Major George Washington Palmer (1810 – 1889) and His Descendents

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Generation One 

1. MAJOR GEORGE WASHINGTON PALMER (1810–1889) (Noyes Elias, Elias Sanford, Ichabod, Ichabod, Gershom, Walter)

Portraits of George Washington Palmer and Amanda Malvna Harding, probably by Jane Palmer

George Washington Palmer was born on 11 July 1810 near Utica, New York. He died on 10 January 1889, age 78, in Chicago. He married Amanda Malvina Harding on 16 May 1832 in Winfield, DuPage, Illinois. Amanda was the daughter of Nathan and Philena Ann (Clark) Harding. She was born on 8 April 1813, probably in Chatham. She was baptized on 27 January 1813 in the Congregational Church in East Hampton (Chatham), Connecticut. She died on 12 September 1884. George and Amanda are buried together in the Monmouth Cemetery in Monmouth. [1]

George and his family lived at Leonardsville, Bridgewater and Unadilla until 1845 when he moved to Illinois. His son George wrote, “At this time Rail Roads were but little known and the journey was made by river Lake & Canal. We took a Canal Boat at Utica. The start was made from Genessee Street. The journey occupied almost as many months as it now takes days to accomplish. … We Settled in Monmouth Warren County Illinois. (1845).” [2]

The date and location of George's marriage are unattributed and the DuPage county courthouse does not hold marriage records prior to 1839. George's son George said that he was born in an old house that had belonged to his uncle Dennis Harding: Amanda Malvina Harding's brother. [3]

George was one of 91 volunteers from Monmouth who joined Captain Stapp’s mounted company on 17 July 1847 to fight against Mexico. On 29 July George was elected second lieutenant. The volunteers left for Mexico on 4 August. Of the 91 men, 40 died, 34 because of disease. George returned to Warren County on 4 August 1848. [4]

In 1850 George W. and Amanda were living in Warren County and George was a tailor with real estate worth 1,500 dollars. With them lived Caroline, age 16 and born in New York, Jane, age 14 and born in New York, Harriet, age 12 and born in New York, George, age 10 and born in New York, Charles, age eight and born in New York and Allen, age two and born in Illinois. [4]

The Warren County Agricultural Society was organized on 7 August 1852 and George was selected the temporary vice president. [5] He was mayor of Monmouth in 1853. [6]

In 1860 George and Amanda were living in Monmouth with George H., age 19, Charles, age 17, Allen, age eleven and Harman, age five. George was a farmer with real estate worth $13,000 and a personal estate of 736 dollars. [7]

George W. Palmer, age 50, joined Company G of the First Illinois Cavalry on 24 April 1861 in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois. He was mustered out on 14 July 1862. [8]

In 1870 George and Amanda were living in Harrison in Winnebago County with their son Harman, age 14. George was a farmer with real estate valued at 11,200 dollars and a personal estate of 2,011 dollars. In 1880 George W. and Amanda were living in Harrison with their daughter Jane, age 43, and their son Harman C., age 23. [9]

Endnotes for Major George Washington Palmer

Children of George Washington Palmer and Amanda Malvina Palmer:

1. Caroline Amanda Palmer is said to have been born on 8 July 1834 in Bridgewater, Oneida, New York. She died between 1880 and 1900. She married George Henry Nye on 19 March 1857 in Warren County. [1] George was the son of Elisha and Harriet (Henry) Nye. He was born on 23 February 1833 in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont. He died on 7 July 1901 in Chicago, age 68. He is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Cook County. [2]

In 1860 George and Caroline lived in Monmouth with Harriet, age two. George was a machinist. In 1870 George and Caroline were living in Monmouth with their children Hattie, age 12, George E., age ten, Carrie, age seven, Frank, age four and Gertrude, age one. Caroline’s sister Jane also lived with them. George was a machinist with real estate worth 1,000 dollars and a personal estate of 200 dollars. [3]

George Henry Palmer wrote in his journal, “On the 28th of Dec. [1870] received a 7 days leave to go to Hew York (to see Geo Nye about pumps) … In June [1871] I recved. 60 days Leave of Absence and went to Louisville, Monmouth, and to the farm (I purchased an interest in Nye’s Steam Vacuum Pump in which speculation lost $800).”[4]

