BIOGRAPHIES:  Henry S. COMSTOCK, Cumberland, Barron County, WI

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Henry S. Comstock, formerly county attorney, formerly county judge, and now
a prominent attorney of Cumberland, was born at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug.
15, 1858. He attended school until fifteen years of age, and then started
teaching. Seven years later he began the study of law at Arcadia, Wis., in
the office of E. C. Higbee, now circuit judge, residing at La Crosse.
Subsequently, he took a course in law at the University of Wisconsin, and
graduated in the class of 1883. On July 1, of that year, he formed a
partnership with his preceptor, under the firm name of Higbee & Comstock.
In December, 1884, he moved to Barron, this county, and the following May
came to Cumberland, where he has since maintained his home with the
exception of the years when he was at the county seat in county office. In
the fall of 1886 he was elected district attorney, refusing a renomination
at the end of his term. In the spring of 1889 he was elected county judge,
in which position he served with much distinction. In local politics he has
filled a number of offices, including that of city attorney and city clerk.
He has also served as member and chairman of numerous committees and
delegations of the Republican party, being especially active in Conventions
before the Primary system was adopted. Judge Comstock was married Nov. 6,
1887, to Jennie Rathbone.


--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 1005.