Elizabeth Comstock, a Wisconsin physician, was born September 2, 1875, to Ellen and Noah Durham Comstock of Arcadia, Wisconsin. Miss Comstock graduated from Arcadia Free High School in 1893 and received a bachelor of science degree four years later from the University of Wisconsin. In the fall of 1897, she entered the Johns Hopkins University Medical School but transferred six months later to the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, where she received her medical degree in 1901.
After graduating, Comstock interned one year at the Maternity Hospital of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and then spent one year as a resident at the New York Infirmary. She remained with the New York Infirmary for the next twenty years, doing clinical work under the direction of Dr. Augusta Vedin from 1903 to 1907 and serving as an assistant to Dr. Marie Chard in the surgery clinic from 1907 to 1911. Dr. Comstock was chief of the Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday gynecology clinic of the New York Infirmary from 1907 until 1923, when she returned to Arcadia, Wisconsin, to enter private practice. She worked as a general practitioner in Arcadia until her retirement in 1965.
Dr. Comstock played a leading role in the community of Arcadia. She was an active member of the Republican Party, the American Association for the United Nations, the Free China Fund, and other charitable and political organizations. On January 15, 1972, seven years after retiring, Dr. Comstock died at 96 in a memorial home at Neillsville, Wisconsin. She had never married.
Users of this collection need to know some basic genealogical information on Dr. Comstock's family. Her siblings included Henry, Catherine, Adam (1871-1898), Nathan (1873- ), and William (1878-1886). Her parents were Noah Durham Comstock (1832-1890) who was married in 1868 to Ellen (1837- ); Ellen's maiden name also was Comstock. Noah had one brother, William (1835- ). Their parents were Adam Comstock (1792-1867) and Electa Durrin, the daughter of Noah Durrin; they were married in 1831. Ellen had eight siblings-Cyrus Ballou (1831-1910; married to Elizabeth Blair, 1841-1872), Charles, Asa Leland (1833-1876)
Sarah (married to J. Grant), Edwin (1838-1867), Catherine, Walter (1843-1867), and Agnes. Their parents were Nathan Comstock (1806-1858) and Betsey Cook.