In 1880 George and Caroline were living in Chicago with their children George, Jr., age 19, Carrie H., age 17, Frank B., age 14, and Girtie, age ten. George was a dealer in pumps. In 1900 George was a widower living in Chicago with his children Carrie H., age 26, and Gertrude, age 29. He was a manufacturer of steam pumps. [5]

George was the inventor of the Nye Steam Vacuum Pump. [6]

Endnotes for Caroline Amanda Palmer

2. Sarah Jane Palmer was born about 1836 or 1837 in New York. She died on 4 August 1924 in Chicago. [1]

"My unmarried sister's name is Jane. She is older than I am. I love her very much. I got a letter from her last week. She had received a premium at the county fair on an oil painting that she had made. She is going to paint photographs. She is old enough to marry and I (when at home) tease her by calling her an ‘old maid’. She is a good sister." [2]

In 1870 Jane was living with her sister Caroline and Caroline’s family in Monmouth. In 1880 Jane was living with her parents in Harrison. She was a portrait painter.  In 1910 and 1920 Jane was living with her niece Gertrude [Nye] Felt and Gertrude’s family in Chicago. [3]

Endnotes for Sarah Jane Palmer

3. Harriet E. Palmer was born on 5 November 1837 in Leonardsville. She died after 1920. She married Charles Edward Dewey on 18 February 1858 in Warren County.  Charles, the son of Alonzo Nelson and Mary (Parks) Dewey, was born on 11 December 1835 in Becket or Palmer, Massachusetts. He died on 19 April 1899 in Becket. He is buried in the Oak Knoll Cemetery in Palmer. [1]

“With the last mail I got a letter from Charley Denny [George's brother-in-law Charles Dewey?]. He writes that both Cal [Caroline] and Harriet have babies. How wonderfully thrifty my sisters are! What lots of little nephews and nieces I am going to have.” [2]

In 1870 Charles and Harriet were living in Warren County with their children Alonzo, age 19, William, age ten, Mary, age seven and Emily, age two. Charles was a rural route mail agent. He had real estate worth 3,000 dollars and a personal estate of 1,500 dollars. In 1880, Charles and Harriet were living in Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts with their children William C., age 19, Mary P., age 17, Emily O., age 12 and James H., age seven. Charles was a farmer. [3]

 In 1910 Harriet was living on West 135th Street in Manhattan with her widowed daughter Emily D. May and her son James H. She was a widow who had had five children and four were living. In 1918 Harriet was living in Summit, New Jersey. In 1920 Harriet was a widow living with her daughter Mary S. Whiting and Mary’s husband in Hudson, Massachusetts. [4]

Endnotes for Harriet E. Palmer

4. George Henry Palmer was born on 16 April 1840 in Leonardsville. He died on 7 April 1907 in Winnebago County. He married Julia Estelle Hoban.

5. Charles Monroe Palmer was born on 12 March 1842 in West Winfield, New York. He died on 20 December 1936 in Shasta County, California. He apparently never married. [1]

Charles enlisted in Company G, First Illinois Illinois Cavalry in 1862. [2]

On 6 January 1868, George Henry Palmer wrote to his wife Estelle that, “[Charles Dewey?] wrote that Charly Palmer had been heard from and that he was still in Little Rock in some way connected with the Board of Registration.” [3]

Charles was said to have gone to California as a gold prospector. In 1880 he was a single farmer in Shasta County. In 1900 he was a single farmer in Anderson, Shasta County. In 1910 he had a fruit farm in Anderson. In 1920 he was a farmer in Anderson. In 1930 he was a farmer in Anderson. In each of the censuses he is listed as single. [4]

Charles had a prune orchard and farm. He retired at age 90. [5]

Endnotes for Charles Munroe Palmer

6. Rodliff Allen Palmer was born on 8 September 1848 in Warren County. He died of pleurisy on 2 September 1874 in Delavan, Wisconsin. [1]

Allen was a soldier in the Civil War. [2]

Allen was also a balloonist: “The daring aeronaut is but twenty-three years of age, rather below the medium height but athletic and compactly built.  He is as active as two cats. He has made 158 ascensions, and has never received a serious injury beyond a sprained ankle.” [3]

