Thomas Palmer (1858 - 1928)

Born 16 Oct 1858 in Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane (Roper) Palmer — married 16 Sep 1885 in Laclede, Missouri, United States of America

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1928 at age 69 in Washington Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Name: Palmer, Thomas[1, 2]

Gender: Male

Father: Palmer, Joyner

Mother: Hightower, Susan

Life Events

Birth From James Palmer's biography of Thomas Palmer: "Thomas Palmer came to Missouri in his second year from Durham in Alamance County North Carolina", 1856-10-16 in Alamance, North Carolina, United States of America. [3, 4a, 2, 5, 6]

Birth 1857-10-16 in Webster, Missouri, United States of America. [7]

Birth The 1858 birth year in Missouri is probably correct. On the 1860 census, he was 2 years old, and he was the only one of his siblings born in Missouri. The rest were born in North Carolina. , about 1858 in Missouri, United States of America. [8]

Death 1928-01-06 in Washington, Laclede, Missouri, USA. [2, 9a, 10a, 6]

Burial Roper Cemetery, 1928-01-08 in Morgan, Laclede, Missouri, United States of America. [2, 6]

Religious

Religion Morgan Baptist Church, 1898 in Morgan, Laclede, Missouri, United States of America. [6]

Vocational

Occupation Washington, Laclede, Missouri, USA, between 1900-06-06 and 1910-04-16. [3]

Residence

Residence From James Palmer's biography of Thomas Palmer: "The Palmer family arrived in Webster County below Niangua Missouri in the fall of 1858 settling then with Deverix and Cicily Hightower.", 1858 in Niangua, Webster, Missouri, United States of America. [2, 5]

Census 1860-08-11 in Union, Webster, Missouri, United States of America. [8]

Census 1870-07-11 in Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States of America. [11]

Census Thomas Palmer lived in the household of his cousin Michael Palmer. , 1880-06-05 in Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States of America. [12]

Residence "Thomas Palmer and wife Sarah made their home near Morgan Missouri in Washington Township.", about 1885 in Morgan, Laclede, Missouri, United States of America. [5]

Property Owned farm free, between 1900-06-06 and 1910-04-16 in Washington, Laclede, Missouri, USA. [3]

Census Thomas and Sarah Palmer lived in the household with Sarah's sons James Williams and Jasper Beard and Thomas and Sarah's children Thomas, Susan, Cora, Mirty, and Jessey Palmer., 1900-06-08 in Washington, Laclede, Missouri, USA. [1]

Residence 1910 in Conway, Laclede, Missouri, United States of America. [13a]

Census 1910-04-16 in Washington, Laclede, Missouri, USA. [3]

Residence Farming, 1920 in Washington, Laclede, Missouri, USA. [14a]

Custom

Extra Fact Sarah was an aunt of Thomas Palmer.

Extra Fact See notes for details about Thomas and Sarah Palmer's life, Morgan, Laclede, Missouri, United States of America. [5]

From James Palmer's biography of Thomas Palmer:

"Thomas Palmer and wife Sarah made their home near Morgan Missouri in Washington Township. They first built a log cabin and later as a family came along they built a large and beautiful frame house.

Tom and Sarah were very self sufficient as people had to be in those days. They made their own lye from wood ashes to use in lye purposes such as the making of Hominy...Their pots and pans were scoured with wood ashes. They canned and dried anything they could grow or gather such as wild berries and fruit from their own trees.

Meat was smoked in their smoke house or placed in a salt brine to preserve it for the winter months.

Sarah knew how to make many home medicines which were better known as home remedies and very likely this was all the medicine they ever had."

