and other leading publications of the east and west, and her poems have been incorporated in Poets of America and other standard works. Her poems have been collected and published in a large volume, which has called forth favorable comments from the leading newspapers of the west.