Washington’s Col Palmer a Civil War hero and civic leader
Col David James Palmer of Washington Iowa rose from private in the Cath Iowa Volunteers to lieutenant colonel and led his regiment at Vicksburg and Sherman’s March to the Sea He survived Shiloh and later became GAR commander in chief 50 years after the parade in Washington He was born in 1839 and died in 1928 with a long public career and church service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David James Palmer
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Iowa
Palmer
United Presbyterian College
Co. Cath Iowa
Helen Livingston
Shiloh
25Th Infantry
Vicksburg
Sherman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington D.C
Johnson
Col. Palmer
David Palmer
Wilson
United States
GAR
Detroit
D. J. Palmer
Livingston
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Samuel Palmer
Margaret Munce
Ohio
Old Presbyterian College
Letitia Young
David Livingston
Henry
Des Moines
United Presbyterian Church
West Washington
Effie Schmitt
Elm Grove
Exhibit highlights Colonel Palmer keepsakes at Washington library
Mrs Edsall Brown and staff arrange an exhibit of Colonel D J Palmers mementoes at the Washington library. Items from Mrs Dave Elder and the David Livingstons include a GAR uniform portraits letters scrapbook pearl handled utensils encampment badges medals and Civil War newspaper articles about Vicksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Palmer
Edsall Brown
Washington
Dave Elder
David Livingstons
GAR
Col. Palmer
National Convention of Railroad Commissioners
Vicksburg
Dorcas Society and Federated Club Gatherings in Wellman
Wellman hosts a Dorcas Missionary Society tea at the Baptist Church with 22 members and guests plus six children. Officers for the coming year are installed by Rev. Larsen. Separately, the WQV Federated Women’s Club held its May breakfast, installed officers, welcomed guest Ida Curtis, and featured a poem by Marie Van Dorn and a federation skit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eckhardt Wellman
Dorcas Missionary Society
Wellman Baptist Church
Mesdames
Bob Swartzendruber
Jon Wade
Bob Staubaugh
Jim Litwiller
Ralph Bringman
Larsen
Wallace Swartzendruber
Gene Goschke
Albert Larsen
WQV Federated Women's Club
Lloyd Durst
Jack Droz
Duane Longwell
Howard Greiner
Ida Curtis
Jefferson
Joe Tobin
Clarence Richards
Ainsworth
Federation
Ed Henn
Marion Marine
Albion Young
Mid - Prairie
Dean Curtis
Marriage Licenses Issued in Clerk of Court Office
Marriage licenses have been issued to Bruce Victor Dempsey of Milton and Mary Elizabeth Veak of Grand Island with Diana Taylor listed as agency. Harvey Kowalski of St. Paul and William Gene Wilkerson, both of Washington, with Alice Marie Lewis as the second party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of Court
Bruce Victor Dempsey
Milton
Mary Elizabeth Veak
Diana Taylor
Grand Island
Neb
Harvey Kowalski
St. Paul
William Gene Wilkerson
Alice Marie Lewis
Washington
Ainsworth Alumni Banquet and Community Notes
The Ainsworth association held its annual alumni banquet May 27 at the Captain’s Table with 79 attendees. Vera Simpson marked her 42nd consecutive banquet. new officers were elected. veterans services, Poppies sales, and Memorial Day observances were noted along with local summer programs and a minor traffic accident near Lime Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Thompson Ainsworth
Ainsworth Association
Duane Schantz
Gene Stephens
Grace
Vera Simpson
Charles Thompson
Madge Rabhenold
Bill Putman
Paul Hazelett
Hugh Hazelett
Larry Trotter
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Ainsworth
Bill Trotter
Highland Band
Vincent James
Camp Ground
KCI
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col
Palmers
Schuyler
Ralph Livingston
Dave Livingston
David III
Colonel Palmer
D.J. Palmer
Dorcas Society
Wellman Meeting
Curtis
Dean
Joy
Bill Lawton
Scranton
Lawton
Craig
Mid - Prairie High School
The
Better Business Bureau
Wolf's Flower Shop
North End Grocery
NEW Delivery Service
United Methodist Church
Dale Buck
Shennie Buck
Elmer Wenger
John Cooper
Linda
Cedar Rapids
Jim Wenger
Cedar Falls
Jim
Northern
Amana
Cooper's
Becky
Ricky
Debbie Thompson
C. A. Thompson
Ronald Ornduff
Gary Peterson
Buffalo
William Barber
Lime Creek
Verna Mae Yoder
Kalona
Alma Beachy
Verna Yoder
Osincup’s
Walgreen
Osincup Drug Store
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