Robert Palmer1

M, #12598, b. 4 August 1797, d. 10 February 1874

Relationship=4th great-grandfather of Robert Lynn Adams.
Relationship=3rd great-grandfather of Ida Ione Ashby.
Last Edited=12 Aug 2008
     Robert Palmer was born on 4 August 1797 at Northumberland Co., Virginia.1,2,3

Robert Palmer married Ladema Johnson on 1 October 1815 when he was 18.4,5

Robert Palmer married Rachel Jane McVey, daughter of John McVey, on 11 August 1831 at Montgomery Co., Illinois, when he was 34.6,7,8,9

Robert Palmer Page 36 IA 1852 State Census Index lists a Robert Palmer and a Robert Palmer Sr. This record has not been viewed in 1852 at Benton Township, Keokuk Co., Iowa.10

Robert Palmer and Rachel Jane Palmer lived in Lucas Co., Iowa, between 1853 and 1854.11

Robert Palmer is head of household on the Census of 9 July 1860 at Benton Township, Lucas Co., Iowa, as Robert Palmer, Jun. He is listed as a 64 year old farmer who was born in Ohio. He has real property valued at $2000 and personal property valued at $750. Also enumerated were Rachel Jane Palmer, Cynthia Ann Palmer, Mary Ellen Palmer, Laura Anne Palmer, Frances J. Palmer and Moses Hart.12

Robert Palmer died on 10 February 1874 at Benton Township, Lucas Co., Iowa, at age 76 years, 6 months and 6 days.1,13

Children of Robert Palmer and Ladema Johnson

Children of Robert Palmer and Rachel Jane McVey

Citations

  1. [S260] Unknown Lucas Co., Iowa Newspaper.
  2. [S282] Lucas Co. Genealogical Society, Lucas Co., IA Cemetery Records, Page 240. Tombstone incribed Robert Palmer Aug. 4, 1797 - Feb. 10, 1874.
  3. [S560] Debra Townsend, "Palmer Family Pilgrimage", Ancestry World Tree Project, Birth: 04 Aug 1797 in Northumberland County, VA, USA.
  4. [S534] Deb Townsend, Deb Townsend Email to Robert L. Adams.
  5. [S560] Debra Townsend, "Palmer Family Pilgrimage", Ancestry World Tree Project, Married Ladema Johnson: 01 Oct 1815.
  6. [S232] 1850 US Census Population Schedule, Keokuk Co., Iowa, District No. 26, Stamped Page No. 248, Written Page No. 495, Dwelling No. 349, Family No. 368.
  7. [S282] Lucas Co. Genealogical Society, Lucas Co., IA Cemetery Records, Page 240. Tombstone inscribed Rachel Palmer, wife of Robert Jan. 6, 1817 - Feb 13, 1903.
  8. [S287] McVey Genforum, online http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcvey, Posted by Genette (Cochran) McVey on June 25, 2001.
  9. [S368] IL Marriage Index, online http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/…, PALMER, ROBERT
    MCVEY, RACHEL
    08/11/1831
    Vol./Page: 1/ 23 License No. 135
    County: MONTGOMERY.
  10. [S283] Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com
  11. [S264] Photocopy of newspaper articles, Dec 1921.
  12. [S284] 1860 US Census Population Schedule, Lucas Co., Iowa, Chariton Post Office, Page 82, Dwelling Number 607, Family Number 564.
  13. [S282] Lucas Co. Genealogical Society, Lucas Co., IA Cemetery Records, Page 240.
  14. [S247] Sally Bertine, Email from Sally Bertine to Robert L. Adams, April 02, 2002.
  15. [S261] 1856 State Census Population Schedule, Lucas Co., Iowa, Page 5 of the transcript, Dwelling No. 7, Family No. 7.
  16. [S534] Deb Townsend, Deb Townsend Email to Robert L. Adams, Born 1854; died young.
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