Henry D Palmer

1824 - 1911  (87 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Joseph Palmer,   b. 5 Mar 1786, Northumberland, Saratoga, NY d. 12 Mar 1856 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Rachel Howland,   b. 1798, New York d. 15 Mar 1880, Kalamazoo Co, MI (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F4637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Headstones

  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.