COMLY, Joshua Wright

COMLY, Joshua Wright

Male 1810 - 1897  (86 years)

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  • Name COMLY, Joshua Wright 
    Birth 16 Nov 1810  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Biography
    • From Bell's History of Northumberland County 1891: Joshua Wright Comly, who was admitted to the bar of Northumberland County on the 17th of November, 1830, and has survived all the officers of the court and attorneys of this bar at that date, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 16, 1810, son of Charles and Sarah (Wright) Comly, and a descendant of Henry Comly, an English Friend, who immigrated to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1682. He was reared in the Quaker faith, attended the local schools and the College of New Jersey at Princeton, and in 1827 began the study of law at Milton under Samuel Hepburn. After his admission to the bar he located at Orwigsburg, Schuylkill county, but subsequently removed to Danville, where he has since resided, although his practice for some years embraced many of the most important cases in Northumberland County. In 1851 he was the Whig candidate for judge of the Supreme court.
    Biography
    • JOSHUA WRIGHT COMLY, attorney at law, Danville, was born at Philadelphia, Penn., November 16, 1810, a son of Charles and Sarah (WRIGHT) COMLY. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, died January 9, 1840; the mother was born in New Jersey, and died March 4, 1879. They were married February 19, 1807, and eight children were born to them, six of whom arrived at maturity, but all are now deceased, except our subject and his brother. Joshua W. was reared in the Quaker faith, attended the schools of his neighborhood, and also Princeton College. In 1827 he began the study of law at Milton, Northumberland Co., Penn, in the office of Samuel HEPBURN, Esq., and three years later, November 17, 1830, was admitted to the court of common pleas of Northumberland County. In 1833 he was admitted to the supreme court of Pennsylvania, and has made law the business of his life. He practiced in three counties for many years, traveled and did a large practice in several other counties. In 1851 he was the Whig candidate for judge of the supreme court, and in May, 1882, retired. He is descendant of Henry and Joan COMLY, who with their son, Henry, came to America with William Penn. They were members of the Society of Friends. Henry was a weaver by trade, settled in Bucks County, Penn. Charles COMLY (subject's father) is the son of Ezra COMLY, formerly of Philadelphia, and Hannah Iredell, his wife. Ezra was a son of Robert COMLY, late of Byberry, Philadelphia, and Sarah JONES, his wife. Robert COMLY was the son of Robert COMLY, Sr., and Jane CADWALLADER, his wife. Robert COMLY, Sr., was the second son of Henry COMLY of Bucks County, Penn., and Agnes HEATON, his wife. Henry COMLY was the son of Henry COMLY, Sr., and Jane his wife, who came from England to Pennsylvania in 1682.
    Census (desc) 1860  Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    living in a hotel and working as a lawyer 
    Census (desc) 1870  Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    living in a hotel and working as a lawyer 
    _UID EF3947B2217B144CA51473A65802F9DA1C52 
    Death 12 Feb 1897 
    Person ID I2963  Milton Families
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2013 

    Father COMLY, Charles,   b. 16 Jan 1781, Abington Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1840 (Age 58 years) 
    Mother WRIGHT, Sarah,   b. 31 Aug 1781, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1877 (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 19 Feb 1807 
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S24] History of Columbia and Montour Counties 1887, Page 147.