Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Palmer, George O'Neil March 1, 1904
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Virginian Pilot March 2, 1904

                       GEO. O'N. PALMER DIED ON STEAMER

     Well-Known Portsmouth And Norfolk Citizen Expired on Way to Washington

A telegram was received in Norfolk yesterday morning announcing the sudden death 
of Captain George O'Neill Palmer of this city. The deceased left here in 
apparently good health on the steamer for Washington Monday night on business in 
connection with the Chris. Heurich Brewing Company, of which he was the general 
manager in Norfolk. He was found dead in his stateroom on the steamer on its 
arrival in Washington, D.C., yesterday morning, death resulting from heart 
failure.
Captain Palmer was in the 68th year of his age.  He is survived by a daughter, 
Mrs. Frank T. Warren, of Portsmouth and two half-sisters, and a half-brother, 
Mr. John A. Milligan, the latter being also of Portsmouth.
The deceased was the son of Dr. Palmer and resided in Portsmouth for quite a 
number of years.  He was heir to a large fortune from his grandfather, Mr. 
Bernard O'Neill, of Portsmouth, and was liberal in the distribution of his means 
for charitable objects.  For a number of years he commanded the Chambers Fire 
Company, of Portsmouth, and was a large contributor to the purchase of the steam 
fire engine which bears his name and was for a period of six years clerk of the 
Portsmouth courts.
Some years ago Captain Palmer made a voyage to Europe on a visit to his half-
sister, who resided in the old country, who was the wife of a prominent French 
Navy officer, as was also his mother by second marriage.  Few men were more 
widely known in this city and Portsmouth than the deceased, who was a man of 
genial and affable manners.  His remains will reach here this morning on the 
steamer from Washington.
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PALMER - Suddenly in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 1, 1904, GEORGE O'N. 
PALMER.    
Funeral from the residence of his son-in-law, Frank Warren, No. 27 Dinwiddie 
Street, Portsmouth, Va., THURSDAY AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock. Friends are invited to 
attend.  Interment Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk.

Virginian Pilot  March 3, 1904


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