Born in North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Absolom Garrison
and Lucy (Huff) Garrison
Sister of
Sarah (Garrison) Herrin, Mary (Garrison) Fuller, Elizabeth (Garrison) Fuller, Andrew Jackson Garrison, William Pinkney Garrison, Mahala Caroline (Garrison) Fuller, Manerva Ann Garrison and Edward C Garrison
Wife of
Martin Johnson
— married
8 Mar 1828 in White, Illinois, United States
Mother of
Sarah Jane (Johnson) Baker, George Newton Johnson, Armilda C. Johnson, William H. Johnson, Emma D. Johnson and Charles B. Johnson
Died
at age 56
in White, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Mar 2015
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Biography
Comfort was born in 1810. She was the daughter of Absolom Garrison and Lucy Huff. She passed away in 1866. [1]
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Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Ralph Fly, Saturday, March 14, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2L-KX2 : 3 November 2017), Martin Johnston and Comfort Garrison, 08 Mar 1828; citing White, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 977,068.
- "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N36J-LK6 : 8 March 2018), Comfort Garrison in entry for William H. Johnson, 26 Nov 1924; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,493,149.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M857-LZZ : 29 February 2020), Comfort Johnson in household of Martin Johnson, White county, White, Illinois, United States; citing family 1179, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 137 : 1917-1918
- Ancestry.com. Illinois, State Census Collection, 1825-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Illinois State Archives; Springfield, Illinois; Illinois State Census, 1865; Archive Collection Number: 103.010; Roll Number: 2184; Line: 30
- Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Volume: 61
See also:
- Ancestry.com. A short record and autobiography of the Garrison family of North Carolina and their descendants [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Stansberry, Thomas Garrison,. A short record and autobiography of the Garrison family of North Carolina and their descendants. unknown: unknown, 1961.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Comfort by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Comfort:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Comfort by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Comfort:
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~1.56%
Ralph Fly
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
James Garrison :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A494155 [compare], Ancestry member garizila
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~0.78%
Julie (Garrison) Duffin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NA6328561 [compare], Ancestry member jduffin93
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