H.S. Palmer

PALMER, OLDER

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/14/2011 at 20:11:54

Palmer, H. S., was born in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, January 26, 1853, and lived in that county until 1872, when he came to Iowa. He clerked two years in a store in Independence, then was a traveling representative for six years. After leaving the road he came to Spencer, and has engaged in the hardware trade since that period. He is a member of the firm Palmer & Koch; was married in 1880 to Miss Jessie C. Older; have three children, Henry S. Jr., John W. and Louise B.

Source: A History of Clay County, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889.