Biographies:  Byron O. PALMER, Fairchild, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Byron O. Palmer was born in Madison, N. Y., and came to Wisconsin in 1847, 
locating in Fond du Lac county.  He was educated in Michigan, and after 
coming to Wisconsin was engaged in school teaching until the breaking out 
of the civil war.  In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Fourteenth Wisconsin 
Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until after the battle of Shiloh, 
when his term of enlistment expiring, he was discharged.  He reenlisted 
in Battery C, First Michigan Light Artillery, and took part in the battles 
of Resaca, Dalton, Dallas, Kennesaw mountain, Decatur, Atlanta and 
Bentonville.  He was with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea.  
In 1872 he located at Fairchild, Eau Claire county, and for a time taught 
school, subsequently opening a drug store, which he successfully conducted 
until failing health compelled him to sell out, and disposing of his 
interest to R. E. Arnold, he retired.  He took an active interest in all 
public matters, and any enterprise for the betterment of his city and 
county, received his hearty co-operation.

He was a member of Brooklyn Lodge, No. 169, A. F. and A. M., and Major 
Payne Post, G. A. R., Fairchild.  In 1879 he was united in marriage to 
Miss Margaret, daughter of David W. and Margaret (Cooper) Cole.  Mr. Cole 
was reared in Wisconsin, receiving a common school education, and after 
his maturity engaged in farming in Monroe county and Fairchild, Wis.

In February, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment, 
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the battles of Ft. Ann, 
Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Jerusalem, Plank Road, where he received a bullet 
wound to his right heel, Strawberry Plains, Reaves Station, Hatches' Run, 
High Bridge, and the contest which ended in the surrender of General Lee 
at Appomattox, and was one of those who stood guard at the time of surrender.  
Returning to Wisconsin after the war, he resumed farming in the town of 
Fairchild, which he continued until 1898, when he retired, and has since 
resided with his sister, Mrs. Palmer.  He was a member of Major Payne Post, 
G. A. R., of Fairchild, until its disbandment.


--Transcribed from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present", 
pages 685 & 686

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