John COMER

                   1850 CENSUS JACKSON TWP, PUTNAM CO, OHIO P.151   VA  AGE:  37

1860 CENSUS      "   "      "   "     "  P. 409  VA  AGE:  44

1870 CENSUS      "    "      " "     "   P. 325  VA  AGE:  57
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   Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace 
   John COMER   Self   M   Male   W   64   VA   Farmer   VA   VA  
   M. Louise COMER   Wife   M   Female   W   43   OH   Keeping House   VA   VA  
   John H. COMER   Other   S   Male   W   27   OH   Works On Farm   VA   OH  
   Pierson B. COMER   Son   S   Male   W   15   OH   Works On Farm   VA   OH  
   Charles R. COMER   Son   S   Male   W   8   OH      VA   OH  
   Priscilla PRICE   Dau   M   Female   W   22   OH   At Home   VA   OH  
   John H. PENCE   Other   S   Male   W   21   OH   Works On Farm   OH   OH  
   



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IGI 1988 EDITION....JOHN COMER  MARRIAGE TO MARY L. HOLDEN
                      27 NOV 1856  PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO
                      SEALED TO SPOUSE:  23 SEP 1980 AZ
                      SOURCE:  EXTRACTED MARRIAGE RECORDS..PUTNAM CO., OHIO
                      BATCH M512971  DATES 1834-1877  SOURCE: 461973  FILM

IGI THERE IS A JOHN COMER, BN 1813, BN: SHENANDOAH, VIRGINIA, FATHER: ADAM
COMER AND MOTHER: ELIZABETH
B: 13 MAR 1985 OK
E: 24 APR 1985 OK
SP:12 JUL 1985 OK
SUBMITTER BY MEMBER OF LDS CHURCH   BATCH:8425504 43   SOURCE:1395863 IT
APPEARS THAT THIS MAY BE THE SAME PERSON AS LISTED IN PUTNAM CO, OHIO CENSUS
RECORDS.

