Palmer, Edwin S.

1827 - 1913  (86 years)    Has no ancestors but 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Palmer, Edwin S.
  Born	19 Apr 1827	, , New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  1880 Census	1880	Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Edwin S. Paliner53 Martha Paliner48 Carra Paliner20 Edwin Paliner16 Lee Paliner10
  Biography	1894
  Outagamie County Pioneers Page 197
  1900 Census	1900	Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Edwin Palmer73 Martha Palmer67 Edward B Palmer36 Leigh C Palmer30 Edith Dunn20 Harold Dunn4
  1910 Census	1910	Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  E S Palmer83 Edward Palmer46 Leih Palmer40 [0] Emma Palmer29
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin page 0859
  EDWIN S. PALMER, who has resided on his present farm for considerably over a half of a century, and is now numbered among the representative pioneer citizens of this section, has watched Greenville township grow from a wilderness infested with wild game and wilder Indians to a peaceful, civilized community, covered with thriving business centers and abundant, prosperous farms. Born April 19, 1827, in Jefferson county, New York, Mr. Palmer is a son of David and Margaret (McKunen) Palmer, the former a farmer of near Saratoga, New York, and the latter a native of New York City. They never left New York, but followed farming throughout their lives there. Edwin S. Palmer was one of a family of eight children, five of whom were sons, and after securing a district school education in his home neighborhood, followed farming until he was twenty years of age. Attracted by the Great Lakes, he secured employment at this time as a deck hand on the "Lespord," on Lake Ontario, plying between Toronto and points along the St. Lawrence River. For six years he followed the lakes, and by that time had risen to the position of first mate on the "Nichic," which he held for one season. In the meantime he had purchased a farm of timberland in section 6, Greenville township, for $320, and after his marriage, which occurred in 1854, he brought his wife to this section, their residence being made with Julius Perrott for a short time until their own new home could be completed. The timber on this property was very dense, but Mr. Palmer set to work with the rude implements he had at hand to clear his property, and soon had a small one-story dwelling built, and he continued to cultivate this property until 1863, in the spring of which year he moved to section 6 and settled on his present farm, and during the years that followed, in addition to cultivating this property he did a great deal of carpenter work throughout Greenville township, although he is now living retired, his sons operating his land. Mr. Palmer is vice-president of the Hortonville Fire Insurance Company. He is a Republican in politics, and from his first office, in 1855, when he was elected to the county board, he has held nearly every office in the township within the gift of his fellow townsmen. For more than fifty years he has been a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he has ever been prominent in church and charitable movements, serving in various offices in the congregation at Hortonville. On June 7, 1854, Mr. Palmer was married to Martha A. Lewis, born in Jefferson county, New York, October 23, 1831, daughter of Jacob Lewis, who was a Revolutionary War soldier, and who lived and died in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer had the following children: Eva E., born September 24, 1857, who died March 26, 1862; Carrie O., born September 2, 1859, who married Edward Sommers, of Marshall county, Minnesota; Edward B., born January 27, 1864, residing on the homestead, who married Emma Talsman, a native of near Milwaukee; and Leigh C., born January 17, 1870, also residing on the homestead. Mrs. Palmer, the mother of the foregoing children, and a kindly Christian character, who was beloved by all who knew her, passed to her final rest October 27, 1909.
  	Palmer, Edwin S. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Reference Number	2528
  Died	8 Jul 1913	Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I308206	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Lewis, Martha A.,   b. 23 Oct 1831, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, New York, USA ,   d. 27 Oct 1909, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 Jun 1854
  Children	1. Palmer, Carrie O.,   b. 2 Sep 1859, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 21 Feb 1932, Warren, Marshall, Minnesota, USA  (Age 72 years)   2. Palmer, Edward B.,   b. 27 Jan 1864, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 30 Jan 1950, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 86 years)   3. Palmer, Leigh,   b. 17 Jan 1870, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F203348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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