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Henry D Palmer

Male 1824 - 1911  (87 years)


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  • Name Henry D Palmer 
    Birth 3 Sep 1824  Saratoga Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 31 Jul 1850  Oshtemo, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 27, born NY, farmer, living next to parents
    Census 9 Jul 1860  Volinia, Cass, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; H Palmer, age 36, born NY, farmer, living next to JJ & E Sturr
    Census 14 Aug 1870  Lawton, Van Buren, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 45, born NY, day laborer, widowed mother in house
    Census 3 Jun 1884  Richland, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 59, born NY, marr NY, parents born NY/NY
    Census 12 Jun 1900  Comstock, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 75, born Sep 1824 in NY, widowed, farmer, parents born NY/NY, daughter Margaret's family in house
    Census 19 Apr 1910  Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 85, born NY, widowed, parent born NY/NY, living with daughter Margaret & husband
    Death 16 Nov 1911 
    Burial   Howlandsburg Cemetery, Ross, MI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I12634  Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2017 

    Father AncestorsJoseph Palmer,   b. 5 Mar 1786, Northumberland, Saratoga, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1856 (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Rachel Howland,   b. 1798, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1880, Kalamazoo Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F4637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsMary Howland,   b. 11 Dec 1829, Stillwater, Saratoga, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1899, Ross, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 1849 
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Palmer,   b. Sep 1849, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1927, Santa Clara Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     2. Sarah Palmer,   b. 1853, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married3. George Palmer,   b. 13 Jul 1853, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1938, Kempsville, Princess Anne, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F4638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2016 

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    Henry D Palmer Gravestone
    Henry D Palmer Gravestone
    H.D. PALMER / 1824 - 1911

  • Notes 
    • from "Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920" (seekingmichigan.com)
      Henry D Palmer, a retired farmer residing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI, b. 3 Sep 1824 in NY to Joseph Palmer b. NY and Rachel Howland b. NY, died on 16 Dec 1911, age 87y 3m 15d, in Kalamazoo of endocarditis. Burial on 19 Dec in Howlandsburg Cemetery. Informant Mrs. B.R. Huested of Kalamazoo.
    • Chester, 14, and Dillon, 16, Sturr, grandchildren, living in house in 1884.
    • from "The Kalamazoo Gazette", 17 Dec 1911 (posted on findagrave by ambs)
      DEATH OF OLD PIONEER TAKES PLACE SATURDAY
      HENRY D. PALMER WAS IDENTIFIED WITH EARLY DAYS OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY.
      Henry D. Palmer, 87 years old, a pioneer of Kalamazoo county, died at 12:30 yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E.R. Green, Sherwood Park. He leaves besides his daughter, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A son and daughter died in infancy. Mr. Palmer was born in Saratoga county, N.Y., September ), 1824. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1843, arriving in the then small village of Kalamazoo on his nineteenth birthday. With them he settled in Oshtemo township on land which is now the site of Oshtemo village, and the brick house then built by them is still standing. In 1848 Mr. Palmer married Mary E. Howland of Howlandsburg. In the spring of 1856 they moved to Cass county where after residing 14 years, they returned to Kalamazoo. Mrs. Palmer died 13 years ago, since which time Mr. Palmer had made his home with his daughter. He was a most devoted Christian and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The funeral will be held at the home Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Armstrong officiating. The burial will be at Howlandsburg.