“When at the height of 1,000 feet, Palmer let go of the ropes, and falling backward, hung by his toes to the bar; his toes slipped from the bar, and as he dropped, his hands caught the two rings which were suspended eight feet below the trapeze; his feet swung downward, and he was seen hanging by one hand to a ring, waving his handkerchief to the wondering mortals below.” [4]

“Prof. Palmer, aeronaut, met with a serious accident at Winamac last Saturday. He made ascension from the Pulaski county fair grounds, and in descending he was carried against the branches of a tree and fell a distance of about thirty feet to the ground. No bone was broken but his recovery is doubtful.” [5] “Another balloonatic—one ‘Prof.’ Palmer—has probably made his last ascension. At Winamac, Indiana the other day, his balloon became entangled in the limbs of a tree and the aeronaut was thrown out. He fell some forty feet and was badly injured.” [6] His brother George wrote, “On the 22nd of October I went to Winamac Indiana to see my brother Allen who had fallen from a Balloon and was dangerously injured. I remained with him until he was past immediate danger … . Allen subsequently died from the effects of his injuries received by this fall.” [7]

Allen was connected with Buckley’s Circus. In the spring of 1874 he was attempting to make an ascension in Delavan before the circus went on the road. A cable failed to detach and the balloon rolled over, dragging him along the ground. When it ascended, he was smashed against the wall of a building. He died five months later from complications of his injuries. [8]

Endnotes for Rodliff Allen Palmer

7. Herman C. Palmer was born about 1857 in Illinois. He may have married first Florence A. Wilson on 25 December 1879 in San Joaquin County, California. He may have married second Anna Olive Wetzel on 3 June 1889 in San Joaquin County. [1]

Herman is probably the Herman Clark Palmer, described as a 24-year-old farmer living in Homestead, San Joaquin County, who registered to vote on 5 October 1882. This Herman was described as a 34-year-old farmer who was born in Illinois and living in Homestead when he registered to vote on 19 July 1890. He was described as a 37-year-old farmer living in Homestead, Stockton when he registered to vote on 9 August 1892. He was said to be five foot four inches tall with a light complexion, brown hair and brown eyes and to have a scar on his right eye. [2]

In 1891 Herman C. Palmer was a farmer living two and half miles out in Stockton. In 1893 he was a farmer living in Homestead. [3]

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Generation Two

MAJOR GEORGE HENRY PALMER (1840–1907) (George Washington, Noyes Elias, Elias Sanford, Ichabod, Ichabod, Gershom, Walter)

George Henry Palmer was born on 16 April 1840 in Leonardsville, a hamlet in Brookville, Madison County, New York. He died on 7 April 1907 in Winnebago County, Illinois and is buried in Arlington Cemetery with his wife Estelle and his daughter Ruth. He also has a headstone in the Monmouth Cemetery in Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, next to his parents. He married Julia Estelle Hoban on 22 January 1866 in the Reformed Church of Utica, Oneida County, New York. Estelle was born on 25 December 1841 in Clairmorris, County Mayo, Ireland. She died on 1 November 1933, probably in Washington, D.C., and is buried with her husband. [1]

George was five feet seven inches tall with brown hair, blue eyes and a light complexion. [2]

George wrote in his journal, "I lived in Monmouth until 1855 when I went to live with my Grandfather at West Winfield New York. ... I returned to Monmouth in 1857.  Lived at Elison (near Harding) Monmouth until 1860 when I went to Chicago to attend Sloanes Commercial College." [3]

George wrote in his journal, "On the 16th of March 1865 I wrote Aunt Lib Harding sending my photograph to be given to a young lady whom I had never seen nor heard of and whose name I did not know.  [illegible] were married Jay 22 1866." [5]

George rejoined the army as second lieutenant of the 27th U.S. Infantry on 22 January 1867. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 2 August 1867. He was assigned to the 16th U.S. Infantry Regiment on 15 December 1870. He was promoted to captain on 20 March 1885. He was promoted to major of the 4th U.S. Infantry on 11 January 1899. He retired on 27 February 1899. [6]

In 1870, Estelle was living in Davidson, Tennessee with George, age two, and Mary, age six months. In 1880 Capt. George Palmer, Estelle and their children George, age 12, Mary, age ten, Ruth, age seven, Bruce, age one, and Edwin, age four months, were living in Monmouth and Estelle was a nurse. In 1900 George and Estelle were living in Harrison, Winnebago, Illinois. Estelle had had five children and all were living. [7]

