Palmer, Junius M. (1827-1892

PALMER

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/19/2009 at 16:35:38

Junius M. Palmer
Mar 10, 1827 - Jan 22, 1892

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.48, Council Bluffs)
J. M. Palmer, real estate, Council Bluffs. He came to Council Bluffs in 1854, and engaged in real estate business. He built the block in which the "Nonpareil" is now located in 1856. In 1860, he was elected Assessor, and in 1861 was elected Mayor of Council Bluffs; re-elected to the latter office in 1862, and in 1870 was again elected Mayor. During the time he was engaged in real estate and tax paying business. In 1871, he built the Transfer House at the Union Pacific Transfer; kept that house five years, and then sold out to Markel. Since that time he has been engaged in the real estate business, and in building tenement houses; his office is at 503 First avenue. Mr. Palmer was born March 10, 1827, in Chester County, Penn., and was reared and educated there. At the age of twenty-one years, he engaged in the butchering business in Chester County, Penn., near Coatesville, and untile he came to Council Bluffs was engaged in buying and selling cattle for the Philadelphia market. When he arrived in Council Bluffs, there were but four houses in Omaha. His ancestors came to America a great many generations ago.