Bible Encyclopedias
Comstock, Elkanah

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a Baptist minister, was born at New London, Connecticut, and commenced preaching in 1800. His first settlement was in Albany County, N.Y. Subsequently he went to Cayuga Counity. The New York Baptist Convention appointed him one of its missionaries to Michigan, and he removed to Pontiac in 1824. Having rare gifts for this position, he "made full proof" of his ministry. In 1834 he returned to visit his native place, somewhat broken ini health, and died there at the. age of sixty-three. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 258. (J.C.S.)

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Comstock, Elkanah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/comstock-elkanah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.