When George Palmer left the army, George and Estelle bought a farm in Illinois. It was very primitive. George died soon after. [8]

Estelle said that she immigrated to the United States in 1852. [9] Attempts to definitively locate her in the U.S. passenger lists have not been successful. A Julia Hoban, Irish and age 7, traveled from Liverpool to New York on the Waterloo, arriving on 2 July 1851. With her was a Stephen Hoban, age 9. It is conceivable that this is Julia Estelle. [10]

In 1910 Estelle lived with her daughter Ruth and granddaughter Laura in Chicago. In 1920, she lived alone in a boarding house in Rockford in Winnebago County. In 1930 Estelle lived in Washington, D.C. with her daughters Ruth and Mary. [11]

Endnotes for George Henry Palmer

For a short biography of George Henry Palmer, click here

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Children of Major George Henry Palmer and Julia Estelle Hoban:    

1. Colonel Guy George Palmer was born on 14 July 1867 in Utica. He died on 1 October 1930 in Los Angeles. He married Alice Hooper on 14 May 1894 in Salt Lake City. Alice, the daughter of William H. and Mary Ann (Knowlton) Hooper of Salt Lake City, was born on 18 July 1873 in Salt Lake City and died on 19 November 1940 in Los Angeles. Guy and Alice are buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles. [1]

Guy enlisted in the army on 20 September 1889. He was described as 5'5-1/2 inches tall with blue eyes, light brown hair and a light complexion. He served with distinction in the Eighth Infantry in the Sioux Indian campaign. He received the Silver Star in the Spanish-American War. He was commissioned a colonel at the outbreak of World War I and commanded the 341st infantry regiment in France. After the war he was a professor of military science and tactics at the University of California, Los Angeles. [2]

In 1900 Guy was a first lieutenant, living in Aparri, Philippine Islands, with the U.S. Military and Naval forces. In 1910 Alice was living alone in Los Angeles and was working in a department store. In 1920 Guy and Alice were living in Boston and Guy was an army officer. In 1930 Guy and Alice were living in Los Angeles and Guy was an army officer. [3]

On 15 October 1930 Alice applied for a pension as the widow of Guy G. Palmer, a colonel in the U.S. Infantry. [4]

Children of Guy Palmer and Alice Hooper:  

a. Dorothy Palmer was born on 22 February 1895 in Salt Lake City. She died on 20 June 1946 in Los Angeles. She is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park. She married Edward Porter Bruck. Porter, the son of Ernest A. and Anna E. Bruck, was born on 19 March 1896 in Los Angeles.  He died on 28 May 1959 in San Francisco. [5] 

b. Guy George Palmer, Jr. was born on 18 November 1899, probably in Salt Lake County. He died on 22 July 1900 in Portland, Multinomah County, Oregon and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. [6]

c. Alice Palmer was born on 4 July 1903 in Whipple Bks., Arizona. She died on 20 October 1956 in Los Angeles and is buried in the San Gabriel Cemetery in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County. She married Briant Harris Wells, Jr. on 13 June 1925 in Los Angeles. [7] Briant was born on 27 July 1902. He died on 11 August 1991 in Orange County, California and is buried in the San Gabriel Cemetery. He married second Harriett E. Yates on 17 April 1959 in San Diego. He married third Ann Rose on 31 October 1963 in Los Angles. [8]

d. Mary Palmer was born on 29 January 1906 in Fort Crook, Nebraska. She died of whooping cough on 7 August 1907 in Fort Douglas, Salt Lake and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. [9]

e. Barbara Palmer was born on 13 March 1907 or 1909 in Fort Crook, Nebraska. She died on 3 December 1929 in Los Angeles and is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles, California. [10] 

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Endnotes for Guy Palmer

2. Mary Estelle Palmer was born on 19 November 1869 in Illinois. She died on 11 April 1944 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. She married Brigadier General Charles Henry Noble as his second wife on 21 August 1890 in Salt Lake City. Charles was the son of Daniel Winthrop and Harriet M. (Blood) Noble. He was born on 10 May 1843 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. He died on 4 March 1916 in Indianapolis. He is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Charles married first Sallie Kline. She died in 1890. [1] 

