The book COUNTIES OF WARREN, BENTON, JASPER AND NEWTON INDIANA, 1883, page 571 has this article about
"WILLIAM T. COMER, farmer and stock raiser, is a native of this county, was born October 23, 1843, and is a son of William Comer, a pioneer. Our subject assisted his father until manhood, during which time he received not more than three months schooling. He was an industrious man, and after work on the farm, would frequently hunt the coon,, mink, and rat, thus becoming an expert marksman; he also followed trapping in four States.
At the age of twenty-one, he abandoned hunting and found a wife, November 12, 1863, in Miss Margaret Gibbs, born in Carroll County, Ind. 14 July 1843, a daughter of Freeman Gibbs. From this union sprang six children--George Milroy, Celia J., William F., James H., Ida A., and Martha M. After marriage, Mr. Comer engaged in farming and stock raising, but with limited means, he advanced gradually, however, and is now the owner of 620 acres, 60 of which are under cultivation, and the whole stocked with $3,000 worth of horses, cattle, and hogs. For the last ten years, he has been engaged in buying and shipping hogs; he is identified with the Republican Party, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
"WILLIAM T. COMER, farmer and stock raiser, is a native of this county, was born October 23, 1843, and is a son of William Comer, a pioneer. Our subject assisted his father until manhood, during which time he received not more than three months schooling. He was an industrious man, and after work on the farm, would frequently hunt the coon,, mink, and rat, thus becoming an expert marksman; he also followed trapping in four States.
At the age of twenty-one, he abandoned hunting and found a wife, November 12, 1863, in Miss Margaret Gibbs, born in Carroll County, Ind. 14 July 1843, a daughter of Freeman Gibbs. From this union sprang six children--George Milroy, Celia J., William F., James H., Ida A., and Martha M. After marriage, Mr. Comer engaged in farming and stock raising, but with limited means, he advanced gradually, however, and is now the owner of 620 acres, 60 of which are under cultivation, and the whole stocked with $3,000 worth of horses, cattle, and hogs. For the last ten years, he has been engaged in buying and shipping hogs; he is identified with the Republican Party, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
The book COUNTIES OF WARREN, BENTON, JASPER AND NEWTON INDIANA, 1883, page 571 has this article about
"WILLIAM T. COMER, farmer and stock raiser, is a native of this county, was born October 23, 1843, and is a son of William Comer, a pioneer. Our subject assisted his father until manhood, during which time he received not more than three months schooling. He was an industrious man, and after work on the farm, would frequently hunt the coon,, mink, and rat, thus becoming an expert marksman; he also followed trapping in four States.
At the age of twenty-one, he abandoned hunting and found a wife, November 12, 1863, in Miss Margaret Gibbs, born in Carroll County, Ind. 14 July 1843, a daughter of Freeman Gibbs. From this union sprang six children--George Milroy, Celia J., William F., James H., Ida A., and Martha M. After marriage, Mr. Comer engaged in farming and stock raising, but with limited means, he advanced gradually, however, and is now the owner of 620 acres, 60 of which are under cultivation, and the whole stocked with $3,000 worth of horses, cattle, and hogs. For the last ten years, he has been engaged in buying and shipping hogs; he is identified with the Republican Party, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
"WILLIAM T. COMER, farmer and stock raiser, is a native of this county, was born October 23, 1843, and is a son of William Comer, a pioneer. Our subject assisted his father until manhood, during which time he received not more than three months schooling. He was an industrious man, and after work on the farm, would frequently hunt the coon,, mink, and rat, thus becoming an expert marksman; he also followed trapping in four States.
At the age of twenty-one, he abandoned hunting and found a wife, November 12, 1863, in Miss Margaret Gibbs, born in Carroll County, Ind. 14 July 1843, a daughter of Freeman Gibbs. From this union sprang six children--George Milroy, Celia J., William F., James H., Ida A., and Martha M. After marriage, Mr. Comer engaged in farming and stock raising, but with limited means, he advanced gradually, however, and is now the owner of 620 acres, 60 of which are under cultivation, and the whole stocked with $3,000 worth of horses, cattle, and hogs. For the last ten years, he has been engaged in buying and shipping hogs; he is identified with the Republican Party, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
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