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Compendium of History and Biography
of Northern Minnesota
pub: Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Ill., 1902

              Page 144
              
              HON. SOLOMON G. COMSTOCK
              
              This gentleman is regarded by all familiar with the
            leading men of the Red river valley, as one of the most
            prominent citizens of that section of the state. He was
            born in Penobscot county, Maine, May 9, 1842, and re-
            mained on the home farm until he was of age. He was
            given an academic education, and was well prepared for
            the struggle of life, in which he has played so good a
            part. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in
            1869, for some time being identified with the legal
            profession at Omaha, Nebraska, coming into the Red river
            valley in the fall of 1871 and locating at Moorhead,
            and devoting himself to the law for a number of years.
              Mr. COMSTOCK turned away from the law in 1884 to de-
            vote himself to the real estate business, and soon built
            up an extensive business in that line, his time being so
            exclusively demanded in this direction that he has given
            up the active work of his profession.
              Mr. COMSTOCK has been elected to various positions of
            trust and responsibility, and has served as county at-
            torney, and in 1875 served his first term as a member of
            the state legislature. This was the beginning of a long
            and honorable career as a legislator, and it is in this
            capacity that Mr. COMSTOCK is best known. He was a use-
            ful member of the fifty-first congress and is well known
            throughout the state, and every where spoken of as an
            honorable and enlightened citizen.
              Mr. COMSTOCK was married in 1874 to Miss SARAH BALL,
            and to this union have come three children; ADA L., 
            JESSIE M. and GEORGE M.
            
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