Charles enlisted in the Bracken Rangers on 10 June 1861 as a private. He was promoted to corporal on 24 February 1863. He was taken prisoner at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862. After the war he entered the regular service as a second lieutenant of the 16th Infantry in 1866. He transferred to the 34th Infantry on 21 September 1866 and was promoted to first lieutenant on 10 February 1867. He transferred to the 16th Infantry on 14 April 1869 and was stationed in Mississippi. He became a schoolteacher but later received a commission as a second lieutenant of Company B, 16th Infantry, at Fort Douglas, Utah. Charles served in the Spanish American War in 1898. He was a captain in the 16th Infantry in Cuba and took part in the charge and capture of San Juan blockhouse and fortification and engaged in the Battle of San Juan on 2 and 3 July. He was promoted to major in the 25th Infantry on 4 Oct 1898. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 2 February 1901. He was promoted to colonel on 9 June 1902. He retired as a brigadier general on 20 October 1906. [2]   

In 1900 Charles and Mary were living in Indianapolis with their children Palmer and Charles. Charles was an army officer and Mary had had three children and two were living. In 1910 Mary and Charles were living in Indianapolis with their son Charles. Mary had had three children and one was living. [3]

Children of Charles Noble and Mary Palmer:

a. Mariam Noble died at age eight months. [4]

b. Palmer R. Noble was born in September 1894 in Indianapolis. He died of meningitis on 9 February 1899 on board ship at Honolulu en route from the Philippine Islands age seven years, four months and 19 days. [5]

c. Colonel Charles Henry Noble was born on 30 October 1898 in Boise, Idaho. He died on 12 August 1979 in Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas. He married Elsie Louise Pancoast. Elsie was the daughter of Aaron Cooper and Mary (Soper) Pancoast. She was born on 11 July 1900 in San Antonio, Texas. She died on 13 April 1978 in San Antonio. Charles and Elsie are buried together in the Mission Burial Park South in San Antonio. [6] Charles was a soldier in World War II and afterwards in charge of supplies for the U.S. occupation zone in Czechoslovakia. [7] 

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3. Ruth Palmer was born on 25 July 1872 in Tennessee. She died on 19 August 1949 at Fort Brooke, San Juan, Puerto Rico. She married Colonel Edward Carey.

4.Brigadier General Bruce Palmer was born on 27 July 1878 in Fort Wallace, Kansas. He died on 28 July 1958 in Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is buried with his wife in Arlington National Cemetery. He married [his second cousin] Rebecca Madeline Harding on 21 June 1904 in Chicago. Madeline was the daughter of George Franklin and Adelaide (Matthews) Harding. She was born on 18 November 1878 in Chicago. She died on 6 September 1958. [1]

Bruce retired as a brigadier general on 30 June 1942. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War, World War I and World War II. He designed and built the first armored scout car used by the U.S. Cavalry and helped develop the army jeep. [2]

Children of Brig. Gen. Bruce Palmer:

a. Marcella Palmer was born on 14 May 1906 in Nebraska. She died on 10 December 1967. She married Colonel Wendell Blanchard in 1931. Wendell, the son of Wendell and Gertrude (Bolster) Blanchard was born on 19 September 1902 in Pepperell, Massachusetts. He died on 8 September 1977 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He married second Frances Sherman. She was born in 1906 and died in 1994. Wendell and his two wives are buried together in Arlington National Cemetery. [3]

b. Harding Palmer [family genealogist] was born on 5 July 1907 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He died on 2 February 1991 in Duval County, Florida. Harding and his third wife are buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. He married first Janet Müller on 29 July 1929 in Cherokee, Iowa. Janet, the daughter of Carl H. and Gertrude (Jandt) Müller, was 19 and she was born in Crawford, Nebraska. [4] He married second Amy Lucia Rickard. Their marriage license is dated 3 May 1931 in Yuma County, Arizona. Amy was born on 29 July 1905 in Ohio and died on 30 April 1985 in Los Angeles. He married third Sarah Waring. Sarah was born on 31 May 1909 and she died on 6 August 2000. [5]

c. Madeline Harding Palmer was born on 31 October 1911 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. She died on 15 August 1988 in Merced County, California. [6]

d. General Bruce Palmer was born on 13 April 1913 in Austen, Travis, Texas. He died on 10 October 2000 in Virginia. He married Kathryn Mary Sibert on 2 December 1936 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Kathryn was the daughter of Major General Franklin Cummings Sibert and Helen Rogers and the niece of Major General Edwin Luther Sibert. She was born on 27 April 1917 in San Francisco. She died on 30 December 1996 in the Mount Vernon Hospital in Virginia. [7]

