Lucius Albert Palmer (1842 - 1915)

Born 26 Nov 1842 in Genoa, Cayuga County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Jane Wright — married 25 Nov 1880 in Lorain County, Ohio

Died 28 Dec 1915 at age 73 in Los Angeles, California

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Biography

As a young man in 1859 he moved from home to Fitchville, Ohio.

He first enlisted for service in the civil war on June 29, 1861, in Company D of the 8th Ohio infantry. He saw action at Worthington, Virginia, Romney, West Virginia and Wire Bridge, Virginia and was discharged due to disability on January 3, 1862.

He then enlisted in E company of the 123rd Ohio infantry on August 22, 1862. His unit was assigned to western Virginia where he spent the first winter out of harm's way. In the spring of 1863 he participated in the engagement against Gen. Early at Winchester, in which his regiment lost in killed and wounded nearly 100 men, and the following day the entire regiment, with the exception of Co. D, became prisoners of war as a result of the surrender of the whole brigade. According to his grandson, Schuyler Palmer, Lucius spent time in the civil war in the infamous Andersonville prison of war camp. The following September he and his company were exchanged. He later saw action at New Market, Piedmont and Lynchburg. Near the end of the war, in April 1865, as the Union army was closing in on Lee's army, his unit was captured again, this time by the Confederate cavalry at Farmville, Virginia. In 1900 he was living in Kenton, Ohio. His widow filed a pension application, from California, in February 1916.

After the war, he travelled about the country before settling in Norwalk, Ohio. He stayed for 36 years before moving west, to Los Angeles in 1915 to live with his son Howard. - Norwalk (OH) Reflector, January 11, 1916

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Marriage

Status: MARRIED

Husband: Lucius A. Palmer

Wife: Anna J. Wright

User ID: 2AB244D640D4C84F9FCA44AEA0428FF6E32D

Marriage:

Date: 25 NOV 1880

Place: Lorain County, Ohio

Status: MARRIED

Husband: Eliel Palmer

Wife: Maria Butler

User ID: 3AB6A46DB65F294193B52AFC16AFB25DC2E4

Child: Sarah Elizabeth Palmer

Child: Alfred D. Palmer

Child: Lucius A. Palmer

Child: Mary Palmer

Child: Levi Edward Palmer

Child: John B. Palmer

Marriage:

Date: 9 MAY 1832

Sources

• Source: S1668 Type: Marriage Registration Title: Ohio Marriages 1800-1958 Publication: Available at www.familysearch.org Abbreviation: Ohio Marriages 1800-1958 Record ID Number: 2875
• Source: S383 Type: Book Title: Palmer Families in America, Volume 1 Author: Horace Wilbur Palmer Abbreviation: Horace Wilbur Palmer Publication: Neshanic Printing Company, Neshanic, NJ 1966 Abbreviation: Palmer Families in America, Volume 1 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2 Master Listing Source: Y Record ID Number: 1477 Page: 438 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
• Source: S53 Type: Census Title: 1850 U.S. Census Abbreviation: 1850 U.S. Census Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
• Source: S59 Type: Census Title: 1900 U.S. Census Abbreviation: 1900 U.S. Census Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Acknowledgments

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