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Descendants of Elisha Comer

Generation No. 3

7. REBECCA ANN³ COMER (NATHAN², ELISHA¹, UNKNOWN^A) died Aft. 1934. She married WILLIAM H. BOGUE February 3, 1864 in Tipton Co., IN ⁷¹.

More About WILLIAM H. BOGUE:
Burial: November 19, 1934, Albright Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard Co. IN

Children of REBECCA COMER and WILLIAM BOGUE are:

DORA⁴ BOGUE, m. DRAKE.

Notes for DORA BOGUE:
Lived in Oklahoma when her father died.

Notes for DRAKE:

ii.

FLORA BOGUE, m. STEVENS.

Notes for FLORA BOGUE:
Lived in Greentown when her father died.

iii.

DELLA BOGUE, m. WILEY.

Notes for DELLA BOGUE:
Lived in Jonesboro when her father died.

8. JOSEPH E.³ COMER (NATHAN², ELISHA¹, UNKNOWN^A) was born 1842, and died November 8, 1904 in Howard Co., IN. He married HANNA E. LATTA December 20, 1866 in Howard Co. IN, daughter of DAVID LATTA.

Notes for JOSEPH E. COMER:
Notes from Kokomo Library - Civil War veterans:

Two listings for Joseph E. Comer

COMER, JOSEPH E.; Private; 153rd Ind. Inf.; Co. D; 3yr.; Oakford; mustered in: Aug. 28, 1862; remarks: mustered out Aug. 14, 1865; AGR 6-443

COMER, JOSEPH E.; Private; Co. D; 89th Ind. Vol.; enlisted - Aug. 9, 1862; discharged - Aug. 14, 1865; illnesses in service - chronic diarrhea and piles; died - Nov. 8, 1904 at age 62; buried by County in Albright Cemetery, Howard Co., Indiana; civilian occupation - minister; VA Card

There is also a listing for a J.E. Comer with a different date of death as follows:

COMER, J. E.; Corporal; Co. D; 89th Ind. Inf.; (born Aug 25, 1838, died April 22, 1924); buried Albright Cemetery, section 3; G-233 (This is probably not the Joseph E. Comer listed above.)

More About JOSEPH E. COMER:
Burial: Albright Cemetery, Howard Co., IN

Children of JOSEPH COMER and HANNA LATTA are:

	i.		ANDY⁴ COMER.
	ii.		M.E. COMER.
	iii.		SARAH COMER.
	iv.		B COMER, b. Abt. 1866.
	v.		SON COMER, b. January 1871.

9. MOSES ALLIS³ COMER (NATHAN², ELISHA¹, UNKNOWN^A) was born June 19, 1846 in IN, and died October 5, 1932 in Howard Co., IN ⁷². He married CECILIA REBECCA LATTA December 22, 1869 in Howard Co. IN ⁷³.

Children of MOSES COMER and CECILIA LATTA are:

	i.	ARTHENA MILFORD⁴ COMER, b. March 28, 1871.
18.	ii.	ORVILLE PRIOR COMER, b. February 12, 1873.
	iii.	SARAH CECELIA COMER, b. January 21, 1875, IN; d. September 25, 1932; m. CHALMER WEESNER.
	iv.	LIZZIE LAVENIA COMER, b. March 2, 1878.

10. JOHN HARRISON³ COMER (JAMES W.², ELISHA¹, UNKNOWN^A) was born April 24, 1843 in New London, Howard Co., IN, and died May 19, 1930 in 721 S. Courtland Ave., Kokomo, Howard Co, IN ^74,⁷⁵. He married (1) HANNAH F. RATCLIFF⁷⁶ September 12, 1866 in Howard Co. IN⁷⁶. He married (2) EMOLINE FRAZIER December 6, 1872 in Howard Co. IN.

Notes for JOHN HARRISON COMER:
ARTICLE FOUND IN THE KOKOMO PAPER ABOUT 1925

J. H. COMER, OF CENTER, SECOND WHITE CHILD BORN IN HOWARD COUNTY, NOW 82 YEARS OF AGE

To J. H. Comer, of Center, for years was given the distinction of being the first white child born in the territory now known as Howard County.
Mr. Comer, at the age of eighty-two, said yesterday that he understood that another person proved priority to the claim.
"But I was at least the second," he said.
Mr. Comer was born a short distance west of New London and with the exception of a few years spent in Kansas, has lived in and near Howard County all his life. From the New London vicinity his parents, James and Mary (Wright) Comer moved to the edge of the present site of Nevada, just over the line in Tipton county. The father was a minister of the New-light church. J. H. Comer then was six years old and he remembers that several sections of land around Nevada was Indian territory and that many redskins lived there.