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e. Adelaide Victoria “Dee” Palmer was born on 23 March 1918 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois. She married Charles C. Irby of Santa Clara, California. [8]  

f. Sylvia Harding Palmer was born on 24 November 1919 in Washington, D.C. She died on 9 December 2002. She married Matthew A. Johnsen of Northridge, California. [9]

Endnotes for Brigadier General Bruce Palmer

5. Edwin "Ned" Matthew Palmer was born on 2 or 3 February 1880 in Monmouth. He died on 6 August 1962 in Winnebago County. He married Gertrude Boomer on 19 December 1909 in Winnebago County. Gertrude was the daughter of Edward H. and Celind (Weatherhead) Boomer. She was born on 4 September 1886 in Illinois. She died on 23 February 1977 in Winnebago County. Ned and Gertrude are buried together in the Bethel Cemetery in Durand, Winnebago County.  Ned was described as of medium height and slender build with light blue eyes and light brown hair. [1] According to Edwin’s niece Laura Sibert, Gertrude was “very beautiful.” [2] 

On 17 May 1990 Ned's daughter Mary Palmer Roth wrote to Harding Palmer (letter, author's copy),

When Grandfather Palmer died in 1901[!], my father Edwin “Ned”, was living in Chicago attending Chicago Manuel Training School (I think that is the correct name of this industrial arts school) and because he was the only unmarried child available to look after his mother Estelle Julia, it was his lot to leave school and come home to the farm. He was totally unprepared and ill-suited to farming, but with my mother’s determination and hard physical work, he weathered the Depression when many farmers lost their land. … While I know you remember clearly staying at the farm at different times and I’m sure your recollections were pleasant ones, the 160 acres was at least one-third bottom land that, during a rainy spring, stood under water for weeks at a time, drowning out acres of crops more than once. I can see my mother now standing at the kitchen window, looking over the “lake” that formed on our land when the Sugar River overflowed its banks and worrying about the loss of a corn crop.

Children of Edwin Palmer:

a. Julia Estelle Palmer was  born on 13 November 1916 in Harrison, Winnebago County. She died on 8 November 2005 in Linn County, Oregon. [3]

b. Mary Palmer was born on 28 March 1919 in Durand, Winnebago, Illinois. She died on 2 December 2011. She married James Roth. [4]

Endnotes for Edwin Matthew Palmer 

Generation Three

RUTH PALMER (1872–1949)   (George Henry, George Washington, Noyes Elias, Elias Sanford, Ichabod, Ichabod, Gershom, Walter)

Ruth Palmer was born on 25 July 1872, probably in Tennessee. She died on 19 August 1949 at Fort Brooke, San Juan, Puerto Rico and was buried with her parents on 31 July 1950 in Arlington Cemetery. She married Colonel Edward "Ned" Carey on 1 August 1895 in St. Mark's Cathedral in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1] They divorced by 16 November 1914, when Ned remarried. According to her daughter Laura, they divorced in 1907 or 1908. [2]  Ned, the son of Brigadier General Asa Bacon and Laura Melinda (Colby) Carey, was born on 20 April 1871 in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. He died on 16 or 19 February 1948 in Southern Pines, Moore, North Carolina. He is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Southern Pines. He married second, as her second husband, Anne Kneeland (Smith) Haynes on 16 November 1914 in Lowell, Massachusetts. They divorced in 1930 in Bay County, Florida. Edward married third Caroline Tarver. [3] 

In 1910, Ruth was living in Chicago with her mother Estelle and her daughter Laura. She is described as married. In 1930 Ruth was living with her mother Estelle and her sister Mary P. Noble at 16 Kalorama Road in Washington, DC. [4]

Ruth signed her will on 11 March 1948. She mentioned her daughter Laura Carey Sibert and her son-in-law Edwin Luther Sibert. [5]

Endnotes for Ruth Palmer

Children of Ruth Palmer:

a. Laura Carey

Click here to see Ruth Palmer's descent from Walter Palmer and some more photos.

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