Biographical Sketch of Marshall PALMER (1904); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 2, edited by Gil- bert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1904, page 490. "MARSHALL PALMER. The name of Marshall Palmer has been actively and prom- inently associated with the farming interests of West Marlborough township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, since the year 1866, when he removed to that vicinity from Centerville, New Castle county, Delaware, where his birth occurred December 12, 1837. "Marshall Palmer is a descendant of John Palmer, who emigrated to his country from England, settled in Pennsylvania shortly after the organiza- tion of Chester county, and purchased by patent a hundred acres of land in Concord township, now Delaware county, July 26, 1688. Shortly afterward he was united in marriage to Mary Southery, daughter of Robert Southery, a fuller by trade, and formerly a resident of Westbury, county of Wilts, Great Britain. The line of descent from John and Mary Palmer is as follows: John Palmer, who married Martha Yearsley, April 9, 1714; John Palmer, born August 1, 1736, married Hannah Pyle, and died in April, 1793; Asher, born in 1759, married Alice Malin, and died May 2, 1817; Joseph, born February 4, 1785, married Mary Hall, who was born in 1809, and his death occurred September 7, 1842; their children were: Morris, born August 11, 1810; Robert H., born March 11, 1812; Sally Ann, born April 18, 1814; Lydia, born January 24, 1816; Asher, born April 23, 1818; William M., born January 22, 1820, and Susanna, born January 14, 1822. "Morris Palmer, father of Marshall Palmer, was born August 11, 1810, received the educational advantages afforded by the district schools of that day, and subsequently became one of the representative citizens of Newcastle county, Delaware. He was united in marriage to Margaret Mar- shall, and their children were: 1. Samuel, born July 14, 1835; 2. Marshall, born December 28, 1837; 3. Mary, born October 9, 1840, now deceased, became the wife of Jacob Southwaite, Jr., and their children were: Morris P., born January 2, 1861, married Mary Baker, and Emma, born January 26, 1863, wife of Marshall Walton and mother of Bertha, Percy, Maud, Dorothy and Morris Walton; 4. Elwood, born October 24, 1843, married Hannah L. Short- ledge, and their children are: Katherine, born 5 mo., 2, 1871; Morris, born May 2, 1871; Alice; Howard; and Anna Palmer; 5. J. Howard, born April 19, 1846, married Alice H. Wears, and they are the parents of three chil- dren, Bessie, born March 4, 1872, wife of Robert McWynn; Charles, born February 23, 1874, and Helen Palmer; 6. Philena, 7. Franklin, twins, born May 6, 1849; Philena became the wife of Charles Paschall, and their chil- dren are: Franklin, born June 29, 1869, and Henry Morris, born November 15, 1872, married Katherine Schoop; 8. Elizabeth, born January 11, 1852, wife of Joseph Nichols, and two children were born to them, Anna and Eli, both of whom are living; 9. Morris, born August 13, 1855, married Helen Mears, and their children are: Margaret and Lucille Palmer. Mr. Palmer, father of these children, died December 23, 1873. "Marshall Palmer, second son of Morris and Margaret Palmer, was reared to manhood at Centerville, New Castle county, Delaware, and obtained a prac- tical education in the public schools in the neighborhood. He followed farming as an occupation, remaining upon the parental estate until December 13, 1866, when he removed to West Marlborough township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and since that date has resided on the old Baily homestead, being extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits. In his business dealings he is honorable and reliable, and well merits the success which has attended his well directed efforts. "Mr. Palmer was united in marriage December 13, 1865, to Anna Pennock, daughter of Marshall and Rachel (Humes) Pennock. Their children are: Howard M., born January 8, 1868, died September 18, 1885; Frederick J., born June 24, 1869; Rachel L., born November 14, 1871, and Abby Palmer, born November 14, 1871, and Abby Palmer, born March 3, 1878, married, June 20, 1903, to George B. Passmore, of Oxford, Pennsylvania."