Built Crude Log Cabin

"When we arrived in the vicinity of Nevada, my father found that all the land set aside by the government had been taken except eighty acres," he said. "on this land we settled, my father building a crude log cabin about twelve by sixteen feet in size. Later he built a hewed log house that was regarded as on of the finest in this region. We lived at Nevada only about two years, moving at the end of that period to a place near Hemlock, which by the way, was originally named Terre Hall. The town of Center likewise was named Tampico, and these early-day names may still be found on deeds to real estate.
"Seventy-six years ago, at the time the Comer family lived there, Nevada did not have a real name," Mr. Comer said. "The north side of Mud creek was known as "pluck 'em in" and the south side as "pluck 'em out". In explanation of these names, if such they may be called, Mr. Comer said that men living on the south bank were accustomed to visit a saloon on the north bank and that frequently they fell in the stream on the way home and had to be pulled out. Hence the side on which they fell in became known as "pluck 'em in," and the opposite side as "pluck 'em out."

Indians Were Peaceable

Indians hunted and fished throughout the territory, but they were peaceable, Mr. Comer said, although as a boy he frequently became frightened at sight of them. Deer, wolves, bears and other wild animals made life uncomfortable and sometimes unsafe, Mr. Comer said.
Mr. Comer's parents thought when they lived at New London that it would some day be the metropolis of this region, Mr. Comer said. His mother and the father of Isaac Wright, former mayor of Kokomo, were brother and sister. Mr. and Mrs. James Comer had eight children of whom J.H. Comer is the eldest. The other children are Will, of East Taylor Street, Kokomo; Nixon, who lives near Jerome, Linville, judge of the county court at Tampa, Fla.; Dave, of Center; Mrs. Hepsia Hercules, the widow of Louis Hercules, and Mrs. Louisa Hollingsworth, the widow of Wilson Hollingsworth, both of Center, and Mrs. Mary Main, the wife of Mirah Main of Greentown. Another son and brother, Pryor, is deceased.

MARRIED 53 YEARS AGO

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Comer were married December 6, 1872, in Kokomo. Mrs. Comer is seventy-nine years of age. They have five children. George and Robert, the sons, both live in Detroit and have prospered there. Three daughters all live in Kokomo. They are Olive, the wife of Levi Barrett; Mabel, the wife of Earl Stack, and Ruby, the wife of Rev. Everett Nixon. When Mrs. Comer suffered a broken shoulder in a fall late last year,
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OBITUARY IN THE KOKOMO DISPATCH, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1930

J.H. COMER, ONE OF FIRST BORN IN COUNTY, DIES
Pioneer Was Born In New London Community In 1943

John Harrison Comer, son of the Rev. James and Mary Comer, who were among the earliest settlers of Howard County, died Monday night at the age of eighty-seven years at the home of the Rev. Everett Nixon, 721 South Courtland Avenue, of infirmities incident to age. Mrs. Nixon is a surviving daughter.
To Mr. Comer belongs the distinction of being among the first white children born in Howard county. His parents settled in the New London community and it was there that he was born on April 24, 1843.
As far as available records show, Mr. Comer's birth was ante-dated by one other in the county and only by a matter of about four years. An early annal of the county preserved in history the birth of Mary Catherine Price, which occurred August 18, 1839. She is believed to have been the first which child born in what is now Howard County.
With the exception of five years spent in Kansas, Mr. Comer lived in this county all his life. On December 6, 1872, he was united in marriage to Emaline Frazier, who survives.
Of this union five children are living. They are George and Robert Comer of Detroit, and besides Mrs. Nixon, the following daughters. Mrs. Mabel Stack of Anderson and Mrs. Ollie Barrett of Kokomo. There are eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
The married life of Mr. and Mrs. Comer continued for fifty-eight years. For the past six years he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Nixon.

