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rD. C. PALMER—TI i♦ *Daniel Clark Palmer was born near Erie, Pennsylvania, on Sept-tember 17, 1845, and died at his home at 783 East Park avenue, Spencer, Iowa, at four o’clock on Monday morning, September 6, 1920. Had he lived eleven dayB longer he would have been seventy-five years old.About seven years ago he was stricken with shaking paralysis which slowly undermined his strength and for the past three years rendered him almost entirely helpless.When he was eleven years old his parents moved from Pennsylvania to Green county,^ Wisconsin, where he grew to young manhood, and taught school. Here also, he enlisted in the services of his country in the Civil war and served more than two years in Company D, 35th Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry. Three brothers and father also enlisted, one brother dying in the service.In 1869 he came to Clay county and settled on a homestead in Lincoln township, eight miles south of Spencer. Here he endured the hardships and privations of a new country that all early settlers remembers so distinctly.On October 26, 1875, he was married to Margaret Elizabeth. Xah-mon. The following year the victims to the well known grasshopper scourge and like many other pioneers they loaded their goods on a wagon and drove to another part of the state.In 1881 they returned to Clay county where he lived until his death. Most of that time he has lived in Spencer where he worked at his trade, carpentering.Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were the parents of six daughters, Edith J., wifo of L. A. Witter, died in 1900; Inez E,, wife- of H. Chamberlain of this city; Cora A„ wife of C. B. Bur-low of Manette, Washington; Ava C., who died in 1900 Oma Z., wife of F. B. Carter, Bowman, North Da-
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Spencer Reporter
Spencer, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 08, 1920
Page 13
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