He was born in Dry Brook CT on 1 Mar 1809 and died in Nauvoo PA on 8 Apr 1878. He was married in Unadilla NY to Bethiah Gregory who was born in Sidney Center NY on 19 Apr 1810. She died in Nauvoo PA on 22 Jul 1866. She was the daughter of Jesse Gregory. Caleb A Comstock moved to New York state and in 1842 to PA. He was a successful merchant in Nauvoo PA in which town he lived when his six youngest (later) children were born. He had twelve children: Charles Melborn, Eliza Ann, Julia, Mary Jane, Gool L., Luzern Leroy, Lucimus Allen, Albert Erwin, Helen Elizabeth, Frances Josephine, Julia Emogene, and Oscar Eugene.