Yolo-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Palm, Edward Adolph 1859 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 13, 2005, 9:18 pm Author: Tom Gregory EDWARD ADOLPH PALM One of Yolo county's native sons is Edward A. Palm, a resident of Broderick, and who for the past eight years has efficiently served as county supervisor. He was born near Washington, as it was then called, July 21, 1859, the son of Adolph C. and Wilhelmine (Thoelen) Palm, who were born, respectively, in Oldenburg and Bremen, Germany. Upon the discovery of gold in California the father (a cabinet-maker by trade) came to the United States, landing in New York, from there making his way across the plains with oxen by way of St. Joseph, in 1849. For nearly a year after his arrival in the west he prospected in the mines on the American river, then locating on a ranch four miles from Washington. There he made a specialty of raising vegetables, for which he found a ready market in the mines, making a trip once a week. In 1860, associated with H. Harms, he established a chicory manufacturing plant, the venture proving entirely successful, and he continued his interest in the same until 1882, when he sold out. In 1856 Adolph C. Palm returned to Germany and was there united in marriage. Subsequently he brought his bride to his new home near Washington, Cal. This continued to be their home until 1882, when Mr. Palm divided the ranch with his sons and he engaged in the cultivation of hops, which at that time sold as high as $1.25 per pound. After the death of his first wife, which occurred in October, 1876, he was married to Miss Lizzie Thielebeule, who survives him. Until his death in 1888 Mr. Palm was actively engaged in the management of his affairs, and afterwards his sons. Henry and Edward A., took charge of the property. There were four children born of Mr. Palm's first marriage and the two sons above mentioned are the only ones living. After finishing his education in the public schools Edward A. Palm entered Hesperian College, and it was after completing the course there that he returned home and engaged in raising hops on twenty-five acres of land. This land he later sold and thereafter on leased land he continued hop raising, which has at all times proved a very lucrative business. He now owns a hop ranch of eighty acres at Sheldon, Sacramento county, where he has every modern improvement for gathering, curing and baling his hops. In 1904 he was elected on the Republican ticket to fill the office of county supervisor and four years later he was re-elected. After having given eight years of his time to the office he declined reelection when the office was again offered him in 1912. The marriage of Edward A. Palm, November 27, 1881, united him with Miss Wilhelmina Schaper, who was born in Sacramento county, the daughter of Henry and Caroline (Tospann) Schaper, natives of Hamburg, Germany. The parents came to California across the plains in 1852. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Palm: Henry, a carpenter in Sacramento, who by his marriage with Miss Ethel Jones has a son, Arvid D.; Elmer, who assists his father on the hop ranch; Walter, a brass moulder in Sacramento; Delia, the wife of Henry Steen, also residing in Sacramento; Florence, Mrs. John McCaw, and Lester, at home. Fraternally Mr. Palm is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being identified with Eureka Lodge No. 4, of Sacramento; also a member of Woodland Aerie No. 1629, and the Sacramento Lodge, L. O. O. M., and he is further associated as a member of the Society of Junior California Pioneers, his father before him being a member of the Sacramento California Pioneers. Additional Comments: Extracted from HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH Biographical Sketches OF The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present HISTORY BY TOM GREGORY AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/palm153nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb