Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Palmer, W. M. 1870 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

    W. M. PALMER was born near Iowa Falls, Iowa, on October 23rd, 1870. His
parents were New England Quakers of Scotch, Irish, French and English lineage
and pioneers in the settlement of Iowa, having emigrated from the eastern states
while Iowa was a wilderness.

    His grandfather, John Caldwell, was the first Justice of the Peace in
Hardin, Hardin County, Iowa, at a time when Indians and land claim jumpers were
the chief subjects of judicial inquiry and legal enactment. The family continued
to reside in that locality for more than fifty years. The subject of this sketch
was graduated from Iowa Falls High School in 1888, after which a three-year
course of study was pursued in Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

    Always, from inclination, associating with youth, Palmer naturally became a
teacher in the public schools of Iowa, though his first efforts as a pedagogue
were put forth in Albany County, Territory of Wyoming. In this field of
usefulness his predilection for athletic sports made him a favorite among the
younger residents of the community in which he taught. Owing to the support of
this element, while principal of the schools at Webb, Iowa, Palmer was elected
mayor of the town and continued to hold that office until he took up the study
of law, though the principal duties of the mayor of that town were to declare
small pox quarantines and to act as police judge.

    In 1902 the study of law was taken up by Mr. Palmer, his preliminary study
being directed by the law firm of Bryson & Bryson and by the Honorable S. M.
Weaver, since and now a member of the Supreme Bench of the State of Iowa. In
1904 Mr. Palmer became a resident of the city of Santa Monica, where he has
since resided, continuing his law studies in the office of Judge George H.
Hutton.    He was admitted to the bar of California in 1905.

    In 1894 Mr. Palmer was married to Miss Myrtle B. Mosely who had been his
schoolmate from the primary grade. To them have been born four children.

    Mr. Palmer has, since 1886, been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and occupied a number of official positions therein. He is an enthusiastic
believer in the brotherhood of man and advocates strongly fellowship and
sympathy as a means of aiding mankind. He is also is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.


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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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