Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Palmer, Henry
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joe Patterson, Patricia Bastik & Susan Walters Dec 2009

Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Middletown Township


   HENRY PALMER florist, P.O. Langhorne.  Prominent among 
the young and energetic men of Langhorne may be mentioned 
Henry Palmer.  He was born in Middletown township, March 2, 
1863, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Flowers) Palmer, 
natives of Bucks county and of English descent.  His father 
has been a farmer all his life.  His family consisted of two 
children, Edward, who is married and carries on the home 
farm; and Henry, who was reared on the farm, and obtained 
his early education in the common schools of Middletown 
township.  Subsequently, he attended the Friends' school in 
Philadelphia.  He had a natural inclination for the 
florist's business.  He learned rapidly at school, and was 
especially interested in the natural sciences and 
mathematics.  In 1885 he embarked in the nursery and florist 
business.  He bought land, and established his business on 
the main road between Oxford and Langhorne.  His hot-houses 
were built under his direction and are heated by a steam 
engine.  He uses the hot-water system.  As a landscape 
gardener he has been very successful, having obtained some 
valuable contracts in contests with other landscape 
gardeners.  Mr. Palmer has been fortunate in the selection 
of his place of business, for, in a locality like Langhorne 
where there are many fine residences, the demand for that 
kind of work is constantly increasing.  Mr. Palmer is a 
member of the Society of Friends, and politically is a 
republican.