Bio of PALMER, Frank L. (b.1860), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 121-122
FRANK L. PALMER
A descendant of old and honored American families is Frank L. Palmer, one of the
most reliable real estate and insurance men in Minneapolis. He is not only
promi­nently known and highly esteemed in business circles, but has achieved
success in political affairs. Mr. Palmer was born in Jackson, Michigan, on the
24th of June, 1860, a son of P. W. and Nancy R. (Nelson) Palmer, the former of
whom was born in New York state and his family were among the pioneer settlers
of Michigan, having located in that state about 1830. Mrs. Palmer was a direct
descendant of Lord Nelson of England and her family were pioneer settlers of New
York state. Throughout his life P. W. Palmer engaged in farming and in the
conduct of a transfer business and he was one of the highly respected citizens
of the community in which he resided. His demise occurred in 1873 and his widow
survived him until 1877.
The public schools of Jackson, Michigan, afforded Frank L. Palmer his early
education and subsequently he became a student in the high school at Napoleon.
He was but thirteen years of age when his father's death occurred, and the
responsibilities of managing the farm and the transfer business devolved upon
his shoulders. He took up the duties cheerfully and discharged them successfully
until the death of his mother, when he left Jackson and went to Kalamazoo, where
he went into the grocery business with a brother, maintaining that association
for two years, at the termination of which time he was appointed to a position
in the post office. He resigned his duties at the post office in 1883 and went
west, settling in North Dakota. He was one of the pioneers of Kidder county,
that state, and engaged in farming there for ftve years. He came to Minneapolis
in 1888 and for the next three years was in charge of the sales department of
the J. D. Blake Real Estate Company. He found the real estate business much to
his liking and in 1891 became associated with the Haywood & Boshart Real Estate
Company, handling the St. Louis Park addition and later the Minnehaha Falls
addition. In 1894 he established a business of his own at No. 2411 Central
avenue and he remained in that location for twenty-two years. In 1915 he moved
to his present offices at No. 2423 Central avenue. He is enjoying an extensive
real estate and insurance business and is readily conceded to be one of the most
sub­stantial business men of this section of the state. He is a director of the
Minneapolis Savings & Loan Association.
Frank L. Palmer has always been a stanch republican and he is actively
interested in party affairs, being very popular and influential. In 1910 he was
elected to the state legislature and served the sessions of 1911 and 1913; while
a member of the house he was chairman of the temperance committee and of the
cities committee; in 1915 he was elected to the state senate, serving the
sessions 1915-17-19-21; he served on the finance committee while a member of the
senate and was chairman of the committee on corporations; and he represented the
University district in the legislature and senate and supervised the
introduction of bills pertaining to the State University. Mr. Palmer was a
member of the pure water commission, which is responsible for the plant at
Columbia Heights and he recommended the present plant and was one of the five
men appointed to visit various cities and inspect their water plants.
In Kalamazoo, Michigan, on the 15th of November, 1882, was celebrated the
mar­riage of Frank L. Palmer to Miss Mary A. Hogle, a daughter of Austin Hogle,
a member of a prominent family of Kalamazoo county. The homestead of a direct
ancestor, John Hogle, is now a part of Kalamazoo. To the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Palmer two children have been born: Ploy May married Douglas G. Campbell of
Minneapolis, and they have one daughter, Donna Beth; Bertha Merle married Dr. I.
A. Preine of Minneapolis and they also have a daughter, Beth Marie.
The religious faith of Frank L. Palmer is that of the Methodist Episcopal church
and he has been a member of the Trinity church in this city for some time. He is
a trustee and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for years. He is a
generous contributor to all charitable organizations and is chairman of all
drives of the Com­munity Fund for the northeast section of Minneapolis.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, having attained the Shrine by the
Scottish Rite route. He was sec­retary of the building committee which erected
the present home of Arcana Lodge, No. 187, A. F. & A. M., and is likewise
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Royal Arcanum, of
which latter organization he was Grand Regent of the state. He is a prominent
and active member of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association, is past
president of the St. Anthony Commercial Club, and a member of the Central Avenue
Commercial Association. Along strictly business lines he is identified with the
National Real Estate Board, the Minneapolis Real Estate Board and the
Minneapolis Underwriters Association. Socially he is connected with the
Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. For some
time Mr. Palmer has been chairman of the legislative committee of the
Parents-Teachers Association. During the World war he gave generously of his
time and money in the promotion of the government's interests, and was a
dominant factor in the success of all of the Liberty Loan drives. Untiring in
his energy, Mr. Palmer's activities have never been of a selfish nature and it
may truthfully be said that he has wielded a great and beneficial influence in
the city in which he has resided for thirty-six
years.