Palmer, William

PALMER

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:52:18

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.720

PALMER, WILLIAM, farmer, Allen Township, Sec. 16, P. O. Carlisle; a native of Berwickshire, Scotland; born Dec. 6, 1836; when eighteen years of age he came to the United States, and located in Columbiana county, Ohio, where he engaged in the railroad business, and remained till 1861, then went to Chilicote, where he lived till 1868, when he came to Warren county and located where he now lives, and owns a farm of 120 acres: he married Miss Mary E. Law, July 4, 1861, a native of Ohio; they have one son and three daughters: Maggie, Ida May, Mina and David; Mr. Palmer has been twice married, first to Isabel McKinzie, Aug. 17, 1857, a native of Scotland, who died Sept. 18, 1859, and left one son, John.