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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

George B. DAVIS, farm and stock, Sec. 16; P. O. Channahon; the subject of this sketch was 
born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., May 7, 1821. He married Miss Olive COMSTOCK Jan. 12, 1843; 
she was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1824; they had nine children, four living, 
viz., George H., Sarah, Oliver C. and Wilber B. He lived in New York about sixteen years, 
when he came to Will Co., IL, with his parents, and settled in this township; in 1846, he 
came to his present place; he has been School Director and Trustee of the School Fund; he 
started in poor circumstances, and now owns 187 acres in this township and 300 in Texas, 
which he has earned by his own labor and management. His parents were from Rhode Island;
his father, Joseph, was born Aug. 13, 1787, and died Sept. 30, 1838. He married Miss Martha 
BURLINGAME; she was born March 5, 1787, and died July 25, 1863. His father settled in this 
township in 1836, and the family followed in 1837. His wife's father was Dr. Alexander 
COMSTOCK; he was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1788. He married Miss Esther SALTMARSH 
Feb. 10, 1823; she was born in Columbia Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1790; they came to Joliet in 
the fall of 1836, where he practiced medicine until he died, July 9, 1854; Mrs. COMSTOCK 
died Aug. 7, 1874.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.