LINUS BACON COMINS

Comins, Linus Bacon (1817-1892), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Charlton, Worcester County, Mass., November 29, 1817; attended the common schools at Brookfield, Mass., and was graduated from Worcester County Manual Training High School; engaged in manufacturing in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Mass.; member of the Roxbury city council 1846-1848 and served as its president in 1847 and 1848; mayor of Roxbury in 1854; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); resumed manufacturing pursuits; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860; died in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Mass., October 14, 1892; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Mass.
Spouse: Mary Comins b. abt 1821 Massachusetts
Children:
Linus Comins b. abt 1844 Massachusetts
Mary Comins b. abt 1842 Massachusetts
Lizzie B. Comins b. abt 1846 Massachusetts
George Comins b. abt 1848 Massachusetts
Hellen Y. Comins b. abt 1852 Massachusetts
Annie Comins b. abt 1852 Massachusetts
Frank B. Comins b. abt 1862 Massachusetts
Lucy Comins b. abt 1862 Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell