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J. W. Comer was born on the Comer family's plantation in Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama. His father, John Fletcher Comer, died when John Wallace was 13 years old. [ 1 ] Wallace, as he was known in his family, was educated primarily in private schools and through the use of private tutors. in 1861, when he was 16, the Civil War broke out ...
John Comer (1 March 1924 – 11 February 1984) was a British comic actor. He was best known for his roles in Coronation Street as Mr Birtles, then as a taxi driver, and later as Wilf Jones, in Emmerdale Farm as Ernie Shuttleworth, Les Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared , and cafe owner Sid in Last of the Summer Wine .
He had five brothers: John Wallace Comer (1845–1919), St. George Legare Comer (1847–1870), U.S. senator and Alabama governor Braxton Bragg Comer (1848–1919), John Fletcher Comer, Jr. (1854–1927) and Edward Trippe Comer (1856–1927). There was also at least one daughter in the family. [4] Comer's father was a cotton planter who also ...
He continued to operate his Barbour County plantation, with his brother John managing it, after he moved his family to Anniston in east central Alabama in 1885. Comer's brother, J.W. Comer, operated the family's plantation in Barbour County. An important source of wealth for John Comer, B. B. Comer's brother, was the development of the Eureka ...
It’s well known that Comer played a central role in one of the biggest ‘what ifs’ in Kentucky political history: he lost by just 83 votes in a vicious 2015 primary to former governor Matt Bevin.
At today’s Fancy Farm political event in Western Kentucky, a Comer spokesperson tells the Herald-Leader, “The FBI did inform us that the Trump shooter had Comer pictures and searches on his phone.
Founded in 1897, the mills employed thousands of Alabamians throughout its 109-year history until they closed in 2006. Avondale Mills was founded in 1897 by a consortium of investors including the Trainer family of Chester, Pennsylvania , the future governor of Alabama, Braxton Bragg Comer , and a group of Birmingham civic leaders including ...
The Biden Crime Family benefited greatly from Joe Biden as "the brand." Foreign individuals and entities poured millions into shell companies. His pardons didn't erase that.