BROTHER BEARS DISTINCTION

A brother, Linville Comer, now living at Marion, bears the distinction of having been the first Republican to have been elected to the circuit court bench in Kississimme County, Florida, where he spent a number of years before returning to Indiana. The other living brothers are David of Center and Nixon of West Liberty. Two sisters also survive, Mrs. Hepsie Hercules of Center and Mrs. Mary Main, Kokomo.
For many years Mr. Comer was a member of the Christian Church at Center.
The funeral has been appointed for two o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Union Street Friends church. In charge of the pastor, the Rev. A. Ward Applegate. Burial will be in Crown Point cemetery.
Friends may call at the home of the Rev. Nixon after 1:30 o'clock this afternoon.

More About JOHN HARRISON COMER:
Burial: Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo
Burial Plot: May 21, 1930, Plat Bk. 1, Sec. 1, Lot 137, Pg. 72
Land Records: March 20, 1849, Patent deed, 80 ac., Sec. 32, Liberty Twp., Tipton County, IN

Notes for HANNAH F. RATCLIFF:
Hannah Comer died the same day as her son, James Comer, apparently from childbirth.

More About HANNAH F. RATCLIFF:
Burial: March 21, 1872, Upper Kokomo Church cemetery ⁷⁷

More About EMOLINE FRAZIER:
Burial: May 17, 1932, Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo
Burial Plot: May 17, 1932, Plat Bk. 1, Sec. 1, Lot 137, Pg. 72

Children of JOHN COMER and HANNAH RATCLIFF are:

FLORA C.⁴ COMER, b. January 18, 1868 ⁷⁸; d. September 17, 1869⁷⁸.

More About FLORA C. COMER:
Burial: Upper Kokomo Church cemetery

ii.

INFANT DAUGHTER COMER, b. September 18, 1869⁷⁸; d. September 18, 1869⁷⁸.

Notes for INFANT DAUGHTER COMER:
It is assumed, since this infant daughter is not named, that she died at birth.

More About INFANT DAUGHTER COMER:
Burial: Upper Kokomo Church cemetery

iii.

JAMES V. COMER, b. June 19, 1871 ⁷⁹; d. March 29, 1872 ⁸⁰.

Notes for JAMES V. COMER:
Died as infant.

More About JAMES V. COMER:
Burial: Upper Kokomo Church cemetery

Children of JOHN COMER and EMOLINE FRAZIER are:

	iv.		MABEL⁴ COMER, m. EARL STACK.
	v.		RUBY P. COMER, d. April 10, 1952; m. EVERETT NIXON.

More About RUBY P. COMER:
Burial: April 12, 1966, Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo
Burial Plot: April 12, 1966, Plat Bk. 1, Sec. 1, Lot 137, Pg. 72

More About EVERETT NIXON:
Burial: October 31, 1966, Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo
Burial Plot: October 31, 1966, Plat Bk. 1, Sec. 1, Lot 137, Pg. 72
Social Security Number: Social Security #: 314-18-5882 ⁸¹

vi.

GEORGE COMER, b. 1868; d. Abt. April 25, 1961.

Notes for GEORGE COMER:
George moved to Detroit and spent most of his life there in the insurance business.

More About GEORGE COMER:
Burial: April 29, 1961, Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo
Burial Plot: April 29, 1961, Plat Bk. 1, Sec. 1, Lot 137, Pg. 72

	vii.		LENORA COMER, b. 1868.
	viii.		OLIVE COMER, b. 1879; m. LEVI BARRETT, March 30, 1901 ⁸².
	ix.		AGNESS COMER, b. Bef. 1880.
	x.		ROBERT COMER, b. June 18, 1891, Center, Howard Co., IN ⁸³.

Notes for ROBERT COMER:

COMER, Robert F. (1891 - ?)

Posted by Howard County In the World War (1920) on Tue, 11 May 1999

Surnames: COMER, FRAZIER

Howard County (Indiana) In the World War - C.V. Haworth. Wm. B. Burford, Printer: Indianapolis (1920) p 60 - Photo plate 33.
COMER, Robert F., son of John H and Emma FRAZIER COMER, was born at Center, Ind., June 18, 1891. In May, 1918, he entered the army at Detroit, Mich., and was sent to Hampton Roads, Va., where he was assigned to Co. No. 714 Signal School.

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