Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - John E. Palmer

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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John E. Palmer was born in Jefferson County, Mo., November 28, 1827, 
and is a son of Samuel and Susan (Weidman) Palmer. Of German parents,
the father was born in Pennsylvania, and when eighteen immigrated to 
Jefferson County, Mo., where he married, and farmed a number of years. 
He then went to Lamar County, Tex., and two years later went to 
Anderson County, where he died in 1867. The mother was born in 
Jefferson County, Mo., and had thirteen children, five now living, 
viz.: Catherine, wife of Henry Snow; John; Levi, of Anderson County, 
Tex.; Napoleon, of Brown County, Tex., and Sarah, of Anderson County. 
Mary, Samuel, Jane, and five smaller ones died. The paternal 
grandparents were natives of Pennsylvania, and there died. The 
maternal grandfather was an early settler of Jefferson County, Mo., 
and lived six miles west of Hillsboro. Our subject lived in his native 
county until fourteen, and as his father's attention was given to his 
mill, John was obliged to work a great deal upon the farm, but in 
leisure attended school. After becoming fourteen, he lived in Lamar 
County, Tex., two years, and then engaged in tanning and farming in 
Anderson County until the war. He then enlisted in Company I, Texas 
Infantry, for eight months, and afterward served two years and four 
months, or until the surrender at Hempstead, Tex., in 1865. Among 
others he was in the battle at Prairie Grove and Elk Creek, and while 
on picket duty at Fayetteville went three days without food. Returning 
to Texas, he settled in Lamar County, and then immigrated to Crawford 
County, where he has since [p.1184] lived. He has 160 acres of land, 
and has cultivated fifty acres. In 1848 he married Sarah Rooker, a 
native of Illinois, and daughter of Ransom Rooker. This marriage 
resulted in three children, two now living, Elizabeth and Ransom. 
After his first wife's death, Mr. Palmer was married, in 1872, to 
Polly Fears, of this county, who has borne him six children: Clarissa, 
Flora, Stella, Tommie, Frank, and an infant who died unnamed. Mr. 
Palmer is a Republican and a member of the Agricultural Wheel. Himself 
and wife belong to the Northern Methodist Church. 

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