Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 967
SETH PALMER

Seth PALMER, a farmer living in Little Sioux Township, is a native of Ohio, and came to this county in 1852, being among the earliest pioneer band. He was born in Medina County in 1824, the son of Ambrose PALMER, of Richfield, Conn., and of Scotch-Welsh extraction.

Our subject accompanied his parents to Missouri in 1836, and received his education in Ohio and Missouri. The family removed in 1839 to Nauvoo, Ill., lived ten years and in 1846, came to Council Bluffs. Our subject returned to Nauvoo the same fall, and followed steamboating for three years. We next find him in Montrose, Lee County, Iowa, and in 1852, made a claim in Harrison County, on section 36, of Little Sioux Township, where he still lives. He owns three hundred acres of land in Harrison County.

He was married March 16, 1844, to Daphin ROBERTS, who died November 21, 1845, and March 8, 1847, he was united in marriage to Harriet NEWBERRY, who was mother of two children. She died July 29, 1849, and October 11, 1860, our subject was again married to Miss Sylvia GOLDSMITH, and by this union two children were born -- Edmund A., and Valens A. Our subject is a Republican in his political belief.

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