Jane Elizabeth Palmer

1847 - 1928  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Jane Elizabeth Palmer
  Birth	Dec 1847	Moreau, Saratoga, NY
  Gender	Female
  Census	2 Aug 1850	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; age 3, born NY, living with parents
  Census	1855	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; age 8, living with parents, resident of town for 8 years
  Census	31 Jul 1860	Wilton, Saratoga, NY ; age 13, born NY, living with parents
  Census	14 Jun 1865	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; age 18, living with parents
  Census	28 Jun 1870	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; Elizabeth, age 22, born NY, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1875	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; Elizabeth, age 27, born Saratoga Co, living with parents
  Census	19 Jun 1880	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; age 26, born NY, living with parents
  Census	9 Jun 1900	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; J.E., age 52, born Dec 1847 in NY, parents born NY/NY, living with brother Nicholas
  Census	1 Jun 1905	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; age 54, born US, does housework, living with brother
  Census	4 May 1910	Moreau, Saratoga, NY ; age 54, born MY, parents born NY/NY, living with brother Nicholas
  Census	15 Jan 1920	Milton, Saratoga, NY ; age 72, born NY, inmate at Saratoga County Almshouse, parents born NY/NY
  Census	1 Jun 1925	Milton, Saratoga, NY ; age 77, born US, of Saratoga Springs, lodger at Almshouse
  Death	8 Oct 1928	Milton, Saratoga, NY
  Burial		Maplewood Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, NY
  Person ID	I1152	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	John Palmer,   b. 5 Sep 1805, Northumberland, Saratoga, NY d. 14 Oct 1891, Moreau, Saratoga, NY (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Charity Fort,   b. 8 May 1805, Rensselaer Co, New York d. 4 Feb 1888, Moreau, Saratoga, NY (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1833	Easton, Washington, NY
  Family ID	F232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Schenectany Gazette", 11 Jan 1917 (fultonhistory.com) Sheriff's Jury Decides Case of Miss Jane Palmer SARATOGA SPRINGS, Jan. 19, - A Sheriff's jury before Judge Charles Andrews as commissioner has adjudged Miss Jane Palmer, of Moreau, incompetent to manage her own affairs. An application will be made to Count Judge George E. Salisbury for the appointment of a committee of her person and estate. Miss Palmer, who is 69 years old, owns a farm in the town of Moreau. She has lived alone since her brother, Nicholas Palmer, died several years ago. A year ago Miss Palmer fell and fractured her hop and since that time has had great difficulty in getting around. Much testimony was introduced, including that of physicians and experts, Drs. A Sherman Downs, Earl H. King and Richard H. McCarty were sown for the petitioners and stated that in their opinion Miss Palmer is suffering from senile dementia and is unable to mange her affairs. Dr. Albert Warren Ferris, called on behalf of Miss Palmer, said that she was mentally competent, but physically incompetent. On cross-examination, after various acts of Miss Palmer had been recited, Dr. Ferris admitted that under those conditions she would be not be competent. Dr. H.A. Haright was sworn and testified that in his opinion she was competent mentally. from "New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920" (ancestry.com) On 22 Apr 1918, Jane E Palmer, 70, b. NY, single, last resident of Saratoga Springs, child of John Palmer, a farmer b. NY, and Charity Fort b. NY, was admitted to the Saratoga County Almshouse for destitution. She had fractured hip, was not feeble-minded, had never received public relief. Next of King Mrs. Thomas Coolidge of Glens Falls and Mrs. Truman Palmer of Gansevoort. from "The Saratoga Springs Saratogian", 9 Oct 1928 (fultonhistory.com) Jane E. Palmer, for a number of years a resident of the county farm, died here yesterday afternoon. She was born in the town of Moreau 80 years ago. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at the Bortle funeral parlors, 130 Circular street. Burial will be in the Maplewood cemetery.