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† Source:
Early days
in Greenbush:
with biographical sketches of the old settlers
by William L. Snapp
Springfield, Ill.: H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders
1905
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WILLIAM
PALMER. Wm. Palmer was
born in Cayuga county, New York, June 25, 1820. He
was a son of Lemuel and Martha (Babcock) Palmer,
the fifth in decent from Walter Palmer who was born in
Nottinghamshire, England, in 1585, and emigrated to
America in 1627.
Wm.
Palmer was married Aug. 20, 1840, to Mary
Ellinger, She was born in Ohio, June 20, 1823,
and was a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Bowman)
Ellinger, and sister of Ann Karns,
Catherine Ury, Barbara Baldwin, Elizabeth Gladish,
and Samuel L. Ellinger.
After marriage Mr. Palmer, made several
moves, living in Indiana, Will county, Illinois, near
Joliet, and Green County, Wisconsin, near Broadhead, from
which place his brother-in-law Samuel L. Ellinger
helped him move to Warren county, Illinois, between the
years of 1845 and 1847.
In
1856, he moved to Chickasaw county, Iowa, near the small
town of Jacksonville. His health failing, he moved
to Bourbon county, Kansas, arriving there Aug. 21, 1865.
He then bought a claim on the neutral lands of a man named
Cavanaugh, located near the Missouri line, ten miles south
of Fort Scott, where his wife's sister, Catherine Ury, and
family then resided.
He lived
here up to the time of his death, which occurred July 12,
1870. His wife died Nov. 13, 1872. They are
buried side by side in a little country cemetery in Vernon
county, Missouri.
To
William Palmer and wife were born the
following-named children:
Samuel Zelotus, born in Indiana, Sept.
18, 1841; died in Greenbush, Illinois, May 30, 1855.
Martha Ann Elzora, born in Indiana, Feb.
24, 1845; married William Asbury Insley,
of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, near Appleton, Kansas, Oct.
22, 1872.
Mary Viola,
born May 4, 1847; died at Greenbush, Illinois, Dec. 14,
1847.
Laura Jane,
born in Greenbush, Illinois, Aug. 28, 1848; married
James Harvey Gulick, near Appleton, Bourbon
county, Kansas, Dec. 6, 1868.
James Milo, born in Greenbush, Illinois,
Nov. 18, 1850; married Mary L. Earver, Sept. 27, 1873,
near Appleton, Kansas, where he now resides.
Philip Henry, born near
Jacksonville, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1860; married George
T. Insley, Apr. 20, 1878, near Altoona, Wilson
county, Kansas. He was a native of Indiana and
half-brother of Wm. A. Insley. George T.
Insley died Oct. 18, 1896.
Josie May, born near Appleton, Kansas,
May 1, 1866; died July 29, 1866.
Wm. Palmer was a shoemaker by trade.
When he was married he had a kit of tools, about
twenty-dollars' worth of leather, and twenty dollars in
money to begin with, and when not otherwise employed he
worked at his trade. He was in the store with
S. J. Buzan for a while; he also kept a
small grocery store in connection with his shoe-shop when
he resided in Greenbush.
He
bought a farm in Iowa and sold half of it to a brother.
Here he farmed, working at his trade in the winter until
he moved to Kansas. He lost half of his claim in
Kansas; he thought this was caused by false swearing.
He was at one time engaged in the mercantile business at
Appleton, Kansas, with a man by the name of Stevens.
This man wanted to keep whisky, which did not suit
Mr. Palmer. So they divided up and Palmer
sold his goods to William Emrick, son of
Jacob Emrick who kept hotel at one time in
Greenbush.
Mr. Palmer
was a good-templar. In religion he was a Methodist.
Source: Early days
in Greenbush: with biographical sketches of the old
settlers by William L. Snapp - Springfield, Ill.:
H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders - Publ. 1905 -
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MARY PARK
Source: Early days
in Greenbush: with biographical sketches of the old
settlers by William L. Snapp - Springfield, Ill.:
H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders - Publ. 1905 -
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JOHN PATTERSON, Sr.
John Patterson
was born in Edmonson county, Tennessee. In 1843,
he moved to Warren county, Kentucky; and in 1852, he
moved from there to Greenbush, Warren county, Illinois.
He was married to Jane McCoppen in Tennessee. To
them the following-named children were born:
William, who married Sarah Magers in
Kentucky, was killed by the explosion of a boiler at
Wm. G. Bond's saw-mill, Jan. 10, 1862.
Elizabeth, who married Elza Magers.
Jane, who married Jacob Osborn, the
basket-maker.
Sarah, who died in May, 1879.
Samuel, who married Amelia Jones.
John, who married Samantha Jane Simmons.
James, who married Samantha Acton.
Mary, who was about 16 years old, was burned to
death, in 1862, at the sorghum-mill of Jacob Osborn, in
Berwick town ship, her clothing having caught on fire
from the furnace where they were making molasses.
John Patterson, the subject of this sketch, was
deaf and dumb during his entire life. He died in
1884. His wife died Aug/ 6, 1879.
Source: Early days
in Greenbush: with biographical sketches of the old
settlers by William L. Snapp - Springfield, Ill.:
H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders - Publ. 1905 -
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ALMIRON G. PIERCE
Source: Early days
in Greenbush: with biographical sketches of the old
settlers by William L. Snapp - Springfield, Ill.:
H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders - Publ. 1905 -
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151
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AMOS, PIERCE
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in Greenbush: with biographical sketches of the old
settlers by William L. Snapp - Springfield, Ill.:
H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders - Publ. 1905 -
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WILLIAM H. PIERCE
Source: Early days
in Greenbush: with biographical sketches of the old
settlers by William L. Snapp - Springfield, Ill.:
H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders - Publ. 1905 -
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151
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AARON POWERS
Source: Early days
in Greenbush: with biographical sketches of the old
settlers by William L. Snapp - Springfield, Ill.:
H. W. Rokker Co., Printers and Binders - Publ. 1905 -
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