Mary Elizabeth Overton b. 17 Nov 1839 , Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 11 Aug 1911 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1839 - 1911

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Birth 17 Nov 1839 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Gender Female

Died 11 Aug 1911 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA

Cause: Endocarditis and uraemia

Buried 13 Aug 1911 Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA

Obituary 18 Aug 1911 Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Fulton Gazette

Mrs. John J. Comer Dead.
Mrs. Betty Comer, aged 74 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leona Davis, in Kansas City, last Friday night of heart failure. Her death was the third in the family since June 1910. Her husband John J. Comer, died in Kansas City, June 16, 1910, a few days after he and Mrs. Comer had returned to that city from a visit in Callaway. The following month, a son, J. Lynn Comer, died at the Fulton State Hospital.
Mrs. Comer, whose maiden name was Overton, was born near Fulton, and after her marriage to Mr. Comer, moved with him to Boydsville, where he was a farmer and stockman for a number of years. They moved to Fulton later and about twenty years ago went to Kansas City to make their home.
Mrs. Comer is survived by one daughter and four sons, Mrs. Leona Davis and Lee, Benjamin, Harry and Grover Comer, all of Kansas City. She was an aunt of Mrs. M.E. Gilbert of Fulton. Funeral services were conducted at Kansas City Sunday and interment occurred in Forest Park cemetery there.

Obituary 18 Aug 1911 Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Fulton Telegraph

DIES OF HEART ATTACK.
Mrs. John Comer, formerly of Fulton, Dies Suddenly in Kansas City. Mrs. John Comer, formerly of this city and whose husband was well known as a stock buyer all over the county, died suddenly Friday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leona Davies, of Kansas City where she was making her home, of heart failure. Mr. Comer died about a year ago and this is the third death in the family in the past year.

Person ID I3438 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 28 Apr 2011

Father Benjamin Francis Overton, b. 23 May 1811, , , Kentucky, USA , d. 20 Jun 1881, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA

Mother Ann S. Holt, b. 8 Feb 1812, , , Virginia, USA , d. 25 Apr 1857, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 15 Jul 1830 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Family ID F1373 Group Sheet

Family John Jameson Comer, b. 28 Oct 1837, , , Missouri, USA , d. 16 Jun 1910, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA

Married 11 Jan 1866 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Children

>	1. Robert Lee Comer, b. Abt 1867, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	2. Leona A. Comer, b. 15 Apr 1869, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 13 Nov 1919, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
	3. Ellis Benton Comer, b. 3 Apr 1871, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 25 Mar 1875
	4. Benjamin J. Comer, b. Abt 1872, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	5. John Lenard Comer, b. Abt 1877, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 3 Nov 1910, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	6. Herry V. Comer, b. Abt 1882, , , Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	7. Grover C. Comer, b. Abt 1885, , , Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 13 Mar 2007

Family ID F14346982 Group Sheet

Death Certificates
Death certificate of Comer, Mary Elizabeth Overton
17 Nov 1839 - 11 Aug 1911. She was my 2nd great grandaunt.

Notes	Comer, John - Overton, Bettie - Jan 11 1866 Taylor Letter to Overton Article submitted by: Alice Comer Meyer Letter to Miss Overton regarding the death of John Jameson Comer The following letter was written to Mary Elizabeth Overton, the bride-to-be of John Jameson Comer, from a friend of John's, J. Len Taylor. J. Len was under the impression that John had been killed in an Indian attack. See article printed in the Kansas City World on June 12, 1898. Aurora, October 7, 1862 Miss Overton, This letter from a stranger brings bad news to you. The heart that was yours though a long exile, the brave generous heart of John J. Comer has, according to the evidence before us, ceased forever to beat. Others from your immediate neighborhood have written his father concerning his fate, therefore, I do not hesitate to write as you will hear it before the receipt of this. I have been his partner for nearly three years and have thoroughly understood his affairs during that time. His reason for not returning sooner is the same that influences all young men who left home under similar circumstances, lack of fortune, not poverty nor the want of any necessary comfort, but a lack of that super abundance which makes a hero out of the successful, and a wretch of who fails John's property has been for the last two years of a character to keep the hope of a fortune constantly excited.. You know the nature of mining, probably well enough to understand this. This lingering two years in expectation, he finally concluded to go home at all hazards, and came here from Gold Kill to settle up his business and take the steamer. He refused to sell his mining stock and other property in the village as it was likely to become much more valuable. When he came back (which he intended to do provided) and he failed to collect some bills due him in the district, the receipt of which would have made him comparatively easy, he placed his property in the hands of a tried friend, Wm. Humphreys of your own county, and determined to go with a party of young men, the very best our country afforded., among whom was a friend of his boyhood, John W. Sharp, who told me, nearly the last thing he said that he was tired of mining and ill luck in this country and now he was going home to try and do something to benefit his mother and sisters. Comer had but one object, everything else was an after consideration and if a commanding figure, noble bearing, a handsome and passionate fact together with an unequaled devotion have anything to do with the game of (drawn picture of a Heart) (Love), he could not have failed.; at least I know the haughty daughters of California could remember his name and appreciate easy for twelve months afterwards on the strength of a mere introduction. Their memories are notoriously short where they are not interested. His parents will not feel his loss as much as they would have done if they had seen him again. Parents who can train a boy from his infancy so as to make truth and honor the basis of his character, should feel proud that he has lived and died, for in the great hereafter it may not be in vain. His valise was forgotten when he left here and I received a letter the day before requesting me to destroy all the letters in it. I have done so, but among other things is a minature of his Father, Mother and Sister. If they wish it, I will send them to them. Another, somewhat defaced, but resembling one he carried with him, always, enclosed in an account of the attack and result clipped from the Sacramento Union. McBride, who gave the account is well known here and went with them. When any of the party comes back, or when any news comes to light, I will let you hear. To hear his name mentioned casts a gloom all over the city. To hear him spoken of in company they would all say "We have lost a dear and near friend." Mourning my dear friend's death, I bid you farewell. Yours, J. Len Taylor Typed from copy of letter obtained from Missouri Historical Archives, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. - Alice Comer Meyer, Great niece of John Jamescon Comer. Sisters Nancy and Mary Overton married brothers, James and John Comer She lived at 3011 McGee Street, Kansas City, Missouri, at the time of her death. Daughter Leona Davies and family were living at this address in 1919. Her death certificate was signed by her son, R. Lee Comer, 2736 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Missouri. He knew her father's name, but not her mother's.

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Event

	Birth - 17 Nov 1839 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Married - 11 Jan 1866 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Died - Cause: Endocarditis and uraemia - 11 Aug 1911 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
	Buried - 13 Aug 1911 - Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
	Obituary - Fulton Gazette - 18 Aug 1911 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Obituary - Fulton Telegraph - 18 Aug 1911 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

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