Born in Wirt, Virginia, United States
Daughter of Benjamin Vernon
and Cynthia Heaton (Morris) Vernon
Sister of
Martha Adelia (Vernon) Rogers, William Van Kirk Vernon, Elmira (Vernon) Morehead, Sarah M. (Vernon) Hopkins, Martin Vandman Vernon, Elma Amanda (Vernon) Maxwell, Mary E. (Vernon) Dulin, Almira Vernon, Mariah Louisa (Vernon) Wiseman and Jesse Franklin Vernon
Wife of
Franklin Samuel Comfort
— married
1869 [location unknown]
Mother of
Ada Comfort
Died
at about age 38
in Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2017
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Biography
Virginia Vernon was born about 1847 in Virginia, the daughter of Benjamin and Cynthia Vernon.[1][2] Virginia married S F (Samuel Franklin) Comfort on 18 March 1869 at Wirt County, West Virginia.[3] Virginia died in 1885.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DY-5V1 : 23 December 2020), Virginia Vernon in household of Benjamin Vernon, Wirt, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM7-49L : 18 February 2021), Rebecca Vernon in entry for Benjamin Vernon, 1860.
- ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBZX-W68 : 11 February 2018), S F Comfort and V R Vernon, 1869; citing Wirt, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 849,408.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/155024236/virginia-rebecca-comfort : accessed 22 May 2021), memorial page for Virginia Rebecca Vernon Comfort (1847–1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #155024236, citing Silver Creek Cemetery, Silver Creek, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Judy Johnson (contributor 48796369) .
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZH9-1LW : 21 May 2021), V R Comfort in entry for Samuel Comfort, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TZ-6R7 : 20 February 2021), R V Comfort in household of F S Comfort, Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 158, sheet 201C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,415.
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