Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....Palmer, J. B. 1837 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   J. B. PALMER, commissioner of Calhoun county, was born in 1837, son of Seborn
and Mary (Blake) Palmer, both natives of South Carolina who came to Calhoun
county in 1831, and at that time there was not a white man between Piedmont and
Jacksonville. Seborn Palmer was a great friend with Indians, and at one time he
left his family with them and went back to Georgia. He helped to gather up the
Indians and was a great help to the government in getting them to leave without
any trouble. Mr. Palmer was the first to bring white (or Irish) potatoes to
Calhoun county. He lived to be one of the wealthy men of Alabama, although he
came to Alabama about $1,000 in debt. Mrs. Mary Palmer was a daughter of William
and Charlotte Blake, natives of Virginia, and the former a soldier in the war of
1812. J. B. Palmer was reared in Calhoun county and here attended the common
school. In October, 1860, he married Emma, Graham, daughter of John R. and
Elizabeth (Callaway) Graham. This union resulted in the birth of nine children,
of whom only three are living: Mary, James P., and Fannie. Mrs. Palmer was born
in this county in 1816. In 1831, Mr. Palmer enlisted in company E. Thirtieth
Alabama regiment, under Capt. McBee, and served until close of the war with the
rank of orderly sergeant. He was wounded at Baker's Creek, in 1863, was then
captured and paorled. After the war he beagn farming, followed it three years,
and then began merchandising at Ladiga and conducted business at this point
until 1886. In 1888 he was elected by the democratic party as commissioner of
Calhoun county and at the last election was again elected by a good majority. He
is a member of the Masonic order, is one of Calhoun's county's best citizens,
and he and wife are members of the Baptist church.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 610-611

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