John Wallace Comer | |
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Born | |
Died | September 20, 1919 | (aged 74)
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Carrie Gertrude Seay |
Parent(s) | Catharine Drewry Comer and John Fletcher Comer |
Relatives | B. B. Comer (brother) Hugh Comer (brother) |
John Wallace Comer (13 June 1845 – 20 September 1919) was a businessman, slave owner, mine operator and planter in Alabama during the Reconstruction Era and the early 1900s. The brother of Alabama Governor B. B. Comer, John Wallace Comer operated the Comer family plantation in Barbour County, Alabama. J. W. Comer served from 1863 until 1865 in the 57th Alabama Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. J. W. Comer also operated the Eureka Iron Works throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s.