Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Comly, Harry October 25, 1868 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

  HARRY COMLY, one of the most progressive and prosperous 
farmers in that section of Montgomery county, being esteemed 
for his many admirable qualities, was born at Blue Bell, in 
Whitpain township, October 25, 1868. He is the son of Alfred 
and Elizabeth (Shaw) Comly. The Comlys are an old family of 
English ancestry, and the family were members of the Society 
of Friends. Some of its members were prominent in the 
history of the Society.

  Alfred Comly (father) was a native of Gwynedd township, 
Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where he was born June 8, 
1839. He was reared on a farm, being engaged all his life in 
agricultural pursuits. He was educated in neighborhood 
schools, and on reaching manhood married Elizabeth Shaw. He 
subsequently removed to Moreland township, in Montgomery 
county, and after a residence of several years in that 
township removed to Bucks county. A few years later he 
returned to Gwynedd, residing there for seventeen years. He 
then purchased the farm in Montgomery township on which 
Harry Comly now resides, and remained there the remainder of 
his life. The farm contains thirty-five acres of land. The 
children of Alfred and Elizabeth Comly: Sallie, deceased; 
Harry, subject of this sketch; Jonas and Mary, both 
deceased.

  Harry Comly was educated at the Friends' School at 
Gwynedd, where he was a pupil of Ellwood Roberts and other 
well-known teachers. He also attended Gwynedd public school. 
From early boyhood he has. been engaged in agricultural 
pursuits. In 1886 he purchased from his father the farm 
which he now occupies, and has brought it to a high state of 
cultivation. He is a practical farmer, all his surroundings 
being of a kind calculated to indicate thrift and industry. 
Mr. Comly married at Lansdale, December 21, 1898, Emma 
Moyer, a daughter of William and Amanda (Cassel) Moyer. She 
was born December 1, 1881. Her father is deceased, and her 
mother survives and resides at Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Mr. 
and Mrs. Comly have no children. Mr. Comly attends Friends' 
Meeting. The family of Mrs. Comly attend the Reformed 
church.

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