>
>A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ALLEN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES, OHIO.
>
>p. 98
>CHARLES R. COMER, an enterprising and rising young farmer of his native
>township of Jackson, Putnam county, Ohio, was born April 26, 1872, and is
a son
>of JOHN and MARY LOUISA (HOLDEN) COMER. The father, JOHN COMER,was born in
>Pennsylvania in 1819, and was a son of JOHN COMER of old Pennsylvania-Dutch
>stock. JOHN COMER, the grandfather of CHARLES R., our subject, came from the
>Keystone state, in 1830, to Putnam county, Ohio, and entered a large tract of
>wild land from the government, on which he erected a log house,
established his
>family, and from that time was identified with the pioneer industries of the
>township until his death--an honored and truly venerated frontiersman.
>
>JOHN COMER, father of CHARLES R., was but a boy when he accompanied his
father
>to Putnam county, and with him endured all the hardships and privations of
>pioneer life. In 1856 he married MARY L. HOLDEN, who was born in Union
>township, Putnam county, March 20, 1837, a daughter of PEARSON B. AND
SAMANTHA
>(NEISLEY) HOLDEN, natives of the Buckeye state. To this marriage were born
the
>following children: PRISCILLA, wife of BENJAMIN ANDREWS, of Perry township;
>JOHN, of Michigan; PEARSON, of Dupont, Ohio; and CHARLES R., our subject.
>PEARSON B. HOLDEN, father of Mrs. Comer, was a well-known minister of the
>Christian Union church, and died March 24, 1867; Mrs. Comer was always a
>prominent member of the same church, and her death occurred November 7, 1891.
>After marriage JOHN COMER settled on a farm in Jackson township, where he
>devoted the remainder of his life to agriculture, dying August 16, 1884,
in the
>faith of the Christian church, to which he contributed liberally. In politics
>he was a democrat, and as a farmer he was very successful-clearing up his
land
>and bringing it under an excellent state of cultivation. He belonged to the
>class of pioneers who have done so much to bring the county out of its
>primitive condition and convert it into its present enviable state of
>civilization, and his death was universally lamented by the community.
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
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>
>RUTH HEITZMAN'S LETTER 1993:
>
>The Reverend Pearson B. Holden and his wife Samantha Neisley had a daughter
>Mary Louise who married a Comer and lived on the bayou across the river from
>the Jackson Twp home of PB and Priscilla (Ridenour).
>
>Mary Louise (Holden) Comer has many descendents in this area as Mrs. William
>Martin and the Andrews family were large families.  The Martins owned Cascade
>park in the 1900's until the land sold to the State of Ohio.
>
>Henry and Phillip Comer paid tax in Putnam County, Perry Twp in 1835.
>___________________________________________________________________________
___
>
>KALIDA SENTINEL
>
>Kalida Sentinel, Vol. IX #7, April 14, 1864
>
>Road Notice Meet at John Comer's, Jackson Township, 19 April 1864.
>___________________________________________________________________________
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>
>1840 FEDERAL CENSUS
>
>1840 Federal Census, Putnam County, Ohio
>
>Holden, P.B.
>_______ Samuel S.     Male 5-10
>_______ George W.     Male 10-15
>_______               Male 20-30
>_______ P.B.          Male 30-40
>_______ Sarah Jane    Female under 5
>_______ Mary Louisa   Female under 5
>_______ Gemina        Female under 5
>_______ Rebecca       Female 15-20
>_______ Priscilla     Female 30-40
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
___
>
>1860 FEDERAL CENSUS
>
>1860 Census Putnam County Jackson Twp
>Comer, John 44 M Farmer VA
>Louisa 23 F O
>James 18 M O
>Lucinda 9 F O
>Eliza 8 F O
>Priscilla 3 F O
>John 1 M O
>Jas Holden 17 M O
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
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>
>1870 FEDERAL CENSUS
>
>1870 Census Putnam County Jackson Twp
>
>95 94 Comer John 57 M W Farmer VA
>Mary 53 F W Keeping house OH
>James 27 M W Laborer OH
>Lucinda 21 At home OH
>Louisa 19
>Priscilla 12
>John 10
>Person 6
>
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1880 FEDERAL CENSUS, PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO
>
>129 129 Comer, John W M 64 Married Farmer VA VA VA
>	M. Louisa W F 43 Married Keeping House OH VA VA
>	John H. W M 27 Son Single Workman Farm OH VA OH
>	Pearson B. W M 15 Son Single Works on Farm OH VA OH
>	Charles R. W M 8 Son OH VA OH
>Price, Priscilla W F 22 At Home OH VA OH
>Pence, John M. W M 21 Boarder Works on Farm OH OH
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>FAMILY BIBLE
>
>Mary Louisa Holden
>Comer departed this
>Life October 7: 1891
>54 years old
>___________________________________________________________________________
___
>
>
>Her Husband
>
>
>
>John Comer
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1813 Born to Adam or Philip Comer and ? in Virginia
>1835 Father paid tax Putnam County, Perry Twp, Ohio
>1840 Census with father Putnam County, Perry Twp, Ohio
>1842 Feb 24 Married Elizabeth Ladd, Putnam County, Ohio
>1843 James born Putnam County, Ohio
>1848 Aug 24 Married Betsey Maria Bacon Putnam County, Ohio
>1849 Marcina born
>1850 Census Putnam County, Ohio with father and Betsey and son James and
baby Mercina
>1851 Lucinda born
>1851 Eliza born
>1856 Nov 27 Married Mary Louisa Holden, Putnam County, Ohio
>1857 Priscilla born
>1859 John born
>1860 Census Putnam County, Ohio with Louisa and children
>1864 Pearson born
>1870 Census Putnam County, Ohio
>1880 Census Putnam County, Ohio
>1884 May 16 Died in Putnam County, Ohio
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1813     Born in Virginia
>             Note:  IGI  There is a JOHN COMER, bn 1813, Bn: Shenandoah,
Virginia
>             Father: ADAM COMER   Mother:  ELIZABETH...May be John Comer who
>                             later on shows up in Putnam Co., Ohio
>             IGI  Batch 8425504 43  Source 1395863
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>Henry and Phillip Comer paid tax in Putnam County, Perry Twp OH in 1835.
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1842      24 Feb 1842 married ELIZABETH LADD  Putnam Co., Ohio
>              Source:  Extracted marriage records of Putnam Co., Ohio