Extra Fact One of Thomas Palmer's sisters was Mrs. Robert Southard, who lived in Reeds, Missouri in 1928.[6]

Extra Fact From James Palmer's biography of Thomas Palmer: "As Thomas grew he was to live with a stepmother Catherine (Rhine) Whitenburg Palmer after his mothers death in 1861. After the death of his father in 1875 at Sarcoxie Missouri in Jasper County Mister Palmer lived with other members of the family not being able to get along with his stepmother.", about 1875 in Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States of America. [5]

Extra Fact Thomas Palmer owned at least 100 acres of land in the northeast corner of Sarcoxie. It may be a different Thomas Palmer, 1895 in Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States of America. [15]

Families

Roper, Sarah Jane

Marriage 1885-09-16 in Laclede, Missouri, United States of America. [3, 4a, 16]

Children Palmer, Thomas Martin

Palmer, Susan Anna

Palmer, Cora Mae

Palmer, Myrtle Velena

Palmer, Jess Wesley

Palmer, Beulah Agness

Sources

1. ""United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZD-13Z : accessed 23 January 2019), Thomas Palmer household, Washington Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 5B, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,869."

2. "Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59887493/thomas-palmer : accessed 24 January 2019), memorial page for Thomas Palmer (16 Oct 1856–6 Jan 1928), Find A Grave Memorial no. 59887493, citing Roper Cemetery, Morgan, Laclede County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Bev Scott Kendall (contributor 46880950)."

3. ""United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YY-218 : accessed 1 February 2019), Thomas Palmer household, Washington, Laclede, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 794; FHL microfilm 1,374,807."

4. "1900 United States Federal Census"

a: Thomas Palmer household; Census Place: Washington, Laclede, Missouri; Roll T623_869; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 72.

5. "James W. Palmer, "Thomas Palmer," in History of Laclede County, Missouri, Lois Roper Beard, editor ([Lebanon, Mo.?]: Laclede County Genealogical Society, 1998), entry 574, pages 455-456. James W. Palmer was the grandson of Thomas Palmer and Sarah (Roper) Palmer. Information about library holdings available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42256891"

6. ""Thomas Palmer," Laclede County (Missouri) Republican, 13 January 1928, page 7, columns 3 and 4."

7. ""Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910," database with images, Ancestry.com ( https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1170&h=1877729 : accessed 25 January 2019), Thomas Martin Palmer, 4 June 1886, image 47 of 78; citing Missouri Birth Records, Laclede County, 1883-1896 [Microfilm], p. 47, Jefferson City, Mo.: Missouri State Archives. "

8. ""United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSD-9SRG?cc=1473181&wc=7Q3P-DHF%3A1589429312%2C1589424843%2C1589422372  : accessed 15 October 2021), Missouri > Webster > Union Township > image 9 of 23; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)."

9. "Death Certificate - Missouri"

a: Thomas Palmer [Poehner], 1928

10. Hall, Wm. K., "Items of Genealogical Interest from the Springfield, Greene County, Missouri Newspapers", St. Louis, MO; 1994

a: Father of Springfield Men Dies Near Lebanon; Daily News - 1928-01-07

11. ""United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64V3-N43?cc=1438024&wc=KGSX-HZ9%3A518659401%2C519053501%2C519042301  : accessed 15 October 2021), Missouri > Jasper > Sarcoxie > image 25 of 50; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)."

12. ""United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XD-XKH : accessed 15 October 2021), Michael Palmer household, Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 62, sheet 396B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,694."

13. "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002"

a: Roy Grizzle and Cora Plumer[sic]

14. ""United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVX-3BS : accessed 1 February 2019), Thomas Douglas house, Arizona, Burt, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38, sheet 19A, line 3, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 981; FHL microfilm 1,820,981."

a: Thomas Palmer household; Census Place: Washington, Laclede, Missouri; Roll: T625_931; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 351.; Dwelling 112

15. "Plat Book of Jasper County, Missouri (Northwest Publishing Co., 1895), page 36, Plat of Sarcoxie; available at "U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1127/ : accessed 10 December 2021), Missouri > Jasper, 1895 > images 65 of 88. "

16. ""Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002," database with images, Ancestry.com ( https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1171&h=508274732 : accessed 22 February 2019), Thomas Palmer and Sarah Williams, 16 September 1885, image 405 of 842; citing Missouri Marriage Records, Laclede County, Record Images for Laclede County, 1849-1892 [Microfilm], Book B, p. 305, Jefferson City, Mo.: Missouri State Archives. "