Braxton Bragg Comer : his family tree from Virginia's colonial days
(Book, Online Content, Microfilm)
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Richmond, Virginia : Dietz Press, 1947.
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Book, Online Content, Microfilm
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xvii, 364 pages : ill., coats of arms, map, ports.
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Published
Richmond, Virginia : Dietz Press, 1947.
Language
English
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Includes index.
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Chiefly ancestors and some of their descendants and descendants of Braxton Bragg Comer, "...planter, cotton manufacturer, president of the Alabama Railroad Commission, 1905-1906, governor of Alabama, 1907-1911, and United States Senator, 1920..."--P.180. Braxton Bragg Comer was born 7 November 1848, the fourth child of John Fletcher and Catharine Drewry Comer at Old Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama. He married Eva Jane Harris, daughter of John West and Sarah Bethea Bailey Harris, in October of 1872. They had nine children. Upon the death of his first wife, Braxton Bragg Comer married Miss Mary Carr Gibson. He died 15 August 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama. "Govorner Comer was buried by the side of his first wife, in Elmwood Cemetery."--P. 186. "The Colonial records of the Comer family begin with James Moss, the Emigrant. Born in England, he came to Virginia about 1719 and settled in St. Peter's Parish in New Kent County."--P. [3]. "Samuel Comer, the direct ancestor of the Comer family which settled in the Southern States soon after the close of the American Revolution, was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia. The exact date of his birth has not been established...He was the son of John Comer who died in 1767...[He] married Elizabeth Moss, of New Kent County, Virginia. She was the daughter of James Moss, the Emigrant and Rebecca King Moss, and was baptized in St. Peter's Church in 1730..."--P. [15]. Descendants and relatives lived in Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, West Virginia, Canada and elsewhere.
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17,2019
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Walker, A. K. (1947). Braxton Bragg Comer: his family tree from Virginia's colonial days . Dietz Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walker, Anne Kendrick. 1947. Braxton Bragg Comer: His Family Tree From Virginia's Colonial Days. Dietz Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Walker, Anne Kendrick. Braxton Bragg Comer: His Family Tree From Virginia's Colonial Days Dietz Press, 1947.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Walker, Anne Kendrick. Braxton Bragg Comer: His Family Tree From Virginia's Colonial Days Dietz Press, 1947.
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