BIOGRAPHIES:  G. H. PALMS, Augusta, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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G. H. Palms, lumberman and farmer, P. O. Augusta, Eau Claire county,
was born May 18, 1849, in Oneida county, N. Y., and is the second of
the family born to Harry R. and Amanda E. (Heard) Palms, natives of
New York and Canada, respectively.  Of their children the following
are still living:  Jesse M., G. H., Squire N. and William H.  the
parents came tot his state in 1854, settling in Columbia county,
where they remained five years.  During the latter part of their stay
their house and barn were destroyed by a cyclone.  The family escaped
injury by hiding in the cellar.  The building was carried some thirty
feet in the air.  The next year they moved to Adams county, where
they lived until they came into this county, where they remained
until the father's death, in 1888; the mother is still living.

G. H. Palms is one of the prominent lumbermen of this township,
owning and managing the Coon Fork mills, the largest water-power
mills in this section.  This mill is a historic point in this part of
the county, and was the first built.  It was established in 1858 by
thirteen stockholders, farmers, with only an upright saw, having a
capacity of 5,000 feet per day.  In 1863 new machinery was added, and
its capacity increased to 10,000 feet.  The shares were afterward
bought by J. C. Smith and C. L. Chadborn; the latter sold out to
Smith, who in turn transferred the plant to Mr. Palms in 1885, who
introduced a series of improvements, making it one of the best mills
in the county.  The machinery includes and edger, cut-off saw,
shingle-mill, planer, besides machinery for the manufacture of bee
hives.  He has also added a forty-inch burrow feed run.  The water
power is an eighteen-foot fall, and the mill has iron wheels, etc. 
The capacity is 15,000 feet of lumber, and 10,000 shingles, with
plenty of mill power.  The plant is valued at $5,000.  Mr. Palms is
one of the prominent contractors in this township, having erected a
great many of the largest buildings and residences in it, among which
is the German Lutheran church.  He is of an enterprising disposition,
and is bound to make his mark in the financial circles of the county.

He married, November 24, 1871, Hannah, daughter of John and Marian
Elkerturn, of English descent, and they have five children:  Nora G.,
Ina M., Mariam A., William E., and Irma A.  Mr. Palms is a republican
in politics; was instrumental in having a school district set off in
his neighborhood, and a very fine building erected.  He assists in
enterprises of a public nature that are to benefit his surroundings,
and has the county's interest at heart.

- Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the
Chippewa Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 607-608.


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