Died
at age 87
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Biography
Dr. Luther Morris Palmer was born July 5, 1827 in Oswegatchie, New York to Abraham and Patience Delila (Pierce) Palmer. He was a physician. He married Julia Phidelia Ferrin in August 1852. They were the parents of Alice Fidelia (1860–1939). He married Elizabeth Mary Veach on July 29, 1860 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were the parents of Almeron Veach (born 1860), Mary Elizabeth (1861–1861), Delathine Zelnora (1862–1862), Luther Clark (1866–1891), Morris Augustus (1871–1931), Sarah Ann (1874–1951). He married Helen Nellie Burnett on February 15, 1862 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had no children. He married Dora Elizabeth Bosh on May 21, 1872 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were the parents of Lola Ann (1873-1930), John Quincy (1876–1933), Dora Elizabeth (1879–1879), Morris Dee (1885–1889), Mirth Adelia (1888–1957), Luther Moras (1890–1890), Truman Jay (1891–1918), Chancey Warren (1893–1961), and James Albert (1897–1897). He died on January 12, 1915, in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fact: Residence (1850) Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1852) Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States
Fact: Immigration (26 October 1858) Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Chicken Creek Camp, Juab, Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Ouray, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Fact: Burial (15 January 1915) Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-W6R : 12 April 2016), Luther Palmer in household of Abraham Palmer, Pottawattamie county, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing family 527, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Death: "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQH8-XG3 : Sat Nov 18 16:58:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Luther M Palmer and Abraham Palmer, 12 Jan 1915.
Death: "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGZ-PF2 : 3 March 2021), Luther M. Palmer, 12 Jan 1915; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 77, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
Pioneer Database: "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-ZFVZ : 10 February 2018), Luther Moses Morris Palmer, 26 Oct 1858; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
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