BIO: Phineas PALMER, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 39

PHINEAS PALMER, born in Bucks County, Penn., May 1, 1824, is a son of Phineas 
and Sarah Palmer, natives of the same county.  At the age of twelve he left the 
paternal roof to seek his fortune.  In 1840 he apprenticed himself to Joseph 
Stewart, carriage-maker of Trenton, N.J., served five years, and then, in the 
fall of 1845, came to York and worked nearly five years at journey work, and in 
October, 1850, established a manufactory, which he has ever since conducted, 
being now one of the oldest and most extensive carriage-makers in the borough.  
In November, 1847, he married Miss Susan, daughter of William Lenhart, of York 
County, and there have been born to him twelve children, of whom the six 
surviving are Milton L., Emma E., Franklin P., Sarah K., Lucy and Harry P.  Mr. 
Palmer is a member of the order of A. F. & A. M.