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>Kalida Sentinel, Vol. IX #7, April 14, 1864
>
>Road Notice Meet at John Comer's, Jackson Township, 19 April 1864.>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1840 FEDERAL CENSUS PUTNAM COUNTY, PERRY TOWNSHIP, OHIO PAGE 364
>
>Philip Comer
>Male 5-10
>Male 5-10
>Male 20-30 John
>Male 20-30
>Male 60-70
>Female 15-20
>Female 60-70
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1850 FEDERAL CENSUS, PUTNAM COUNTY, JACKSON TWP, OHIO PAGE 76
>
>34 34 John Comer 37 M Farmer 1500 VA
>	Betsey 17 F NY
>	James 7 M O
>	Mercina 10/12 F O
>	Philip 72 M None VA
>	John Carder 19 M Farmer O
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>John Comer and
>Mary L Holden was
>Married November the
>27 day in the year of our
>Lord 1856
>___________________________________________________________________________
____
>
>1860 FEDERAL CENSUS, PUTNAM COUNTY, JACKSON TWP, OHIO
>
>1860 Census Putnam County Jackson Twp
>Comer, John 44 M Farmer VA
>Louisa 23 F O
>James 18 M O
>Lucinda 9 F O
>Eliza 8 F O
>Priscilla 3 F O
>John 1 M O
>Jas Holden 17 M O
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1870 Census Putnam County Jackson Twp
>
>95 94 Comer John 57 M W Farmer VA
>Mary 53 F W Keeping house OH
>James 27 M W Laborer OH
>Lucinda 21 At home OH
>Louisa 19
>Priscilla 12
>John 10
>Person 6
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1880 FEDERAL CENSUS, PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO
>
>129 129 Comer, John W M 64 Married Farmer VA VA VA
>	M. Louisa W F 43 Married Keeping House OH VA VA
>	John H. W M 27 Son Single Workman Farm OH VA OH
>	Pearson B. W M 15 Son Single Works on Farm OH VA OH
>	Charles R. W M 8 Son OH VA OH
>Price, Priscilla W F 22 At Home OH VA OH>Pence, John M. W M 21 Boarder Works on Farm OH OH
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>1880 FEDERAL CENSUS, PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO
>
>171 171 Comer, Susannah W F 82 Widowed VA VA VA
>	Curtis James W M 52 Son in law Farmer IN IN
>	Elisabeth W F 50 Daughter Keeping House OH VA VA
>	George W. W M 18 G son Works on farm OH IN OH
>	Mary W F 14 G daughter At Home OH IN OH
>	J ulia W F 9 G daughter OH IN OH
>	Comer, James J. W M 40 Boarder Works on farm OH VA OH
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>CASCADE, SUGAR GROVE, FANCONIA, AND EVANSVILLE IN PERRY TOWNSHIP
>By Ruth Heitzman
>
>...
> Mr. Hitchcock stated that the "Home in the Wilderness" stood on the Ben
>Andrews farm.  Ben Andrews was another son of Jeremiah E. Andrews.  The first
>wife of Ben Andrews was Priscilla Comer, daughter of John and Mary Louise
>Comer.  John Comer owned the bayou and land surrounding it through
inheritance;
>and his wife, Mary Louise Holden, born March 20, 1837, in Union Township,
>Putnam County, Ohio, was the daughter of Pearson B. Holden.  It appears that
>Mary Louise, who married John Comer in 1856, was his second wife, as John
>Comer, 27, Virginia; Betsy 16, New York; James 7, Ohio; Marcina, 10 months,
>Ohio; Philip, 72, Virginia; and John Carder, 19, Virginia made up this
>household in 1850.
>  The children of John and Mary Louise Comer were Priscilla, who became the
>wife of Benjamin Andrews of Perry Township; John, of Michigan; Pearson born
>June 19, 1864, Ohio; and Charles R., youngest son, born April 26, 1872 who
>married Dottie McClure, daughter of Goerge McClure on March 20, 1894.
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>Kalida Venture, December 30, 1845 Vol V No 45
>
>Page 2 Col 5 - Democratic Convention - 29 December 1845 Vail's Hotel, Kalida.
>Perry tp - P.B. HOlden, S. White, D. Ridenour, John Matson, John Comer
>_____________________________________________________________________________
>
>PEOPLE AND PLACES IN PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO. Page 123
>
>  Thomas Carder is listed in the histories as arriving in Putnam County in
>1830, and is usually listed under Jackson Township.  That would have been
Perry
>at this time.
>
>  Henry Carder bought land in Jackson Township in 1834.  Henry was probably a
>son, for the 1830 census lists Thomas as between the ages of 30 and 40,
with a
>boy under five, one under ten years of age, and another between 20 and 30
years
>old.  His wife is listed as between 30-40 years of age, also.
>
>  The 1840 census lists a son, John, age nine; a son, Abbot, aged seven, and
>Arthur.  It is known through the son, Abbott, that his mother, Martha,
died in
>1836, and that Abbott was the seventh child of 13 children.  Abbott was
born on
>the Auglaize River about seven miles north of Ft. Jennings. It is thought
that
>Thomas was of Irish descent.
>
>  Thomas Carder was a drover.  Although today the term "droving" is usually
>connected with cattle, it was hogs that were driven to market in pioneer
days.
>
>  Hogs were the staple of the early settlers diet and cows did not do well in
>the forest at that time.  The market could have been Detroit, or possibly
>Dayton or Cincinnati to the south.  The bare facts of his final trip which
>occurred in 1847, have been handed down orally through the family, but no
>written version has come to light.  We recount it here.
>
>  The group of men had delivered their animals and were on the return trip
when
>they were surprised by bandits.  Carder was killed, and the men buried him
very
>hastily, and fled home for fear of their lives.
>
>  Upon their arrival, they were asked whether the bandits had taken the
money.
>In their fear, the men had neglected to check Carder's body before burial.
>Consequently, they returned to the spot, and found to their horror, that
Carder
>had attempted to dig his way out of the grave.  He had not been dead.  It is
>well to note, while we view our past history through the rosy haze of some 15
>years, that it was more often than not, a life of hardship and pain.
>
>  The Carder family were scattered, with the 1850 census showing John living
>with JOHN COMER, and Abbott with Henry Ayers.  Abbott lived with Ayers
until he
>was 17, when Ayers died.  He then lived with JOHN COMER until he was 21 years
>of age.  At this point there is some discrepancy, since one account says he
>went to JOHN COMER and the other that he went to HENRY COMER.  His brother
had
>been at John's.  It is possible that Abbott did go to Henry Comer, for he
later
>farmed this property.